Today’s the official publication day of THIS IS NOT A WRITING MANUAL, and the celebration is already underway! Look after the jump to read all about it!Kerri’s first stop was the YA Highway, where she talks about writing and weighs in on that age-old debate of caffeine-craving authors everywhere: coffee or tea?
Then Kerri wrote a guest post on WORD for Teens saying that it is possible to be too trendy — at least when it comes to writing! Of her attempt at writing a paranormal YA novel, she says:
I figured I had it made: I was writing a story I really believed in, AND I would be surfing a trend wave safely to the beach.
When I’d banged out a good enough draft, I gave it to another YA writer friend for comments, and I’ll never forget what she said. She said: “It’s so good. It’s so good I can’t believe no one hasn’t written it yet.”
Turns out someone had. And just as I started looking for an agent for the novel, I saw that it was debuting on The New York Times bestseller list.
Click here to read the rest of this great post and to enter to win a free copy of THIS IS NOT A WRITING MANUAL!
Kerri will also be doing a series of guest posts on Polyphony H.S. every Monday this month. The first post, an exclusive excerpt from her book, is here.
Starting tomorrow, Kerri will be doing a series of workshops at the Belmont Library‘s Teen Center in Belmont, Massachusetts.
The official THIS IS NOT A WRITING MANUAL book party will be at the Weston Public Library in Weston, Massachusetts, on Monday, July 15th at 7pm, so if you’re in the Boston area, please come and bring your writer friends!
If you’re unable to attend the party, you can still join Kerri on the 15th for a free live webinar on writing authentic dialogue. Head over to the Writer’s Digest site to register!
More exciting things to come, so be sure to check out Kerri’s website, Facebook page, or Twitter for the latest info!
