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https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/03/ Joy Preble: March 2012 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble march https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/11/ Joy Preble: November 2011 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble november https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/ Joy Preble: 2012 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-we-write-about.html Joy Preble: What we write about Interesting conversation in critique group last night about the emotional/psychological roots of what we write. Of course, it was, as always... what we write joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2015/ Joy Preble: 2015 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/09/surviving-ike.html Joy Preble: Surviving Ike So, what happens when a Cat 3 hurricane hits you? (they say it was one mile less per hour than a cat 3 and thus a cat 2, but I say that's qu... joy preble surviving ike https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/07/monday-musings.html?showComment=1406709639943 Joy Preble: Monday Musings Last Monday in July and I am not sure how that is even possible! But I think the swift passage of the summer has a lot to do with releasing ... joy preble monday musings https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/08/fun-in-pasadena-and-other-tuesday.html Joy Preble: Fun in Pasadena and other Tuesday updates Had a blast this past Saturday at the Pasadena TX Barnes and Noble, signing and schmoozing with fans and new readers and #amazingauthors CC ... joy preble and other fun pasadena tuesday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/08/its-friday-and-question-and-giveaway.html?showComment=1313778155478 Joy Preble: It's Friday. And a Question and giveaway And oh crap, now that song is back in my head. But Friday it is. And writing I am. (hello, Yoda, how did you wander into my speech pat... joy preble and a friday question giveaway https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/05/sometimes-it-just-doesnt-matter.html Joy Preble: Sometimes it just doesn't matter That's what was happening in this week's ep of Grey's Anatomy - sometimes, regardless of your intentions or abilities you just get screwed. ... joy preble sometimes matter https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/07/ Joy Preble: July 2008 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble july https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/04/presenting-haunted-cover-interview-with.html?showComment=1271204476412 Joy Preble: Presenting the HAUNTED cover: Interview with Cathleen Elliott Part 3 Well, this is it! Our last installment of my interview with girl genius cover artist Cathleen Elliott. Thank you Cathleen, for taking time t... joy preble the haunted cover interview https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/08/whoa-its-wednesday.html Joy Preble: Whoa! It's Wednesday Yikes. One of those crazy weeks. So rather than focus on my current exhaustion, or how my mouth is still traumatized from "the incident with... joy preble whoa wednesday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/05/what-are-you-reading.html Joy Preble: What are you reading? Nice kid lit event Tuesday night at Murder by the Book, one of our beautiful Houston indies -- this one dedicated as the name would sugge... joy preble are you reading https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/10/ Joy Preble: October 2013 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble october https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/06/guilty-pleasures-part-2.html Joy Preble: Guilty pleasures part 2 Didn't think I'd write more about this topic today, but then, last night, there was "Age of Love." Yes, folks, the show that pits 20 somethi... joy preble guilty pleasures part https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/09/must-read.html Joy Preble: Must read Yes, you must read Leonard Marcus' Minders of Make-Believe if you want a meticulously researched book on the history and shaping of childre... joy preble must read https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/05/spatastic.html Joy Preble: Spatastic (Cross posted on LiveJournal) Okay, so it's been years since I treated myself to a manicure. Pedis I do regularly because I obviously walk l... joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/09/friday-five.html Joy Preble: Friday Five 1. Excited to give a keynote tomorrow at East Texas Book Fest at UT Tyler in Tyler Texas. What I am not excited about: My paranoia about h... joy preble friday five https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/12/thats-my-boy.html Joy Preble: That's my boy! Stuffy nose, backed up grading, messy house, no holiday cards sent, unmade banana bread for little work gifts... But none of it matters. Why... joy preble that s boy https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2015/10/ Joy Preble: October 2015 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble october https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/11/ Joy Preble: November 2010 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble november https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2018/05/ Joy Preble: May 2018 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble may https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/05/summer-reading-special.html Joy Preble: Summer Reading Special!! Help me spread the word! Sourcebooks is offering the ebook version of Dreaming Anastasia for only $1.99 this week as a stock up for summer r... joy preble summer reading special https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/08/ Joy Preble: August 2010 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble august https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/07/do-tell.html Joy Preble: Do tell I admire so many writers that if I tried to actually post about them, I'd never get any work done today. I mean honestly, I keep meeting so ... joy preble tell