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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 6:31:02 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Speed of Life by my alter ego:
Joelle said, "If you haven’t heard already, I’m writing YA under a new name, J. M. Kelly. I’ve now linked my other website with this one…mostly for simplicity, but also for my sanity. And if you haven’t seen the beautiful cover of my..." more
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 12:55:34 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Good News PLUS!:
Joelle said, "I’ve had so much good news in the last week, but I’ll start with the best…I’m very excited to announce that Second Story Press is going to publish my first Middle Grade Novel, A Month of Mondays. It’s tentatively..." more
Monday, March 28, 2016 2:24:22 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Changes & News:
Joelle said, "I have three very exciting bits of news…but one you’ll have to wait for! The first one some of you know about already, but here it is…I have a new YA coming out in October under a pen name. The reason I’m using a pen name is..." more
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:32:10 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Fave 15 of 2015:
Joelle said, "While I’m not really blogging anymore, I couldn’t resist making a list of my Fave 15 of 2015 reads and sharing them here. For those of you interested in what else I read, you can click here. A few notes about the list. First, there are..." more
Friday, December 4, 2015 1:28:12 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Creative Writing Workshops:
Joelle said, "Creative Writing with Joëlle Anthony For the first time on the island, I’m offering the workshops I teach regularly at writers conferences and literary festivals in the US and Canada. Writing should be fun and in this series of 6 workshops, I..." more
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 8:30:22 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Shhh…it’s a secret!:
Joelle said, "For years almost the only thing I posted on my blog was writing-related. Then a while ago, I stopped updating regularly, and occasionally posted something of interest to me or a bit of personal news. I am guessing because of the lack of updates, and..." more
Friday, June 5, 2015 8:53:02 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled The poster for the play we’re doing!
Saturday, March 21, 2015 4:21:30 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Where Have I been?:
Joelle said, "I was just thinking that four or five people out there in the world might wonder if I ever planned to blog again. So I thought, “Why not?” The main reason I haven’t been around is because I’ve taken 2015 off from writing new..." more
Monday, February 23, 2015 9:42:08 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Buried in Middle Grade (a nice place to be):
Joelle said, "I don’t really blog that much anymore, but I thought it was time, lest you think I’d disappeared. In a way, I kind of have. I don’t think I can really say why yet, but let’s just say that I might’ve recently received 85..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:16:14 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled A nice round number….:
Joelle said, "This year, I read 100 books. Usually, I tell you my favourites. This year, I’ll just show you what I read and you can decide what looks good. Happy Reading in 2015! Red River Raging Draper, Penny * The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman #2) Simsion,..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 11:34:12 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Teen Writing Circle:
Joelle said, "Last year, I was part of the Teen Book Club at the library, but teens have so much homework, it was always hard for them to add another book to their workload, even if it was a fun read. So this year, the new librarian and I talked it over and..." more
Sunday, November 30, 2014 11:03:00 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled A warming winter smoothie:
Joelle said, "What you may not know is I fancy myself a pretty good cook. I almost never post recipes on this blog because it’s supposed to be about writing, but heck, I almost never blog so why not break a rule? Anyway, it’s pretty cold here, even..." more
Friday, October 31, 2014 3:57:36 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled NaNoWriMo:
Joelle said, "Hi all! Not really into blogging much anymore, but I thought I’d just put this little tidbit up for now. Last year, for the first time ever, I tried National Novel Writing Month and ended up with 50k words that I eventually threw away, but not..." more
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 8:43:58 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Zilpha Keatley Snyder:
Joelle said, "I saw in the trades that author Zilpha Keatley Snyder passed away. I have a soft spot for her although I’ve read very few of her books because they’re scary, dark, and definitely not my thing. If you know me, you’re probably..." more
Monday, October 6, 2014 11:49:36 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Laughter is contagious:
Joelle said, "I just love this video of author B.J. Novak reading his new book to some kids. It’s such a brilliant idea, too. Thanks to those over at DGLM for posting about it. "
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:25:02 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled I Love to Write:
Joelle said, "I don’t make many blog posts these days. Mostly because I blogged for a long time and I’ve pretty much said what I want to say about writing, but today, I’m feeling inspired. Or, if not exactly inspired, then fired up? Last night,..." more
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:10:57 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled O Canada!:
Joelle said, "Today, my husband and I became Canadian citizens. We’ve been landed immigrants (kind of like a green card in the US) for seven years, but now we’re really, truly Canadians. Here we are with the judge and the requisite Mountie. I have to..." more
Friday, July 4, 2014 6:34:31 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Take A Pledge For Independence on the 4th of July:
Joelle said, "Seven years ago, my husband and I took the pledge not to buy bottled water anymore. Except for a rare emergency, we’ve stuck to it, packing along our water bottles and keeping a gallon or two in the truck for refills when we’re out and..." more
Monday, June 30, 2014 2:56:18 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Oh, Canada!:
Joelle said, "Tomorrow, 1st July (see how I wrote it the Canadian way-the number first-instead of July 1st?), is Canada Day. While we haven’t received our official letter, it seems very likely due to the fact that they’ve scheduled Canadian..." more
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 5:21:09 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled I’ve been tagged – my writing process:
Joelle said, "The wonderful Wanda Collins Johnson, friend, writer, and critique group member, has asked me if I’d participate in a Blog Hop on the writing process. I can never turn down her smiling face. So here are my answers. I’m not actually going..." more
Monday, May 19, 2014 1:21:04 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Mary Stewart 1916-2014:
Joelle said, "At the risk of you all stopping by my blog and mistaking it for a literary obituary page, I do feel I must post something about the author Mary Stewart who just passed away at the age of 97. For years, I’ve been a big fan of hers, my favourite..." more
Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:47:53 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled John Rowe Townsend – author, friend, mentor:
Joelle said, "Those of you who have read this blog over the years already know how much I adore the author John Rowe Townsend. It’s with sadness that I type these words: John passed away last weekend, at the age of 91. It has been eight years since I..." more
Sunday, March 2, 2014 7:16:34 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Read this…:
Joelle said, "An important piece about the internet, writing, reading, and words by my friend Joelle Charbonneau over at Do Some Damage. Take a couple of minutes and read it. She knows what she’s talking about."
Friday, February 28, 2014 2:06:37 AM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled Something to be thankful for!:
Joelle said, "I just hit 50,048 and stopped mid-scene. I wrote 4820 words TODAY! I’m a writing fool. Obviously 50k words does not a book make (unless it’s MG, which this isn’t), but I’m a good 2/3 of the way there! And just because I feel..." more
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:34:28 PM
Joelle Anthony wrote a blog post titled A Month of Mondays Cover Reveal!:
Joelle said, "Look! It’s my first Middle Grade novel and it’s also my first book set entirely in Canada published by a Canadian Publisher (Second Story Press) Wohooo!! I also have a release date of March 7th, 2017. Pre-orders gladly taken here (more..." more