Posted Nov 10 2011 in author, book deal, fiction, Patty Blount, Sourcebooks, YA
Many years ago, after a particularly bad day, I cried to my mother that my life sucked. Her reply? “Go write yourself a life.” And I did. I began a novel called Postpartum Deception after that conversation. It never sold, but it showed me I had what it takes to conceive and finish a novel. […]
Read More...Posted Nov 8 2011 in author, characterization, fiction, Patty Blount, Stereotypes in Fiction, YA
One of my coworkers shared a link with us that led to an interesting video ‘experiment’ – actually an advertisement for a beer, but nevertheless interesting. The video shows a small theater in which all but two of the 150 seats were filled with rough-looking, tattoo’d, muscle-bound biker guys. Theater managers then sold the last […]
Read More...Posted Oct 30 2011 in fiction
There are good things happening… so good, I can’t wait to share. But I have to wait just a few days longer. Promise you’ll come back for the big reveal? ‘kay. Bye.
Read More...Posted Oct 28 2011 in social networking
Every year, on the Friday before Halloween, my employer opens the building up for employees’ children for Safe Trick or Treating. We also have a day care center on-site, so most of the children are very little. Every year, we employees go just a little nuts decorating the cubes for the kids. I don’t know […]
Read More...Posted Oct 23 2011 in author, Chocolate Sunday, Miscellany, Patty Blount, YA
Last weekend, I was in Connecticut, visiting my mom, who is ill. Since she’s not all that mobile, she enjoys watching hour after hour of Food Network or other cable shows, where top chefs compete against each other. On one show, chefs competing for the top prize were judged not just by how their dishes […]
Read More...Posted Oct 21 2011 in fiction
Uber-agent Janet Reid frequently runs these writing contests on her blog that I enjoy. Today, the challenge is to write a Halloween horror story using the following words: UNFORSAKEN DEADLY WITCH GHOST DECAY SLAY I provided the link and urge you to enter, NOT because the prizes are great (oh, they are) but because the […]
Read More...Posted Oct 20 2011 in book club, Book Hungry, chocolate, Compelling Stories, dessert, fiction, Patty Blount, romance, sex, What I'm Reading
This month, Book Hungry reviewed my pick, a contemporary romance called Sweet As Sin, written by Inez Kelley. I’d first read (and posted a review of) this book last winter. I love this story so much, I conned the rest of my Book Hungry sisters into making it this month’s pick AND invited Ms. Kelley to […]
Read More...Posted Oct 13 2011 in author, Compelling Stories, Patty Blount, teens
My blog is depressing me. Lately, the posts I’ve been writing have a common theme – sad and alarming teen trends like bullying, sexting, sexual molestation, and homelessness. Coming from someone whose novel is about sexting gone bad, this is really saying something. So… How about we focus on the positive? Being a teen today […]
Read More...Posted Oct 11 2011 in author, facebook, Patty Blount, social networking, YA
Facebook – to the fury of its millions of users – recently introduced a new user interface. Outcry was so loud, it actually made mainstream news. This got me thinking. What is it about Facebook that keeps us coming back? We could use Google+ or Twitter or other networks, but we keep coming back to […]
Read More...Posted Oct 9 2011 in author, Chocolate Sunday, Miscellany, Patty Blount, YA
My 16 year-old is ill this weekend and sad about it. We’d planned to visit Manhattan tomorrow. So, to cheer him up, I am combing my recipes for an easy chocolate dessert that I can eat, too, without undoing my diet success to date. I settled on this recipe – a Christmas favorite. They’re called […]
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