Review: Good Girls by Laura Ruby

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Pages: 304 (paperback) Release Date: 1 September 2006 Source: Library. Rating:4 out of 5 stars. Blurb (from Goodreads.com) Audrey Porter is a “good girl”: a good student, a great daughter, an amazing friend. She’s also the last person anyone expects to be hanging out with Luke DeSalvio, the hottest guy at Audrey’s school. ButContinue reading “Review: Good Girls by Laura Ruby”

Createspace’s New International Distribution

Something amazing happened last week in the print on demand universe. Createspace, Amazon’s print on demand company, announced that it will now distribute books in European countries. (!!!) Also, they’re doing it for free. (!!!) This isn’t Expanded Distribution. This is simply following Amazon’s Kindle practises, and printing Createspace books in Europe, with European pricesContinue reading “Createspace’s New International Distribution”

Wattpad

Wattpad is an awesome website where you can upload your own content for free reading. It’s the home of fanfiction and indie writers. It’s aimed at mobile users – people with smart phones, etc – but anyone can join and read free books and works in progress (WIP). I joined a few weeks ago andContinue reading “Wattpad”

Camp NaNoWriMo

Because of the success of the two NaNoWriMo events I’ve been involved in (two wins, one published novel and working on the second one as I type), and because I have more book ideas than I have time to write them, I’ve decided to participate in this year’s Camp NaNoWriMo. It’s being run in bothContinue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo”