Mundie Moms

Saturday, August 14, 2010

August's City Of Fallen Angels Teaser

These teasers are making me more and more anxious for COFA to be released!

Jocelyn’s green eyes softened. “I did notice he wasn’t here, Clary. I just didn’t know if you’d want to talk about it.”
“I mean,” Clary went on doggedly, “do you think there’s something Jace could do to *make* you like him?”
“Yes,” Jocelyn said. “He could make you happy.” She touched Clary’s face lightly, and Clary clenched her hand, feeling the bell press into her skin.
“He does make me happy,” Clary said. “But he can’t control everything in the world, Mom. Other things happen — “ she fumbled for words; how could she explain that it wasn’t Jace making her unhappy, but what was happening to him, without revealing what that was?

You can read it here http://twishort.com/abkks

Beautiful Creatures Chat with Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

This Tuesday, Kami and Margie will be on Blog TV answering questions! I wonder what kind of dark secrets they'd spill... or if they have any.... AND they'll be giving away some cool stuff like copies of Beautiful Creatures, ARCS of Beautiful Darkness, posters, pins and more!! Be sure to visit their site here to learn more http://tinyurl.com/24k8wf9

CWA Celebrations-Day 14, Who Said This?

Just for a little fun, we're going to have a little giveaway with our CWA excerpt. To be entered to win a CWA poster and an angel inspired necklace from our affiliates, Fire & Ice, you have to GUESS who said the quote.

"Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them."

To be entered to win, please fill out the form below. Choose which character you think it is, from the list provided on the entry form (from the drop down menus). The giveaway will end next Saturday, August 21st. When we post the winner's name, we'll also post the quote, and who said it. If you've read the book, no cheating by looking through your ARC to find out who said it. :)

*Yes, this is open internationally*

Zig Zag Blog Tour with Patricia Reilly Giff

















Zig Zag Kids, Book #1 Number One Kid and Book #2 Big Whopper, were released on August 10th. Recently we had the chance to interview Patricia.

What motivates or inspires you to write children's book?

I read my way through childhood,
through my mother’s favorites, my father’s, even my grandmother’s; I devoured every book in the children’s section of our small storefront library.

Imagine what it was like years ago, to teach a group of fifth graders who were beginning readers. All we had were ancient copies of a reader called LUCK AND PLUCK, and not even enough copies for every child. Sometimes I read to them, leaning up against the classroom door, not sure in those days, if I was permitted to do that.
It seemed inevitable that I’d become a reading teacher, that I’d work with kids who had reading problems for most of my teaching career. It seemed inevitable that I’d want to write books for them. But I didn’t know how to begin.
I’d been teaching for ten years on a snowy morning… joking with my husband Jim that I was going to write a book: “I’ll spend my days in my robe drinking hot cocoa, and writing from morning till night.”

Home from school that afternoon, I walked into the kitchen. Jim had knocked down the wall between two closets.
Arms out, he showed me: I had a place to write.
How could I disappoint him!

Of course I didn’t drink cocoa as I looked out at the snow, but every morning, I wrote before I went to teach.
How hard it was in the beginning. I wanted to give up dozens of times. But I’d think about how much Jim believed in me; I’d remember all the kids I’d taught. They danced in front of my typewriter.
I can’t imagine my life without writing now. How grateful I am that Jim believed in me and that the children I taught keep inspiring me, even today.

Be sure to visit more of Patricia's ZigZag Kids Blog Tour:
Aug. 10 Cynsations
Aug. 13 Shelf Elf
Aug. 14 Mundie Moms
(two additional dates outside of the tour):

Thank you Patricia for taking the time to visit with us and to Random House Kids. Don't miss our review of Zigzag Kids on Mundie Kids here
http://tinyurl.com/23vjgf4

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