For the next month, I’ll be making the rounds as part of a blog tour for The Vision coordinated by Kari at Teen Book Scene.  She and the participating bloggers mix it up with a bunch of creative formats that were fun to answer and outside the box of the usual interview questions.  Be sure to [...]

Want to read a creepy story (or two) to get in the Halloween spirit?  Book bloggers Danielle and Khelsea have put together the awesome YA Spooktacular that starts today!  There are two stories, Darkness and A Soul Laid Bare, written by a group of YA authors – including moi – who’ve each done a 200-800 word segment.  [...]

I’m guest posting today at Reading With Tequila on Finding the Perfect Book.  Check out some of my faves and the section I think bookstores should add…which, uh, you might have already guessed from the title of this post. http://www.readingwithtequila.com/2010/06/guest-author-jen-nadol.html

True confession: I expected to hate blogging.  Having a blog never crossed my mind until I started reading about stuff you should do if you have a book coming out.  I hemmed and hawed for a while and finally decided to give it a try.  Imagine my surprise when I found I actually liked it.   I’ve long been a fan of blogs [...]

PAYA, Bringing (More) YA to PA, is an initiative started by book bloggers Harmony and Yan with help from Tenner author and PA librarian, Josh Berk, in response to dramatic Pennsylvania state budget cuts that have reduced library funding by more than 25%.     Since I grew up in Pennsylvania, this struck a chord with me.  Plus, I [...]

In honor of the upcoming Book Blogger Appreciation Week (Sept 14-18), the Tenners are having a giveaway of signed swag including bookmarks, book plates, posters, buttons, and book-related goodies from our 2010 releases.    If you’re a book blogger, visit The Tenners between now and September 13 to enter.  If you’re not, visit anyway and check [...]

I had to post this because it’ll have me smiling all day.  Book blogger Mya says:  [The Mark] is going to be one of those HUMUNGOUS hits next year, I just know it. http://dissectingperfection.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/waiting-on-wednesday-week-6/ Thanks, Mya – I hope you’re right!

I have been chained to my computer.  I have finished the first draft of my next book (working title: VISION) I am now free…for tonight, at least. The draft is 51,000 words, shy of my target, so there’s definitely some fleshing-out to do.  Like the couple places where the manuscript is interrupted with SHOW SCENE HERE instead [...]

THE MARK was featured on Tales of a Ravenous Reader as the Saturday Sneak-a-Peek and as a “book to pine for” by The Story Siren. Thanks Nancy and Kristi!!