https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/08/almost-done-reading.html?showComment=1186065300000 Joy Preble: almost done reading Unlike so many of you, I have not quite finished Book 7 of Harry Potter. In fact, I find that I'm stretching things out because I'm so in lo... joy preble almost done reading https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/03/ Joy Preble: March 2009 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble march https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/09/five-for-friday.html?showComment=1410553103878 Joy Preble: Five for Friday Happy 9/12/14 y'all! A quick five: 1. Started reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, which has been on the TBR list for a very long tim... joy preble five friday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/08/and-because-im-always-listening-for.html Joy Preble: And because I'm always listening for dialogue- I have been "collecting" favorite Olympic commentary lines. Two I've adored so far, both about gymnastics and both by whoever's doing the co... joy preble i m always listening dialogue https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/03/ Joy Preble: March 2013 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble march https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-miss-snickerdoodles.html Joy Preble: I miss the snickerdoodles When we first moved into this house twelve years ago, it was basically because my mother had passed away and left enough money for a downpay... joy preble miss snickerdoodles https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-which-book-three-is-now-called.html Joy Preble: In Which Book Three is now called Anastasia Forever This is my lovely Sourcebooks editor, the intrepid Leah Hultenschmidt. She is smart and clever and thoughtful and we have discovered that we... joy preble book three is now https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/09/and-winner-is.html?showComment=1317156919357 Joy Preble: And the Winner Is And the winners of fabulous paranormal YA books by fabulous Texas authors are: Drumroll please........ Tillie N - wins a signed copy of Jen... joy preble and the winner https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2016/06/ Joy Preble: June 2016 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble june https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/06/ Joy Preble: June 2012 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble june https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/03/five-for-friday.html Joy Preble: Five for Friday Been writing, writing, writing this week. Revising and writing new material, both. Some days it's been like digging up rocks with a toothpic... joy preble five friday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/11/draggy-monday.html Joy Preble: Draggy Monday So Friday night we went to Feast with the Beast which is this awesome event at the Houston Zoo where there's food from 60 different restaura... joy preble monday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/05/contest-winner-for-im-not-her.html Joy Preble: Contest Winner for I'm Not Her Wanted to post this for the past two days, but blogger was having issues until just recently! Bad Blogger! But it's back now and so.... drum... joy preble contest winner https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/12/shes-what-or-bassetboxer-saga.html Joy Preble: She's a What? or the Basset/Boxer Saga This is Lyla. Lyla is our rescue dog, a boxet, which means she is part boxer and part basset hound. Honestly, she looks photo-shopped, which... joy preble s a the basset https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/p/my-books.html Joy Preble: My Books THE DREAMING ANASTASIA SERIES (Sourcebooks) Click on titles to purchase: DREAMING ANASTASIA HAUNTED (Sourcebooks) ... joy preble books https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/04/five-for-friday.html Joy Preble: Five For Friday And somehow it is Friday again! Actually, it is technically still Thursday night. It's me and Jimmy Fallon -- who just told his 2nd Vladimi... joy preble five friday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/08/its-friday-and-question-and-giveaway.html?showComment=1313879908590 Joy Preble: It's Friday. And a Question and giveaway And oh crap, now that song is back in my head. But Friday it is. And writing I am. (hello, Yoda, how did you wander into my speech pat... joy preble and a friday question giveaway https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2015/02/ Joy Preble: February 2015 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble february https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/09/oh-those-little-meerkats.html Joy Preble: oh those little meerkats Thanks to those who have suggested I watch Meerkat Manor. Not of course that I really have time to add something new to the schedule. Not wi... joy preble oh little meerkats https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/05/all-shiny-and-new.html Joy Preble: All Shiny and New Starting a new novel this week -- a mystery/thriller/romance I do believe, although sometimes the plan isn't what ends up on the page. I'm i... joy preble shiny new https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2018/02/five-for-friday.html Joy Preble: Five For Friday In no particular order, five things I'm kinda obsessed about right now: 1. The Netflix reboot of ONE DAY AT A TIME. Just raced through Sea... joy preble five friday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/07/digging-in.html?showComment=1215450900000 Joy Preble: Digging In Still digging into SPARK editorial letter revisions. I love working on SPARK because I get to play with more than one narrative voice, since... joy preble digging https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-shares-your-day.html Joy Preble: Who Shares Your Day? I like birthdays. My birthday, your birthday... birthdays are good. I debated this post -- a bit ego-centric-- then thought what the heck. ... joy preble shares day https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/05/ Joy Preble: May 2014 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble may https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/07/group.html Joy Preble: The Group I had to miss critique group last night and I hated doing so. Personally, I live for "group." Mine meets once every two weeks, and sometimes... joy preble group https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-which-joy-recounts-her-vegas-top-ten.html?showComment=1187715420000 Joy Preble: In which Joy recounts her Vegas top ten Ah Las Vegas. I love it and I hate. All at once. So without further ado, I present the Vegas top ten from this past week's visit. 