BlackBird Books (Rebecca McKinsey)

I am a 20-year-old novelist who learned to drive a library cart before I learned to drive a car. I was born in a town, raised in the country, and live in the city, but spend most of my time in places that don't exist. I often describe myself as a lover of words and drinker of tea but, most notably, a storyteller. Besides enjoying the stories themselves as I write, I enjoy that friends and acquaintances often just "show up unannounced" in my stories, just as you would turn a street corner and unexpectedly run into a friend. Friends have asked if they could be characters in one of my future books, which is so encouraging and supportive! In my writing, I try to remain clean and family-friendly, all the better to inspire a love for reading and writing through storytelling, especially for young people.

My books are: The Storytellers: Anterria (book one) - December 2010

The Storytellers: Atlantis (book two) - January 2012

Sydney West - February 2012

Email: gina@blackbirdbooks.net

Country: U.S.A.

RebeccaWritesYA

 

Follow along as I attempt to break into the exciting-yet-terrifying world of publishing. I started blogging right around  the time I stopped writing for fun and began writing with the internet to publish. After several long years of rewriting, revising, submitting, and banging my head off the keyboard, I entered my third YA novel, OUT OF NOWHERE, in the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (the entire experience is outlined in my blog, in detail). I made it all the way to the Top 3 in the YA category. In June 2012, I self-published my first two contemporary YA books, JUST YOU and SOMEONE ELSE.

 

Email: sillymom@gmail.com

Country: Canada

J. Grace Pennington
 

I am J. Grace Pennington, author, daughter, sister, Christian. I love Jesus more than life itself.  I write as I rest in the life story He writes, giving in to the plot twists He sees fit to give me, enjoying every second of the great story of life, knowing beyond any shadow of a doubt that it will end with “and she lived happily ever after.”

I am a storyteller. I capture stories from my mind with a pen, from life with a camera, and from books with my voice. On my site, you can learn more about my stories, or perhaps get my help in telling yours.

Email: theauthor@jgracepennington.com
Country: United States

Just Bookin' Around
I review many different genre of books on my blog, but my first love is anything YA. Mainly YA. I read voraciously, I run for the health of it, and I write with hopes of becoming a published YA author myself. My only child has four legs and fur. Contemporary these days.
 

Email: Lorielle11@gmail.com
Country: USA

LittleElfMan's Random Thought

LittleElfMan's Random Thoughts spill out from his passion for Children's and Young Adult Books. He is an aspiring author who currently works for a Children's and YA publisher and is undertaking a Masters of Children's Literature. He somehow finds time in amongst all of that to blog reviews and going-ons in other book related things. 

Email: littleelfman@yahoo.com 

Country: Australia

Growing Up YA

My name is Kristin and I am a 24 year-old, aspiring author/blogger, who never quite grew out of her YA reading phase. My blog, Growing Up YA, grew from a desire to document the obscene amount of young adult books I've read in the past couple of years. Wanna see how this turns out? Sit back, relax, and stay tuned for another episode of: As The Grown Woman Blogs.

Email: growingupya@yahoo.com
Country: USA

Struggles of a (Maybe) Teen Author

Hi! I'm Emily, and my blog is pretty much an online journal.  I write about life, emotions, writing, my web activity, a few random things, and - my favorite - books!  I review books on my blog from various review programs, which give me a free book in exchange for an honest review.  I also recently posted Book Reviewing 101, a tutorial on getting started in online book reviewing.

Email: newyorksnowflake@gmail.com

Country: USA

BookBreath 

I love books, no that's not quite right. I love words. I read them, I write them and sometimes I even sing them :) Some good books helped me through the darkest days of my life and I feel like I can overcome every obstacle if I have a good book with me.

I live in a small village with my family, my dog and some of my best friends just a few minutes away. I review books, talk about authors, bring in the latest news and try out the advices of others about writing.

Email: bookbreath@gmx.de
Country: Germany

The Hot Sheet

 

I write the Langdon Prep series about a girl dealing with high school drama while solving crimes on the side. The first book, MY OWN WORST FRENEMY, drops 8/30/11.

 

Country: USA

 

Email: kimberly@kimberlyreid.com

Let The Words Flow 

Let The Words Flow is a writers blog made up of FictionPress.com alumni. Some of us are published (or soon-to-be-published), some of us are agented, some of us are still querying, some are still writing and revising, and some of us work in the publishing industry. We blog about the writing, querying, and publication process, as well as review books (mostly YA), interview authors, host giveaways, and participate in blog tours. Some of our contributors include Mandy Hubbard, literary agent and YA author of PRADA AND PREJUDICE and YOU WISH; Sarah J. Maas, author of the upcoming 2012 YA debut QUEEN OF GLASS; Susan Dennard, author of the upcoming 2012 YA debut SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY; and Vahini Naidoo, author of the upcoming 2012 YA debut THE GNOME IS WATCHING (currently under a title change).

