Tag: kristina mcbride

  • Authors, Authors Everywhere

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    Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet some very cool authors. I was giddy with excitement as I drove to the Books & Company at the Greene in Dayton, Ohio – ready to meet my online friends in person for the first time. Still riding the high from my launch party at the…

  • Launch Party Fun!

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    My launch party, which was hosted by the Books & Company at The Greene, was an exciting event! Lots of people showed up to help me celebrate the launch of my debut, The Tension of Opposites. From pre-school to adulthood, friends from all stages of my life were in attendance. I shared my journey to publication (a…

  • Guest Blog

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    Today I am up on the Guide to Literary Agents blog with a guest post about Revision. Wanna know the two dirtiest words in this writer’s vocabulary? They both start with "R" . . . Click on the above link to check out my entire post.

  • Launch Week Fun!

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    My debut novel, The Tension of Opposites, launched exactly one week ago – on May 25th, 2010. It was a crazy whirlwind of a week, and I could hardly catch my breath. But it was good. Oh, so good! What did I do? The normal stuff a mother of two pre-schoolers must do – laundry,…

  • Coincidence or a Sign?

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    You know what today is? May 25, 2010: Launch day for my debut novel, The Tension of Opposites. *Excuse me for a moment while I swim in some YAY* But today is also something else. Something that neither my publisher, agent, nor I knew about until way after the launch date for my novel was…

  • Kristina McBride, author of The Tension of Opposites, Destination: The Three Sisters

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    Today I’m celebrating the launch of my debut novel The Tension of Opposites. (Can I just take a moment to swim in a little YAY?) It’s a very exciting moment in my life, as I’ve dreamed of becoming published since I was a young child. In my novel, 16-year-old Tessa McMullen has spent the last…

  • Youth Services Symposium

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    You know how sometimes everything in the universe seems to align perfectly, so cool stuff kind of just happens for you? Well, I’ve been lucky enough to experience this mystical alignment for the last several years, and things just keep rolling along. (Not that I haven’t worked my tail off at the same time.) Back in…

  • The Tension of Opposites – Cover Time

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    I’ve been trying to wait until this version of my cover shows up on some of the official book-selling sites, but since it was posted on Goodreads today, I figure it’s time to share. *squee* Looks like this is the final final cover for The Tension of Opposites. I am giddy with excitement. Egmont did…

  • Teacher, Teacher

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    One YA Author’s Journey to Publication All writers need guidance. Hopefully each of us has found at least one great teacher to inspire us to continue to struggle through the difficulties of brainstorming, revision, and the push to dig deeper. As I mentioned in a previous post, I was not just painfully shy about sharing…

  • My First Interview

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    Thoughts when I got the request for this interview: Someone really wants to interview me? What fun! Thoughts when I received the questions for this interview: Some of these are really hard! Thoughts when I saw this interview: OMG, it’s really happening. This whole crazy dream of being published is really coming true! *SQUEE* So,…