10. The ca... joy preble recounts vegas top ten https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/ Joy Preble: 2013 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/09/ Joy Preble: September 2009 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble september https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/09/friday-five.html Joy Preble: Friday Five 1. Have begun creating wedding album of the best. wedding. ever. Prodigal son and bride are adorable. Yup. So happy. 2. Edits. Edits. Edits... joy preble friday five https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-road-again-haunted-tour-update.html Joy Preble: On the Road Again: Haunted Tour Update Getting ready to hit the road again on and off for a few weeks. It's a bit hectic, but I am very much looking forward to all these events. L... on the road again joy preble haunted tour update https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/08/harry-potter-review-final-installment.html Joy Preble: Harry Potter Review: The Final Installment No time to post the rest of this yesterday. But without further ado, I present the end of my conversation with bestest pal Beth G. about Dea... joy preble harry potter the final review installment https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/02/who-done-it-not-me.html Joy Preble: WHO DONE IT? Not me... Who killed Herman Mildew? That's what the cops want to know. That's what we all want to know. Especially 80 authors. Who have all writte... joy preble done it https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/01/ Joy Preble: January 2014 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble january https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/09/pumpkin-palooza.html Joy Preble: Pumpkin-Palooza It's still hotter than hell outside. Yes, I know - I live in Texas. What did I expect? Actual fall? I miss it sometimes, I guess. I don't mi... joy preble pumpkin palooza https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/06/buffy-factor.html Joy Preble: The Buffy Factor I call it the Twilight effect. Happens to many of us who write YA with paranormal romance elements. A reviewer will comment that this charac... joy preble buffy factor https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2015/10/five-for-friday-and-iwalt-bookmarks.html Joy Preble: Five for Friday! And IWALT Bookmarks! 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 th... five for friday joy preble bookmarks https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/05/book-talk.html Joy Preble: book talk Finished A Curse as Dark as Gold by the incredibly talented Elizabeth Bunce. What an amazing book. Bunce retells Rumplestiltskin here, but s... joy preble book talk https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/02/dear-rachael.html Joy Preble: Dear Rachael Okay, so I justified watching because I was ironing. Really. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. And honestly, an hour of Rachael Ray is... joy preble dear rachael https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/07/ Joy Preble: July 2011 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble july https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/08/living-vicariously.html Joy Preble: Living vicariously I've enjoyed reading the updates from those who attended the recent SCBWI LA conference. Couldn't get there myself this time, but hope to ne... joy preble living https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-which-i-get-to-show-sweet-dead-life.html Joy Preble: In Which I Get to Show THE SWEET DEAD LIFE The interesting thing about having a book that's not coming out until May 2013 is that you know all sorts of cool things about it, but you ... joy preble get to https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/12/ Joy Preble: December 2010 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble december https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/07/if-william-shatner-says-its-true.html Joy Preble: If William Shatner says it's true... There are two types of people in this world: those who enjoy the gamble of the unknown inherent in booking hotel rooms on Priceline and thos... joy preble william shatner says true https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/11/bbbbbbbeowulf-plus-previews.html Joy Preble: Bbbbbb...Beowulf... plus previews Okay, so the digital 3D glasses thing simply rocked. There is nothing like having giant strands of monster spit lingering over your head. Or... joy preble bbbbbb beowulf plus previews https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/02/ Joy Preble: February 2014 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble february https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/08/while-youre-waiting-check-this-out.html Joy Preble: While you're waiting, check this out! Okay, so I haven't chosen a winner yet, although soon! But here's what you can do in the meantime. Check out blog follower TaschimaCullen's ... joy preble check this waiting https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/12/ Joy Preble: December 2011 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble december https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2015/06/ Joy Preble: June 2015 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble june https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2018/ Joy Preble: 2018 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/11/ Joy Preble: November 2014 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble november https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/10/ Joy Preble: October 2010 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble october https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/04/ Joy Preble: April 2013 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble april https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/ Joy Preble: 2010 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/04/it-wasnt-always-like-this-coming-in-2016.html Joy Preble: IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS, coming in 2016 ! And so the secret news can finally be announced! Up today on Publisher's Marketplace: THE SWEET DEAD LIFE series author Joy Preble's IT... joy preble like this coming in https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/12/ Joy Preble: December 2013 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble december https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/06/six-for-sunday.html Joy Preble: Six for Sunday 1. Love, love, love Sarah Dessen's latest, Lock and Key. Ruby Cooper has been living with her mother in what can kindly be called a hand to ... joy preble six sunday https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/ Joy Preble: 2014 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2011/09/friday-five.html?showComment=1317783292308 Joy Preble: Friday Five 1. Have begun creating wedding album of the best. wedding. ever. Prodigal son and bride are adorable. Yup. So happy. 2. Edits. Edits. Edits... joy preble friday five https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/07/instead-of-revising-i.html Joy Preble: Instead of revising, I got a free coffee for getting down to "Play that Funky Music" with the baristas (okay, they got down; i mostly watched, but they still gave ... joy preble instead revising https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-which-i-realize-interesting.html Joy Preble: In Which I Realize Interesting Connections Well, ANASTASIA FOREVER arcs have been seeping into the world since TLA. But not everyone got to go to TLA. So tomorrow, I'll be doing a giv... joy preble realize interesting connections https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2018/03/ Joy Preble: March 2018 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble march https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2013/08/fall-is-coming-so-its-time-for-giveaway.html Joy Preble: Fall is Coming so it's Time for a Giveaway!! Yes, I know it's still August. And I'm in Houston so it's still in the 90's and will stay that way for weeks. But we've had some cooler minu... fall is coming joy preble https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2007/07/are-you-paelontologist.html?showComment=1184859060000 Joy Preble: Are either of you a paleontologist? Won't bore you with the details of the evening except to say I was at a meeting of a committee I've volunteered to co-chair in some other fa... joy preble you a either paleontologist https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2014/12/ Joy Preble: December 2014 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble december https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/09/like-pilgrims-with-cell-phones.html?showComment=1221668880000 Joy Preble: Like Pilgrims with cell phones If only the cell phones worked, that is. Or as my friend Anne just texted me, "Like pilgrims with cell phones and banjos" because her husban... joy preble like pilgrims cell phones https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/11/ Joy Preble: November 2008 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble november https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-raining-men.html Joy Preble: It's raining men... Just back from the Astro's opening day. 4 homers plus one run batted in, one delicious barbeque sandwich, some shared peanuts and a large Di... joy preble raining men https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/01/every-day-things.html?showComment=1201700340000 Joy Preble: every day things Writing with some classes today about every day events. You know - the ones that don't shift the earth on its axis or anything but still mak... joy preble every day things https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/09/dreaming-anastasia-blog-tour-updates.html?showComment=1267638395060 Joy Preble: Dreaming Anastasia Blog Tour Updates & Thank Yous! Book bloggers rock! People who read them rock! Okay, I'm feeling pretty thankful about the entire reading populace this morning.... but seri... joy preble blog tour dreaming anastasia updates https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/07/want-to-win-pony.html Joy Preble: Want to Win a Pony? Okay, no pony. Sorry. :) But if you head immediately over to http://classof2k9.com and click on the news/contest link you could win 12 !! b... joy preble want to win pony https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/09/did-i-tell-you-i-have-new-editor.html?showComment=1285627979863 Joy Preble: Did I Tell You I have a new editor? Well, I do. Her name is Leah Hultenschmidt and she's now Sourcebooks' new senior acquistions editor for both the Casablance (romance) and Fi... joy preble a new tell editor https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2010/04/interview-with-cover-artist-cathleen.html Joy Preble: Interview with cover artist Cathleen Elliott, part 1 This is Cathleen Elliott - aka girl genius - aka the creator of the Dreaming Anastasia cover - aka the creator of the soon to be revealed H... joy preble interview with cover artist cathleen elliott https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2008/09/getting-ready.html Joy Preble: Getting ready Going back to the "real world" tomorrow. School's starting up. The high school where I teach has power, sustained little damage. Likewise fo... joy preble getting ready https://joysnovelidea.blogspot.com/2009/02/ Joy Preble: February 2009 ~reading, writing, eating guacamole, watching trash tv joy preble february