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                                        My Writing | Alexandra Alessandri
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                                        Teller of tales. Lover of words. Writer of stories for children and young adults. 8220; When You Died: An Abecedarian. 8221; (The Acentos Review, May 2016). 8220; Conversaciones With My Father. 8221; (The Acentos Review, May 2016). 8220;Lipstick” (Vox, Issue ). 8220;October” (Vox, Issue ). 8220;Penn Station” (Vox, Issue ). Camilo’s First Christmas Novena. Buenos Dias, Farm! The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia. The Ghost of Cartagena. Through the Walled City. The Year of Butterflies. Just Like the Nut. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Between the Lines: October 2012
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                                        Monday, October 22, 2012. Why I Like Taylor Swift. Sorry, Atticus, you're going to have to wait. I have a confession to make to my fellow followers: I absolutely hate Taylor Swift. Oh wait. My post title says I. Her Well, yes, that too. What I mean to say is, she's kind of sort of really brilliant. I have tons of friends who can't stand her music- "She's sooooo annoying! She can't sing." "Everybody else likes her.". Taylor Swift uses words. And her voice. So why do I hate her? Well, at the moment, I'm je...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Reality Is Imaginary: Is This Real Fantasy?
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                                        Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Is This Real Fantasy? 8220;You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” - Madeline L'Engle. My NaNo novel this year is called The Time-Weaver. The idea of YA lit being its own genre is, simply put, a prejudice. It is a prejudice against the idea that novels written for teens can be thought-provoking, or complicated, or more than, as we call them in my house, 'fluff'. John Gr...8211;...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Book Bites: April 2014
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                                        Thursday, April 17, 2014. Easter Nest Pitch Hunt is now on! Nest Pitch agent round is now on! Have sorted through the entries to help the Nest Bloggers whittle down the entries. Now the top seventy-two entries have made it through and are waiting for agents to hop on by to make requests. Please remember that until the agents have finished making their selections, comments are for agents only. If you want to cheer on your. Prior to then, you can do it in the comments of this post. BP5 Demons: YA Paranormal. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Kimberly P. Chase: March 2014
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                                        Author of THE APOLLO ACADEMY series. Friday, March 21, 2014. NestPitch Agent Bunny Costumes. Now that Pitch Madness is over (BTW-#TeamLibrary, y'all did awesome! We can get into more details about NestPitch. Nikola Vukoja is running this Easter themed contest, so be sure to check out her website. For ALL the details. Today it's time to reveal the agent's/ Bunny Masks! For all the rules and conditions, and please follow the rules. Bookworm Bunny is looking for Psychological Suspense with a twist (think TH...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Reality Is Imaginary: October 2012
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                                        Saturday, October 6, 2012. Warming up for November. Sorry for the three-month hiatus! I've been insanely busy with starting High School, dance, and theater rehearsals. Enough of that. While checking twitter this morning, I saw that TCWT had retweeted Lily Jenness' tweet about her blog post for yesterday (Click here. To read her post! I remembered signing up, but I didn't know what day I was. By chance, I happened to check on my assigned day! The main character is a 14-year-old (? As always, I would love ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Reality Is Imaginary: November 2012
                                        http://realityisimaginary.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html
                                        Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Is This Real Fantasy? 8220;You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” - Madeline L'Engle. My NaNo novel this year is called The Time-Weaver. The idea of YA lit being its own genre is, simply put, a prejudice. It is a prejudice against the idea that novels written for teens can be thought-provoking, or complicated, or more than, as we call them in my house, 'fluff'. John Gr...8211;...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        YAvengers: Who We Are
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                                        The YAvengers blog is run by Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Phil Coulson, and. Loki. Of course, you don't believe that, so read on. I’m Steve Rogers, or Captain America. I’m a supersoldier, I carry a shield, and if you start hurting people I could punch you to Alaska. But those identities are too well known now, forcing me under the radar again. My new persona is Liam Wood. He’s a teenage blogger. And writer of most classified genres (mostly fantasy). He has a Tumblr. Iron M...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Between the Lines: Intermission - AKA October Blog Chain!
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                                        Saturday, October 13, 2012. Intermission - AKA October Blog Chain! So we're taking a little break between interviews so I can participate in my very first TCWT. Yeah, I've never done this before, so feel free to laugh obnoxiously. This month's prompt was:. 8220;What are you writing for NaNoWriMo? Briefly explain how this book idea come about. Then write a mock first page for the novel.”. Death and Other Things I Fail At,. Certainly sounds like a handful! I didn’t even realize I’d been asleep ...I sighed ...
                                     
                         
                            
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