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Monday, May 16, 2016 11:30:49 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Welcome IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS !!:
Joy said, "It’s here! It’s here! Welcome to the world, IT WASN’T ALWAYS LIKE THIS ! What a journey this book has been. It began as the barest of ideas discussed between my editor and me back in late fall of 2013—an elevator pitch and not much more...." more
Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:57:03 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Five For Friday:
Joy said, "1. Reading Samantha Mabry's Fierce and Subtle Poison which is not only gorgeously written but also a twist on Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter, which is a short story I have long adored. Samantha and I will be paneling together (with others) at..." more
Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:57:03 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled In Which I Express my love for THE RAVEN KING and Maggie Stiefvater:
Joy said, "So excited for THE RAVEN KING by Maggie Stiefvater! Managed to get to her event at Blue Willow this week despite getting caught in crazy Houston traffic caused by a shoot out on the beltway. Yeah, that was no fun.But from my last minute seat on the..." more
Sunday, May 15, 2016 10:57:03 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS is almost here!:
Joy said, "So much going on.IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS is coming in less than a week on 5/17 from Soho Teen/Soho Press! Tuck Everlasting meets Veronica Mars. Accidental immortality. Star-crossed romance. And most of all a twisty, non-linear murder mystery with..." more
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 11:28:28 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled YA SCAVENGER HUNT SPRING 2016 , featuring SARAH AHIERS:
Joy said, "Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes!..." more
Thursday, March 24, 2016 7:56:19 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Five for Friday:
Joy said, "Five things that make me happy this week:1. Growing tomatoes again. Three different plants; three different types. Year two of patio farming and I'm out there every day checking on them. Yeah, it's awesome, my tiny farm.2. House of Cards. Half-way..." more
Thursday, March 24, 2016 7:56:19 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled In Which I Adore the Romance of WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED by Kristin Rae:
Joy said, "WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED, coming at the end of the month from Bloomsbury’s If Only line, is a delightful, romantic, beach read romp. Main character Maddie Brooks loves drama, musicals, and romantic Hollywood heartthrobs—the old-fashioned..." more
Monday, March 14, 2016 3:08:47 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled In Which I Talk about MAGNIFICENT MYA TIBBS and Amazing Author Crystal Allen:
Joy said, "Crystal Allen has written another amazing book with THE MAGNIFICENT MYA TIBBS, SPIRIT WEEK SHOWDOWN, out now from Balzer and Bray/Harper Collins. Mya is funny and big-hearted and spunky and sometimes wonderfully clueless to the truth about the..." more
Friday, February 26, 2016 7:31:52 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Some Thoughts On Plotting and Publishing and Aha Moments:
Joy said, "Went to see Victoria Schwab and Rachel Hawkins at Blue Willow Books this weeks and as happens when a bunch of readers meet up with awesome authors, talk turned to writing and plotting and origin stories and the like. Victoria described how she saves..." more
Monday, February 22, 2016 1:17:28 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled RIP Harper Lee: Thoughts on Reading and Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird:
Joy said, "It’s hard to count how many times I’ve taught the now late Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. It was in the 9th grade English curriculum the first year I taught—that crazy year I was also the JV girl’s volleyball coach back in..." more
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 7:24:52 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Revision Workshop 1: Building Tension:
Joy said, "Sometimes I know a chapter is well-written but it still isn’t working as well as it needs to. For me, this often happens when the tension in the scene (or scenes) is primarily internal. It’s not that nothing is happening. It’s just that I’ve..." more
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 10:23:14 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled In Praise of The Writing Barn:
Joy said, "Today I’m beginning the first of what I hope will be an ongoing set of posts about people who make a difference in my writer world, whose presence and work furthers me (and many others) on the winding path toward creating art that matters. For me,..." more
Friday, February 12, 2016 8:32:19 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Five for Friday:
Joy said, "And it's Friday again, after a strange week that was, in turns, upsetting and encouragingly joyful, depending on what day it was. It has been a roller coaster-y few weeks into 2016, and the weather has reflected this here in my piece of the Gulf..." more
Monday, February 8, 2016 9:57:53 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Five for Friday:
Joy said, "First Friday in February!Here's five things on mind:1. Just 3 months plus a few days until May 17th, pub day for IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS ! I am seriously so excited about this book. Because accidental immortality and murder mystery and..." more
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:10:37 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled In Which I Talk About ROOM by Emma Donoghue:
Joy said, "ROOM was a brilliant film that has stuck with me since I saw it Sunday. Everything works: the cinematography, the nuanced performances, the lighting, the stark contrast between the first half of the film and the second. It is a tough and brutal..." more
Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:54:23 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled To the Lodge!:
Joy said, "Twice a year, a group of us kidlit writers head out to the woods, about half-way between Austin and Houston. For three solid days we write, critique, inspire and read. Okay there’s some silliness and wine and a lot of snack food that sneaks in..." more
Friday, December 11, 2015 10:15:13 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS COVER REVEAL !!:
Joy said, "Y'all!! I have waited so long for the moment when it was time to reveal the final cover for IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS, which is coming on 5/17/16 from Soho Teen/Penguin Random House !!But finally, I can show you and more. In fact, it was revealed..." more
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 7:20:29 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled That Time I Went to McAllen Book Festival:
Joy said, "I don't know why I have never been down to what we in Texas call the Valley, but until this weekend, I hadn't. I didn't know what I was missing. I was missing amazing people and amazing food and landscape that was clearly different than where I..." more
Friday, October 23, 2015 9:01:50 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Five for Friday! And IWALT Bookmarks!:
Joy said, "So Soho Press is still keeping the cover for next year's IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS under wraps as best they can. ARCs are sneaking into the world to early readers/blurbers, and the come January to everyone else. But they approved these..." more
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:02:30 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Book Review: SAY WHAT YOU WILL by Cammie McGovern:
Joy said, "As soon as I heard Cammie McGovern talking about her books at Houston's Blue Willow last week (she was touring with Julie Murphy), I knew this was an author who should have already been on my radar and somehow wasn't. It happens, I know. So many..." more
Thursday, October 1, 2015 12:13:36 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled YA SCAVENGER HUNT:
Joy said, "YA SCAVENGER HUNTMy newest book is FINDING PARIS, out now from Balzer and Bray/Harper Collins <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ..." more
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 11:03:43 PM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled YA SCAVENGER HUNT IS COMING!!:
Joy said, "Coming on 10/1 is the FALL YA SCAVENGER HUNT!I am TEAM PURPLE !!To see the rest of the teams go HERE !"
Friday, September 25, 2015 1:58:55 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Fall Five for Friday:
Joy said, "It's fall, although the Texas weather doesn't believe it. We're still in the 90s and although we had a taste of cooler weather a couple weeks ago, temps have hiked back up and now it's an endurance contest.But in hopes of that still elusive blue..." more
Friday, September 18, 2015 11:26:37 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled Five People I Love Today:
Joy said, "Gonna be hard to keep it to five. But let me squoosh some together:1. The guy who fixed my pineapple lamp (it was the socket) and made it work all spiffy again. I LOVE my pineapple lamp. And I was sad that it was all blinky. Now it is PERFECT. And..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:47:06 AM
Joy Preble wrote a blog post titled On Writing, Prison, and Sitting on a Plastic Chair in the Texas Heat:
Joy said, "Was supposed to guest speak last night at a minimum security women’s prison facility where a friend is currently teaching creative writing. She’d gotten permission to bring in guest authors and so I was the first, but there was some snafu and..." more