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Diversity Day!

lifeinpublishing:

Hey all, a submission inspired me to make today about commenting on diversity (or the lack there of) in Publishing. Because in my experience, it’s mostly just white women and that’s a little weird. Please submit if you have something to say!

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yareviewnetwork: Just four days until YARN Alum Terra Elan McVoy’s Criminal comes out! Will you be purchasing a copy? I know I will be! From Goodreads: A searing and gripping read that explores the depths of desperation true love can inspire, from the author of Being Friends with Boys.Nikki’s life is far from perfect, but at least she has Dee. Her friends tell her that Dee is no good, but Nikki can’t imagine herself without him. He’s hot, he’s dangerous, he has her initials tattooed over his heart, and she loves him more than anything. There’s nothing Nikki wouldn’t do for Dee. Absolutely nothing.So when Dee pulls Nikki into a crime—a crime that ends in murder—Nikki tells herself that it’s all for true love. Nothing can break them apart. Not the police. Not the arrest that lands Nikki in jail. Not even the investigators who want her to testify against him.But what if Dee had motives that Nikki knew nothing about? Nikki’s love for Dee is supposed to be unconditional…but even true love has a limit. And Nikki just might have reached hers.

yareviewnetwork:

Just four days until YARN Alum Terra Elan McVoy’s Criminal comes out! Will you be purchasing a copy? I know I will be!

From Goodreads:

A searing and gripping read that explores the depths of desperation true love can inspire, from the author of Being Friends with Boys.

Nikki’s life is far from perfect, but at least she has Dee. Her friends tell her that Dee is no good, but Nikki can’t imagine herself without him. He’s hot, he’s dangerous, he has her initials tattooed over his heart, and she loves him more than anything. There’s nothing Nikki wouldn’t do for Dee. Absolutely nothing.

So when Dee pulls Nikki into a crime—a crime that ends in murder—Nikki tells herself that it’s all for true love. Nothing can break them apart. Not the police. Not the arrest that lands Nikki in jail. Not even the investigators who want her to testify against him.

But what if Dee had motives that Nikki knew nothing about? Nikki’s love for Dee is supposed to be unconditional…but even true love has a limit. And Nikki just might have reached hers.

The world is so big, so complicated, so replete with marvels and surprises that it takes years for most people to begin to notice that it is, also, irretrievably broken. We call this period of research “childhood.”

There follows a program of renewed inquiry, often involuntary, into the nature and effects of mortality, entropy, heartbreak, violence, failure, cowardice, duplicity, cruelty, and grief; the researcher learns their histories, and their bitter lessons, by heart. Along the way, he or she discovers that the world has been broken for as long as anyone can remember, and struggles to reconcile this fact with the ache of cosmic nostalgia that arises, from time to time, in the researcher’s heart: an intimation of vanished glory, of lost wholeness, a memory of the world unbroken. We call the moment at which this ache first arises “adolescence.” The feeling haunts people all their lives.

—Michael Chabon, reminding me why I love him (and why I write YA)

(Source: robinwasserman, via richincolor)

bookaddict24-7:

Amazon has taken over me this month. I swear, I only have one or two more packages coming and that is it!

Phew.

Here’s what I bought:

  1. The Half-Life of Planets by Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin
  2. Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
  3. Fins Are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs
  4. Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
  5. Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James
  6. Spud by John van de Ruit
  7. Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
  8. Forget You by Jennifer Echols
  9. My Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
  10. Forever Summer (Omnibus) by Alyson Noel
  11. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
  12. Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday
  13. Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday

Happy reading!

diversityinya:

10 young adult books that feature queer couples on the cover:

From “Representing LGBT Romance on Young Adult Book Covers” by Malinda Lo

tisallinyourhead:

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it. 

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

This is so good!

(via jhameia)

malindalo: Coming Sept. 1: “Natural Selection,” an Adaptation companion novella! I have exciting news for you! I’ve written an addition to the Adaptation series: a companion digital exclusive novella titled “Natural Selection,” and it’s entirely from Amber Gray’s perspective. [Spoiler warning for Adaptation!] Here’s the description: I was born on Earth, not Kurra. I’m not human, even though I try to be. My people, the Imria, think I’m a little unusual because of that. They call me an Earthsider: as if I’ve crossed a line, chosen a side. Gone native. Before she met her girlfriend Reese, before she knew the role she would play in the fate of two worlds, Amber was a fifteen-year-old Imrian torn between two identities. Imrian by blood, Amber was forced to hide her true self to pass as human during the time she spent on earth. And even when she returns to Kurra, her human experiences, including first love and heartache, still separate her from her fellow Imrians. But when Amber undergoes kibila, a traditional Imrian coming-of-age ceremony during which Amber will choose her name and identity for the next fifteen years, she will be forced to either accept her role in both worlds or forge her own path. Malinda Lo’s digital exclusive novella companion to Adaptation and Inheritance takes readers on a journey through Amber’s past, giving fans a glimpse into her life on Kurra and a deeper understanding of one of Adaptation’s most compelling characters. This was such an interesting thing to write, because it’s in first person from Amber’s perspective. You can already pre-order it online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iBooks. (It will be ebook only, and not available in print.) I can’t wait for you to read it!

malindalo:

Coming Sept. 1: “Natural Selection,” an Adaptation companion novella!

I have exciting news for you! I’ve written an addition to the Adaptation series: a companion digital exclusive novella titled “Natural Selection,” and it’s entirely from Amber Gray’s perspective.

[Spoiler warning for Adaptation!]

Here’s the description:

I was born on Earth, not Kurra. I’m not human, even though I try to be. My people, the Imria, think I’m a little unusual because of that. They call me an Earthsider: as if I’ve crossed a line, chosen a side. Gone native.

Before she met her girlfriend Reese, before she knew the role she would play in the fate of two worlds, Amber was a fifteen-year-old Imrian torn between two identities. Imrian by blood, Amber was forced to hide her true self to pass as human during the time she spent on earth. And even when she returns to Kurra, her human experiences, including first love and heartache, still separate her from her fellow Imrians. But when Amber undergoes kibila, a traditional Imrian coming-of-age ceremony during which Amber will choose her name and identity for the next fifteen years, she will be forced to either accept her role in both worlds or forge her own path.

Malinda Lo’s digital exclusive novella companion to Adaptation and Inheritance takes readers on a journey through Amber’s past, giving fans a glimpse into her life on Kurra and a deeper understanding of one of Adaptation’s most compelling characters.

This was such an interesting thing to write, because it’s in first person from Amber’s perspective. You can already pre-order it online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iBooks. (It will be ebook only, and not available in print.) I can’t wait for you to read it!