Meagan Spooner's Blog, page 151

People kept telling me to get a real job and I don’t like being told what to do.

god dammit tumblr I’ve managed not to pick up a snack for three hours and I’m like an hour away from bedtime and you show me a BIG FUCKING DRAWING OF A PIZZA

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I was just reminded by people in my ask inbox that I never announced the Reader Appreciation Giveawaywinner here, only on Twitter! I was blown away by participation in the contest—by far my biggest contest ever, with thousands of entries and great enthusiasm from all of you. So thanks for entering! But without further ado, the winner of the whole box of books and signed swag is…

Laura, of Little Read Riding Hood. Newsletter subscriber and retweeter extraordinaire!

Her prizes, and the prizes of...

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Why Does Sports Media Ignore Women? By Tom Hawking

Anyone who follows US sports in more than the most cursory manner probably has an opinion on ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith — and anyone who’s been paying attention will know that he is, as Australian basketballer Andrew Bogut put it rather succinctly, a wanker. Smith is a professional loudmouth, a man whose career revolves around spouting “controversial” opinions in a controversial manner. As such, it w...

I would love to, but money! :( This is basically the response to every request of an author ever. For the most part we have to fund our own travel until we reach a certain level of success (as defined by who the hell knows, basically) and then, our travel destinations are determined by the person paying (publisher usually, sometimes the destination venue).

I’dloveto visit Toronto, though. It’s on my list of places to travel, and I usually try to at least sign stock at some stores if not do an...

Doesn’t that make me That Person who gets caught Googling herself and has to run away in shame?

I get questions on almost a daily basis about how people can get one of these 18”x24” posters forThese Broken Stars. They aren’t for sale anywhere and due to the cost of shipping a poster, I cannot give them out as part of my write-to-me-I’ll-write-back offer. I do sometimes send them (at random) to fans I see online being particularly dedicated to telling their friends about the book, or sharing their enthusiasm, but that’s sporadic and… well, random. It’s whenever I have the time (and money...

“I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book.”

- Beth Revis (via observando)

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Years ago, when I first started blogging about writing and my hopes of one day getting published, I ran my first book giveaway to celebrate my birthday. Now, July 5th is the day I set aside to thank you guys for reading my books, for listening to me ramble on Twitter and Tumblr, and for just generally being awesome, book-loving, YA-reading rockstars. You guys are the best birthday present a girl could ask for.

To celebrate I’m giving away ALL of my books, including an early AR...