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Fleur @Fleura (35122) • United Kingdom 30 Oct

The book ‘The Hunger Games’ was a best-seller, and had a massive following especially among teenagers and young adults (what this says about contemporary ‘western’ society will, I suspect, provide much analytical material for...

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Thinking about a change in book cover style for the new series

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 14 Nov 22

Since NaNoWriMo 2021, when I wrote the first draft of a novel tentatively titled BG AND THE PRINCESS, I have been pondering using a different style of book cover for this series. The photo above is for the second book in the...

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Ambiguous Genitalia

celticeagle @celticeagle (190011) • Boise, Idaho 20 Sep 22

As far as transgender things go.......I have heard some horror stories which make me even more sensitive to the transgender's problems. Ambiguous genitalia is a rare condition. This is when the external genitals don't appear or...

transgender

genitalia

young adult

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So Glad I Finally Got It Done

celticeagle @celticeagle (190011) • Boise, Idaho 12 Nov 21

We all have things we would like to get done at some point, right? Give it a room that needs to be cleaned or renovated. Or, a place you want to see at some point. We all have those things big or small. Well, this last week I...

young adult

books

my kids

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Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7410) • Sparta, Tennessee 28 Sep 21

I remember reading R.L Stine's Fear Street and there was another series by Christopher Pike that was along similar lines. They were both good and I still enjoy them from time to time. I found this particular series at Target one...

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Young Adult Thriller: Book Review

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 7 Aug 21

The Missing Season by Gillian French is a YA Thriller novel which I won on Instagram from the author. ~~~~ [i][/i]Whenever another kid goes missing in October, the Pender kids know what is really behind it: a horrific monster...

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From Shadow and Silence by Carrie Ann Ryan

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7410) • Sparta, Tennessee 10 Mar 21

I received this ARC from Carrie Ann Ryan last month and I have to say it lived up to all my expectations. From Shadow and Silence is the final book in Carrie Ann Ryan's Elements of Five series. It consists of four books total....

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Book Review: The First Stone by Don Aker

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 17 Feb 21

[i][/i]Reef is an embittered young offender, hardly able to contain his anger at the world over the death of his grandmother, the only person who had ever shown him love. Leeza is mourning the death of her older sister. A stone...

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Broken Beginnings and Reviews

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 29 Aug 19

Added another 1700 plus words to Broken Beginnings! Made Chicken Noodle Soup from Scratch because it sounded good, and it was! I finished two reviews and am about to work on a third! I am watching Television Now, and about...

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Broken Beginnings: Prologue: Rewrites (Not posted Elsewhere)

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 23 May 19

First of all this is only my first rounds of rewrites, and no I haven’t posted them elsewhere! I will be leaving them up for a short period of time! So I hope you enjoy Prologue: “Naomi. Naomi Elizabeth!” The voice...

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Writing, Life, & Good Night

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 17 Mar 19

I had planned on sharing more here today, but does sometimes get in the way, both the good and the bad, but that’s just the way it is. I did manage to get a couple of posts in though and make a few comments so that’s a plus, I...

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Book Recommendation: You’d Be Mine

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 16 Mar 19

You'd Be Mine A Novel by Erin Hahn Look for this book April.02, I recommend this book for highschool age kids and above due to subject matter and language but it’s really a great book. If this Debut by Erin Hahn is indication...

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Nanowrimo update!

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 5 Nov 18

I am really happy with the story line, with the progress of Sounds in Silence. I added another 3704 words to the story today for a total of 12,054 words so far. I’m happy with the progress

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Ready For Some Nano Fun

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 31 Oct 18

I don’t know about you but I’m ready for the start of Nano, Sephora’s story is ready to be told. How many are taking part in Nano? Are you ready?

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One Boy Two Islands Cover Reveal

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 17 Jul 17

I am happy to announce that the Kindle edition of my next book will launch on July 29th.If all goes well, the paperback version will launch on the same day. This novel will be my second that started life as a NaNoWriMo project....

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'Millenials' Can't Be Bothered to Save £800 a Month

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 19 Feb 16

This is a, paraphrased, headline from a recent newspaper article. For those unfamiliar with the British, £800 works out to a little over $1100. The term 'millenials' is used to refer to young adults who would have been teens...

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seeing my son as a baby after 9years,normal?

luisaR @luisaR (452) • Philippines 6 Feb 13

they say that in the eyes of a mother, her kid remain a baby the whole time.I think its true because my son is 9years old now,am seeing changes on him growing into a young man,loves adult music now and not the nursery thing,has...

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Wannabe Independent

Aja103654 @Aja103654 (5644) • Philippines 8 Oct 12

I bet there are many of us here who wants to be independent. Some of us may be independent already. Which is why, I am very interested to hear what people out there think about being independent, it's pros and cons, how to attain...

financial

independent

mature

overprotective parents

self reliant

work

young adult

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Marketing anti-pedophilia novel

Graptopetalum @Graptopetalum (1807) • Canada 16 Aug 12

I'm working on a science fiction novel in which a nine year old girl fights a pedophile. My motivation for this is partly because I think it's strange that I can't think of any stories about kids fighting pedophiles although the...

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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

hunterdon @hunterdon (17) • United States 31 Jul 12

My sister in law is really into Young Adult novels and has passed a few over to me. I loved The Hunger Games series and read them in less than a week. I read Twilight a couple of years ago and devoured them. Recently she's handed...

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