by Rebecca | Nov 6, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, books, busting up rocks, guest posts, middle grade, Sourcebooks, weird science
Today I’m excited to host Jordan Jacobs, author of the MG mystery Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies, for a guest post. Samantha Sutton features a whipsmart and adventurous heroine, a realistic sibling relationship, lots of action and adventure, and loads...
by Rebecca | Oct 22, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, gushing, happy happy joy joy, IRL, middle grade, reader in chief, setting, Tweetups, twitterpated, verisimilitude, White House, WIP, WIPspiration
Last Friday I attended the White House Fall Social Garden Tour. In short, it was awesome. You can read more about how I lucked into the Social here, and you can see a wrap-up from the White House here: A Fall Social in the #WHGarden. (Excuse me while I freak out that...
by Rebecca | Oct 9, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, I'm bringing Balki back, middle grade, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, writing
From Publisher’s Marketplace today: Click to read, or see below: Rebecca Behrens’s debut WHEN AUDREY MET ALICE, featuring the thirteen-year-old First Daughter who finds Alice Roosevelt’s secret diary hidden beneath the floorboards of the White...
by Rebecca | Oct 5, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, characters, middle grade, nerdiness, nostalgia, WIP, writing
Thanks to Katy Upperman for tagging me. I loved reading about her fabulous WIP, Cross My Heart. Here are some answers about my upper-MG WIP:What is the working title of your book?When Audrey Met AliceWhere did the idea come from? It’s kind of a long story. I...
by Rebecca | Jun 8, 2012 | authors, AWESOMENESS, BEA booty, book publishing, characters, middle grade, talking about writing
Thursday was my lucky day, and I got to pop by BEA to spend a couple hours on the floor. I timed it so I could check out a panel: “Writing Strong Female Characters In Middle Grade Books” with Lauren Oliver, Sharon Creech(!),* Judith Viorst, and Shannon...
