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December 30th, 2009
Teen Author Challenge – When it’s time to say goodbye (to the TAC)
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Teen Author Challenge As so often happens at the holidays, I’ve been reevaluating my work life and considering what changes to make in the new year. One of the things I’ve been thinking a lot about… a LOT about… is the Teen Author Challenge. I know many of you read the challenge each week (thank you for letting me know how much you enjoy it!) and it’s been neat putting together posts over the last six months. In looking at the actual comments over the last few months, however, I’ve realized that the challenge has become a fairly solitary endeavor for most people. When I began the challenge, I had hoped that it would become a support group of sorts, with all of the participants sharing their progress and cheering each other on to success. And although I know most of us would love to be part of something like that, I also know that life can interfere with even the best laid plans. Goodness knows it did with me when I was on deadline this fall! I want this feature to be fun for you and fun for me too. I love sharing quotes and tips from other authors and will definitely continue to do that. But I also want to keep the blog lively and fun for everyone, writers and non. So… after being on deadline for the fall and finally getting the wheels back on the blog for the new year, I’ve decided that this will be the last official post of the year-long Teen Author Challenge. Instead of the year-long TAC (which I know can be tiring!), I’m going to change things up and do some shorter mini-challenges throughout the year on a particular topic. Look for the first one (on editing, with tons of cool strategies from your favorite authors) coming in Spring 2010! Also, in early 2010, I’ll be doing a post asking you, fabulous blog readers, what you would like to see on the blog. We’ll be chatting about things like the Booklover of the Week series, the Author Cave series, You 2.0 interviews with authors and librarians, and some fun new ideas I have for the blog. And tomorrow, I’ll be announcing an awesome new reading challenge for 2010 that I’m co-hosting with teen book blogger Jessica from Chick Lit Teens. (I can’t wait!!!) Thanks again for reading the Teen Author Challenge, stay tuned for all the great reading challenge news tomorrow, and happy (almost) 2010!
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 #1 – GOOD GRIEF by Lolly Winston #2 – THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins #3 – CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins #4 – THE NAUGHTY LIST by Suzanne Young #5 – THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT by Kate DiCamillo #6 – WINGS by Aprilynne Pike #7 – EIGHTH GRADE SUPERZERO by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich #8 – THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo #9 – HOW TO TRAIN A DRAGON by Cressida Cowell #10 – THE SEASON by Sarah MacLean #11 – THE SEVEN RAYS by Jessica Bendinger #12 – WHISPER by Phoebe Kitanidis #13 – SHADOW HILLS by Anastasia Hopcus #14 – NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer #15 – MOLLY MOON’S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM by Georgia Byng #16 – GRACELING by Kristin Cashore (This is a second reading which is super rare for me. One of my all-time faves!) #17 – FIRE by Kristin Cashore #18 – THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff #19 – HEIST SOCIETY by Ally Carter #20 – NEED by Carrie Jones #21 – BRIGHTLY WOVEN by Alexandra Bracken #22 – CAPTIVATE by Carrie Jones #23 – PROPHECY OF DAYS by Christy Raedeke #24 – THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN by Susan Beth Pfeffer #25 – THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown #26 – PLAIN KATE by Erin Bow #27 – THE OVERTON WINDOW – by Glenn Beck #28 – THE THIEF by Megan Whalen Turner #29 – PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White #30 – THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger #31 – MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins #32 – ONLY THE GOOD SPY YOUNG by Ally Carter #33 – THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB by Elizabeth Eulberg |
Looking forward to how your blog takes shape in 2010!
Oooh an approaching reading challenge! Color me intrigued.
I know I am one that was really excited about TAC, but once the school year started again I have not had as much time and sadly, my first attempt draft is one of the things that has been on hold. I am sorry that I was not able to be more active on the TAC posts, but I am excited for the posts that you will be doing, and I am glad that the TAC posts will be on-line for whenever I am able to dedicate time to my book again I will surely go back to the archives for your tips! Thanks again for all that you do on your blogs.