Hey Loungers, we are chatting up a storm tomorrow with Jen DeLucy for her Blog Tour.Chat information

Her Books Seers of Light and Whisper of Light are wonderful.  I loved them. Here are there book trailers

Check out her blog for more book info and more insight on her wonderful characters.

Jennifer is an author of  YA books. She’s an independent publisher.  She’s a mom to 6 kids.  She even plays photographer for her book covers!  This Chick is a multitalented woman!  Listen in as she tells us all about her book, life and what it’s like to do it all!

Links {*Jennifer on Facebook*}{*Jennifer’s Blog*}

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While at the Austin Teen Book Festival Shannon and I were able to snag a couple of quick interviews with a few Daydreamers and on one Boundary Breaker!  Please listen in as we talk to these intelligent female authors.

LINKS{*Austin Teen Book Festival*}{*Ellen Hopkins*}{*Nancy Werlin*}{*Sophie Jordan*}

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We had the chance to interview Jennifer DeLucy author of Seers of Light.  Jen gives us an inside view of what it’s like for a writer.  She’s written Fan Fiction so you may already know her!  Listen in as we chat with Jennifer.

Enjoy!

LINKS {*Jennifer DeLucy Blog*}{*Seers of Light*}{*Jennifer’s Facebook*}{*Jennifer’s Twitter*}{*Seers of Light Twitter*}

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to write a book and then get it published? Well Shannon and I had the chance to talk with an author who is soon to be published! Victoria Schwab shares her journey with us here at the lounge.  She has written a book called The Near Witch and is eagerly, patiently, and excitedly awaiting it’s release next August.  Pull up a cool drink and sit back and listen in as we talk with Victoria about this crazy journey to become a published writer!

LINKS {*Victoria’s Website*}{*Victoria’s Blog*}{*Victoria’s Facebook*}{*Victoria’s Twitter*}{*Victoria’s goodreads*}{*YA Rebels*}

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Maggie Stiefvater – Linger
Young Adult Events
Start: Thu, 07/29/2010 – 7:00pm
In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past. It’s hard to put into words how well-written and exciting these books are and we’re so happy to be welcoming Maggie Stiefvater to the store this evening! Make sure to get here early! Tonight at 7:00PM.
Location:
BookPeople
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas 78703-5413

Kim and I are excited for this event and will be there with bells on and we will definitely report back to you.

It just so happens that our book of the month author Cassandra Clare has a new interview out! Thanks Cassandra, we know you are busy but new interviews make us so happy!
Here is a bit of the interview. Be sure to click the link at the bottom to read all of it.

Cassandra Clare first introduced the heroine of the Mortal Instruments series, Clary Fray, in City of Bones, where she falls in with the Shadowhunters of Manhattan and its Downworld (New York’s “shadow self”). Now meet Tessa Gray, star of Clockwork Angel: Infernal Devices #1 (McElderry, $19.99, 9781416975861/1416975861, 496 pp., ages 12-up, August 31 laydown; also available on CD and for download from S&S Audio), which kicks off a companion series, set in London 130 years before Mortal Instruments. Tessa, an ordinary American girl, comes to London in search of her brother and is promptly kidnapped. “In this iteration, the Hell Fire Club inspired the Pandemonium Club,” Clare explained. “They practice black magic and believe they can use Tessa for their nefarious purposes.” Here the author talks about her fondness for cities and their shadow selves, trilogies and the parallels she has created between hers.

Did you originally conceive of Mortal Instruments as a trilogy?

I did think of Mortal Instruments as a trilogy when I first constructed it because I was a huge fan of trilogies as a kid. There’s a theme that runs through it that’s [inspired by] Milton and The Divine Comedy. There are little epigraphs at the beginning of each section: the first is the hero’s descent, the second is about hell and the underworld, and the third as an ascent out of the underworld. I think of it as Clary’s heroic journey.

What drew you back to the series for City of Fallen Angels (to be released in April 2011)?

A graphic novel company asked if I could do a story set in the universe of Mortal Instruments, so I storyboarded out a concept for a new story that would take off from the end of City of Glassand focus slightly more on the character of Simon, Clary’s best friend. The project fell through, so I went to Simon & Schuster and asked how they’d feel about me turning this into a novel. And they said, “But it’s a trilogy!” And I said, “I think Scott Westerfeld has proven that a trilogy has four books.”

Read the rest HERE: ShelfAwareness