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Cool party? Check. Boy of my dreams? Check. First kiss? Not so fast.
It was your typical sixteenth birthday… Until all spell broke loose!
How to Flunk Magic by Elena Bryce

YA eBook of The Day

How to Flunk Magic (The Magical Misadventures of Emily Rand Book 1)

by Elena Bryce
4.3 stars – 192 reviews
FREE with Kindle UnlimitedLearn More
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
Here’s the set-up:

It was your typical sixteenth birthday… Until all spell broke loose!

Cool party? Check. Boy of my dreams? Check. First kiss? Not so fast.

Because that’s when I discovered I was a witch. And not a very good one.

Just ask Peter, the ghost I can now see haunting my bedroom, or the zombies I accidentally raised from their graves.

And then there’s Fletch.

Gorgeous

Broody

Werewolf!

And he wants me to lift his curse.

Am I ready for this? No.

Do I hesitate? No.

Does it go well? Big fat No!

And now, instead of being at the party, I’m dancing naked on the town common with a coven of witches and my new familiar, in a race against time to put things right.

Kindle Kids Deal are sponsored by this week’s Kids Corner Book of The Week:

The Star-Touched Queen

by Roshani Chokshi
4.1 stars – 317 reviews
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
Here’s the set-up:
Praise for The Star-Touched Queen:
New York Times Bestseller
#9 on the Summer 2016 Kids’ Indie Next List
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A Goodreads Best Book of the Month

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire…
But Akaran has its own secrets — thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself.
A lush and vivid story that is steeped in Indian folklore and mythology. The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no reader will soon forget.

With two obnoxious sisters, three undead witches, a teenage crush, Rebekah’s got the makings of one unforgettable Halloween.
The Sister’s Spell by Rachael Eliker

YA eBook of The Day

The Sister’s Spell: A Halloween Tale

by Rachael Eliker
4.8 stars – 8 reviews
Here’s the set-up:

With two obnoxious sisters, three undead witches, a teenage crush, Rebekah’s got the makings of one unforgettable Halloween.

Turning sixteen should have been exciting but Rebekah Lockwood’s birthday isn’t going at all as planned. Her sisters, Edith and Tabitha, have reminded her she’s the forgotten middle child, the guy she’s crushing on doesn’t even know her name, and her horse dumps her in the middle of a creepy forest…all before she accidentally raises three witches from the grave.

Whoops.

Now instead of trick-or-treating, the Lockwood sisters spend Halloween night dodging dark magic, helping their friends-turned-rodents, and if Rebekah’s lucky, maybe she’ll get to impress Austin, the cute guy she’s had her eye on.

To keep their town of Cotton Hollow safe, they must defeat the insatiable Pickering witches. It’ll require bravery but more importantly, it’ll take the bonds of sisterhood. And all without killing each other.

So much easier said than done.

Kindle Kids Deal are sponsored by this week’s Kids Corner Book of The Week:

The Star-Touched Queen

by Roshani Chokshi
4.1 stars – 317 reviews
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
Here’s the set-up:
Praise for The Star-Touched Queen:
New York Times Bestseller
#9 on the Summer 2016 Kids’ Indie Next List
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A Goodreads Best Book of the Month

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire…
But Akaran has its own secrets — thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself.
A lush and vivid story that is steeped in Indian folklore and mythology. The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no reader will soon forget.

Publetariat Dispatch: Resources For Young Writers

Publetariat: For People Who Publish!

In today’s Publetariat Dispatch, author and consultant Joanna Penn shares some resources for young writers; pass this along to any aspiring Hemingways, Rowlings, or Meyerses you may know.

I have had a number of teenagers email me in the last year and have been so encouraged by their eagerness to write and become authors.

I am also helping my 9 year old niece write her first book at the moment. Even if it’s just for the grandparents, she is learning the process of writing, editing, illustration and book production. It’s amazing to be able to help people at such a young age.

I had that spark at 13 but I lost it over the years and only rediscovered it in my 30s. I don’t want the same thing to happen to these young people, so here are some tips and resources for young people wanting to write and be published.

  • Don’t listen to anyone who says that one type of writing is better than another. This is what killed my young dreams of being a writer! There is a snobbery in the book world that says literary fiction is the best kind, that winning prizes is more important than sales and that genre fiction is somehow less than other types of books. You need to decide a) what you like to read and b) what you like to write. If you like vampire romance, then go ahead, write some yourself. Stephanie Meyer did that with Twilight. If you like war books, or space ships, or explosions, or love stories – or of course, if you like literary fiction books – then write what you enjoy. If you want to earn money from your books, check out what the most highly paid authors have in common here.
  • Not everyone will like your book. Don’t worry about it. But learn about editing. There is a lot of criticism in being a writer, but don’t let it get you down. Not everyone will like your writing. Do you like every book you read? Probably not and that’s ok isn’t it? You don’t need to. So it goes for your book. You will want everyone to love your writing but they won’t. Family can be the most critical and that will hurt a lot. Sometimes it’s best to keep it a secret. There is also a difference between criticism that doesn’t help and constructive criticism which could also be called editing. This is very important for all writers. We all need editors to help us improve. It’s like having a coach at school and we learn that way. An editor will help you to improve what you have. Basically, someone saying your writing is terrible doesn’t help. Someone who says that you need to add some dialogue and improve this character in this specific way is helpful.
  • Try online networking. I personally love twitter for finding like-minded people who are into the same things as me, but I know young people are into different networks. Spend some time on your favourite network finding a group that might suit you. It may be that the best encouragement you can get is from another young person on the other side of the world. I had pen-pals when I was younger (in the days of hand writing letters!). Now you can email someone in another country. Look for someone who you can talk to about being a young writer. Encourage each other and you can always read each others work – but be kind and supportive.
  • Learn about editing, publishing and book marketing as well as more about writing. It’s not just about the initial writing. There is a process in becoming an author and you need to be aware of it all or you will find it much harder when you want to get into publishing. Click on the following links for more information: Writing and Editing, Publishing options and Book marketing. The exciting thing is that as the market changes, there are many more opportunities for all writers either with small independent presses or by publishing yourself onto ebooks or in print. It’s the best time to be a writer right now!

Here are some other resources:

If you are a young writer, do you have tips for other people? If you are a parent/teacher/author, please also leave your tips for young writers in the comments. I would love for this to be a good resource page.

 

This is a reprint from Joanna Penn‘s The Creative Penn.

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Just a brief post here to encourage you — if you have any young readers in your personal Kindlesphere — to check our recently launched Kindle Kids’ Corner.

Each Monday and Thursday we feature reviews of kids’ ebooks for kids and by kids, and once a week we share a specially curated list of free Kindle books just for kids. Here are a few links to recent posts that may be of interest: