The review site Mundie Moms selected Freefall as their Waiting on Wednesday book last week. They also announced that they'll be reviewing the book, giving away five copies in October, and hosting a live chat with the author on October 21st. Oh, that's me! :-)
Check back here or there for more details as it gets closer!
My new Vlog went up this week on The YouTube. This one is about being a survivor of rejection--literary and otherwise. Fun facts about this video:
1. I was feeling extremely unwell that day. Intern Amanda suggested that we could stop and film on a different day, but I was determined to press on!
2. The location is an abandoned elementary school. I chose it because I thought it would be quieter than Richmond Beach. I was right, but all that sound you hear in the background? That's wind!
3. As it turns out, abandoned elementary schools are places where many elderly men like to walk their dogs at 10am. Who knew?
4. One of these elderly men with dogs asked if Intern Amanda and I were doing an art project. I said, "Kind of!" He said, "Oh. Do you want me to take your picture together?" We politely declined.
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My new Vlog went up this week on The YouTube. This one is about being a survivor of rejection--literary and otherwise. Fun facts about this video:
1. I was feeling extremely unwell that day. Intern Amanda suggested that we could stop and film on a different day, but I was determined to press on!
2. The location is an abandoned elementary school. I chose it because I thought it would be quieter than Richmond Beach. I was right, but all that sound you hear in the background? That's wind!
3. As it turns out, abandoned elementary schools are places where numerous elderly men like to walk their dogs at 10am. Who knew?
4. One of these elderly men with dogs asked if Intern Amanda and I were doing an art project. I said, "Kind of!" He said, "Oh. Do you want me to take your picture together?" We politely declined.
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Profanity, expletives, cuss words, swearing.
As you might have picked up on from my "Gratuitous" entry the other day, my book. It has them.
The book is clearly marketed for 14 and up and these words are, in my opinion, necessary for the voice when I used them. My stance is that my characters need to speak the way they would if they were real people, not the way some people might wish they would speak. And, you know, if you happen to know a 16-year-old boy who spends his days getting drunk and stoned, hanging out with his bandmmates who are older than him and some of whom have been in trouble with The Law, playing gigs at the tavern where his mother is a bartender -- who DOESN'T ever say "bad" words, well, I'm actually a little surprised at that, I have to say.
Anyway! As October draws nearer and nearer, I feel like I am no closer to knowing how to approach my readings at author events. Should authors read the pages as they are written? Should they censor if there are kids in the audience? Or, like, their own mothers?
I don't really want to substitute words with "less offensive" words because that seems just silly. To throw in "KOMO4' would add a comical feel to the scenes that I don't intend.
How do others handle this? Is there any sort of etiquette/expectation for public events with a YA audience or is it just left up to the author to decide? I'd love to know what others have done!
Two new diary entries were posted today. Hooray!!! (Um, ha.) This week, 13-year-old Mindi lists the Christmas presents she received and complains that she isn't back at school yet. (Seriously. What? Sometimes I positively want to clobber this girl!) In addition, 14-year-old Mindi talks about boys and gets all judgey about other people's relationships. Sigh, sigh.
