First I will mention that we are proud to have Tori Scott & Lindsey Cummings with us. They both have agents and their first books are out on submission. Squeee!!! Please post a comment in support. I’m sure they need a heaping dose of love and a cyber hug.
Many of our TeenShiver authors are new to YA, but I can see very bright futures ahead for them. They need love too. Explore their books and see what I mean.
As Texas YA authors, we have banded together to promote literacy and our genre. If you are a school, library, or bookstore and want to reach out to our authors, please follow the instructions on our CONTACT PAGE. We’d like to hear from you if you’d love to schedule an event, are a cool reviewer looking to discover fresh voices in YA, or want to find out more about how to become a TeenShiver author.
For our followers, we will have the support of our publishers and will have very cool exclusives coming soon. I can't wait to share them. Follow us and be the first to know.
Welcome!
I'm new blogger and avid YA reader who is moving to Texas in the beginning of October! I think it's really cool that you have put this blog together and I can't wait to check out all of the Texas book events!
ReplyDeleteJordan!! You got the comments working?! :) yay!!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, Linds--I still can't get the comment number on the home page for each post, but it's working here, so better than where we were. Oy!
ReplyDeleteHey Sarah--Great to see you. Thanks for posting a comment. Where will you be in TX? First off, let me say that JenBigHeart is a TX librarian who is collecting the sites of all TX bloggers. You really need to tweet her at @jenbigheart and ck out her blog too. We have so many awesome TX bloggers/reviewers, you're gonna love it. We also have HUGE events for readers in TX. I've been amazed. Oct 1 is the Austin Teen Book Festival (ATBF). It's a one day free event that celebrates books & reading. They have free music too.
I hope you signed up to follow us. We're new but we'll be gaining traction soon. We want our blog to be active discussions. And we'll offer exclusive cool stuff here, so I'm glad you posted.
We'll be adding more authors soon. Welcome to TX (soon), Sarah.
Great site! Congrats to both Tori and Lindsey on their agents and crossing fingers for them while on subs! Also wonderful authors here with some amazing books! Looking forward to your posts!
ReplyDeleteNice blog. THanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope to stay connected. New follower now.
ReplyDelete=] Hey! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Is this a blog about the Wolf of the Mercy Falls (or something like that) series? I heard it's a good series.
ReplyDeleteNew follower as well. =]
oh wait never mind haha I read the post. So it's a blog about writings? Cool! XD
ReplyDeleteHey Trisha--Good to see you here, girl.
ReplyDeleteLindsey & Tori are keeping busy, trying not to wait by the phone. We all know what that is like. Grrrr! But look what they're doing to keep distracted. They've been a big help.
We're still sorting through issues, but our publishing houses have offered their support and we should have some fun things for reviewers and bloggers. In fact, I was just talking about you with Lisa today. Were your ears burning?
Hey Lena--We appreciate the love. Thanks for stopping by & posting a comment. You rock!
ReplyDeleteHey Cath-No werewolves that I'm aware of, but who knows. We could get them housebroken in no time. We're actually a group of Texas YA authors who will be focused on reaching out to Texas schools, stores, & libraries for speaking gigs. We'll also reach out to all the YA lovers out there on the blogosphere - readers, reviewers, & aspiring authors. Thanks for stopping by.
Stumbled upon this site. Great idea! This is the first "YA Community" of writers in Texas I've seen so far. Best of luck! I'll keep track.
ReplyDeleteHey Lori. Yes, I think we are a novel idea. I know my publisher was pretty thrilled with the idea & pledged support. Our other authors are hearing the same thing. As we define ourselves, more ideas will come. Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for stopping by!!
ReplyDeleteThis is AWESOME! Does this mean more Book Events a bit closer to home? Possibly?... I'm excited already!!! Yay! Thanx for letting me know about this site! This Texas blogger is definitely gonna Keep In Touch! : D
ReplyDeleteSo awesome to see so many great Texas authors in one place! We should have a party in Houston to celebrate!
ReplyDeleteHey Amanda--Thanks for hanging out with us. Yes, I think it DOES mean more local stuff. I think Texas has awesome book conferences. We hope that as more people get familiar with our homegrown writers, they will think of us when they book events. And we hope to hold our own events too. We'll offer exclusives for our followers. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteHey Cari--Yes, I think a party is entirely in order. Two of our authors will be in Houston in Oct. Mary Lindsey & Rachel Vincent. I'll be there in early 2012 with my next YA - ON A DARK WING. Hope to see you again. Woot!
ReplyDeleteI think group blogs by writers are a great idea. I'm a happy follower/book blogger looking forward to many great posts :)And good luck to authors whose novels are on submission!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, Ivana. We look forward to getting to know you too. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteTexas? I'm sold. *loves already*
ReplyDeleteHey Constance. Everything is Humongo in Texas, including the generosity of our readers. Thanks so much for your comment & the chuckle.
ReplyDeleteThis site looks so great, and I am really excited to see so many awesome TX authors all coming together here! I'm a TX YA blogger and can't wait to see all the cool stuff y'all have going on!
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Hey there, TX Bookjunkie. Cute blog. Love Sophie BTW. I have 2 rescues myself and am prone to post their cute mugs online.I even wrote Taco into into my Stone Angels story. Since it was fiction, I made her catch frisbees. HA!
ReplyDeleteI'm adding you to our blog roll because of your sheer awesomeness.
Welcome!
This is sooooo freaking cool!
ReplyDeleteDamned straight, Savannah! And with a heaping pour of awesome sauce, especially if YOU'RE here. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeletethanks for coming by everyone!!
ReplyDeleteHooray for TX! I'm dying to move back (maybe March?!?!) Ya'll eat at Pappsitos and Lupes and Cafe Red Onion for me!
ReplyDeleteOmg, Beck, ur making us hungry. I live in San Antonio and I'll be at Mi Tiera's in a day or so, hosting a thriller author from Australia. He's on tour. But I don't need an excuse for Tex-Mex. Yum! Thanks for the chuckle.
ReplyDeleteI MISS TEX-MEX! *cries hysterically*
ReplyDeleteI'll mail you some 'chiladas, baby!
ReplyDeleteThis book was so good that I finished it in one day, I just could not put it down. I was no mad at myself in the end because I finished it so fast, I did not wanted the book to end. It's just so beautiful, all of it the writting the characters. It's seriously a must re
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