Email: letthewordsflowblog@gmail.com

Country: USA, Canada, Germany, Australia

Confessions of the Un-Published

 

Hello!  I'm Sarah, an aspiring writer and avid reader.  I love everything Young Adult!  Check out my blog!  Right now, it's mostly all about book-reviews, contests, and already-published authors.  But as I come closer and closer to actually finishing my own novel (and soon the process of looking for an agent) my blog will be shifting into more of a writing focus.

 

Country: USA

Email: curlgurl2007@gmail.com

Dana's YA Bookpile

Bookgril Knitting

Zombie Girl Shambling 

I am a bookseller, book reviewer and working on my first two YA novels. I started blogging a month or so ago and love it. My focus on these two blogs is primarily YA. Bookgirl Knitting has a few other things also.

My third blog is a little different, but still very much YA oriented. It is a cute zombie blog with some gothic elements. No biting. I keep it lighthearted and fun. (YA centric)

Blogging and book reviewing has become a way of life for me. I have five blogs. The ones not mentioned above are a cookbook blog and the other for knitting and crafty distractions from writing my books. I won the Versatile Blogger award for Bookgirl in the Kitchen recently. I have 9 rescue dogs, knit and crochet like a fiend, love my new Nookcolor and Ipad, have spoken recently at a YA/MG writers group here in Houston and will be speaking in early January to the Houston branch of SCWBI. I am on Facebook, Twitter as Dana19018, Goodreads, Shelfari, Librarything, Bookblogs and bn.com.

I originally hail from Waukegan, Illinois, but spent most of my childhood in Florida and Virginia.  My younger years were primarily spent reading in my room, complete with Halloween vampire posters on the walls year round, and monster characters on my desk. (My current office has the same décor.)

 

Throughout high school, I read like a crazy woman. As I got my second job at a bookstore, my love of books was even more fully entrenched.  Paychecks optional. Books essential.

 

Now I still work at a bookstore and am writing two of my own YA books. I discovered blogging in September of 2010 and haven’t budged far from my computer or phone ever since.

 

My hobbies are writing YA, baking, knitting, stitching, crochet, movie watching, rescue puppies, book reviewing and running down the chocolate aisle at the local grocery store in search of the newest and oddest chocolate I can find.

Country: USA

Email: Dana19018@gmail.com

Owl Review a Book 

I'm Beth, a thrirteen year old YA (Although I was into YA since I was, like, ten :P.) book blogger. I like book blogging because book bloggy people don't give me strange looks when I read a book a day, ya know what they say, A book a day keeps the... worms at bay? Close enough. I started a blog to improve my microscopic writing skills and I thought, why not a book blog? My reviews are mostly YA fiction. I'm completely honest in my reviews, and I review a lot. Hope you can stop by!

E-mail:  fallenleaf99@hotmail.com

Country: United States

Amanda's Writings

Hi I'm Amanda of Amanda's Writings. On my blog I post stories I've written, my thoughts on writing, and book reviews. I've been blogging for three months now and I would love it if people would read my blog. I actually have a contest going on right now. If you follow my blog and then refer someone to it, you can fill out the entry form. So head on over to Amanda's Writings and check it out :)

Email: manderzizawsome@gmail.com

Country: USA

A.M Bells

Bio: I've started the blog mostly as a writing blog but that didn't catch very well. (I've written a book here "Crimson Chocolate"). Being an avid reader I started writing more about the books I've read and kept doing it until now. I mostly focus on YA, Urban Fantasy, mostly whatever has a non-human creature in it and there is a love story.

Country: Romania

email: alia_no_kokoro@yahoo.co.uk

Emma Michaels

Bio: I review books and am an aspiring novelist (YA science fiction) who has already completed two novels and is seeking representation for them.

Email: sincerelyemmam@yahoo.com

Country: United States

The First Novels Club

Bio: The First Novels Club follows four aspiring writers as they write, read, network, and navigate the rest of life --- FNC Style. It includes book reviews and fun, two-person co-reviews; author interviews; contests; and more. We write posts about the YA genre, like "Nice Guys Finish Last" and "The Perks of Being a Fictional Character," and we even do character studies on Disney princes, princesses, and villains. The FNC also covers our adventures in author stalking (readings & signings) and various writers' conferences we attend. If you're a YA fan or an aspiring writer, please come check us out -- we'd love to have you!