episode 22: what i did on my christmas vacation

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In this week's episode we discuss the craziness that has been transpiring while we've been on hiatus---

also,man meat.

News Links:
multi-platform SPIRIT ANIMALS project
skype classroom visits
JUST ONE DAY promotional plan
SPLINTERED interview
John Green- 4 books on top 20 NYT's best-seller YA books
DIVERGENT film casting

Emily Links:
TO LOVE OR DIE IN A STEAMY REAMY WORLD
Primps & Pretties on Etsy
Primps & Pretties on FB

Deals:
THE CONTRACANTOS by Kate Hattemer 2014

episode 21- classically cultish

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in this episode we talk about cult films and why we think they hold such draw.


News Links:
michael komarck illustration
colleen hoover SLAMMED marketing graph
baby sitter's club e-books
fake name generator
scholastic sandy relief
news from the north
pw deals
the dudes of YA
the art of riyahd cassiem

episode 20: hate ya' babe!

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in which we discuss professional platforms and political views.
aka
how this election filled me with dark, horrific rage...

News LINKS:
nb's post about authors and suicide
sandy authors and publishing peoples
random penguins
nano

ai: E.J. Wesley

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in today's episode we superspeed through the news
then interview E.J. Wesley, author of the MOONSONGS series
Book One of which is now availabe
called
BLOOD FUGUE

e.j. links:
BLOOD FUGUE on Amazon  (only 99cents)
BLOOD FUGUE on Goodreads
E.J.'s Blog
NA Lit Chat Blog


news links:

The Poignancy of Media for Youth
Johnny Depp Literary Imprint
SHADOW AND BONE by dreamworks!!!
SLAMMED optioned
self-pubbed quantities
B&N credit card hack
John Franklin Stephens vs Anne Coulter
S&S restructure
month9books OPEN

deals:
Rose Cooper: 2-book deal with Random House DEAD SERIOUS
Lisa Amowitz VISION

episode 18: our worst pod ever

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heya guys!
in this week's episode we kinda...  ramble.
this is what happens when you combine a lack of direction with legal drugs.  O.O
hope you enjoy.
:D

Links:
bullying survey
disney paper sourcing
A WRINKLE IN TIME graphic novelization
EMBRACE the cw
YA mash-up trends

episode 17:who'd you rather?

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heya guys!
this week we share a TON of news and em agonizes over who she'd rather...

Links:
agent attacked by rejected querier
virginity tropes like whoah
rules of magic
Out of the darkness
Stomp out Bullying
Dyslexic Font?

sexy pony pictures... i think...

SPECIAL.

CROSS-OVER.
EPISODE!!!!

with Matt Jeske and Phil Jacke of the Bombast Podcast!!!!
things get a little odd...

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LINKS:
peter brown goes to boston
matthew jeske graphic design
bombast podcast on wordpress
bombast on libsyn
bombast on facebook

episode 15: ultra-bad

heya guys!
this week we get all ranty about the crappiest movies we've ever seen... and also spread some YA and publishing news! :)

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This Week's News Links:
2 new imprints of Spencer Hill

impromptu pitch contest

big debuts of fall 2012

harper voyager open submissions!!! 

major x-men character dead???  (SPOILERS!!!)

authors paying for positive reviews?

gretchen mcneil two book deal!

episode 14: squeals of terror

back cover of WINGER  (from andrew smith's facebook)

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heya guys!
in this week's episode em and i discuss some experiences that have chilled us to the core... or at least made our toes a little cool...
:)


LINKS:
flash fiction contest
WINGER cover and illustration process (in a small part)

episode 13: em's going to be a size z????

self-portrait by emily white (of the future)

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check out the rack on katniss...
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heya guys!
another more free form episode this week... but what's cRaZy about this episode???
miss em makes a shocking confession about a pet fantasy she's been harboring for i don't know how long.
tune in and be prepared for a jaw-dropping good time...

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Links:
Brain Hive e-book lending service
SoHo Teen new imprint
Strange Chemistry new imprint
Woman Get's Suprise on Receipt
Insta-Love in YA post
Sarah Fine's series on writer's block -post #1
PARANORMAN!!!!

Deals Announced this Week:
Kelly Hashway's THE MONSTER WITHIN to Spencer Hill Press coming April 2014