making stuff up blog http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog Saundra Mitchell's Blog Wed, 27 May 2015 18:53:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 See you this weekend! http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/see-you-this-weekend/ http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/see-you-this-weekend/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 18:53:40 +0000 http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/?p=178 Phoenix ComiCon

See you this weekend at Phoenix ComiCon!

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Fan Fiction: Your Creativity, Other People’s Playgrounds
The Indianapolis Public Library

March 7, 2015 – 2:00 PM
Decatur Branch
5301 Kentucky Avenue,
Indianapolis, IN 46221

March 8, 2015 – 1:00PM
Wayne Branch
198 S Girls School Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46231

March 14, 2015 – 3:00PM
Central Branch
40 East Saint Clair Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

March 21, 2015 – 11:00AM
Glendale Branch
Glendale Town Center
6101 N Keystone Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46220

March 28, 2015 – 10.30AM
Pike Branch
6525 Zionsville Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268

March 28, 2014 – 2.00PM
Franklin Road Branch
5550 South Franklin Road
Indianapolis, IN 46239

Southern Kentucky Book Festival
April 18, 2015, 9am – 3pm
Knicely Center
2355 Nashville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Panel: Young Adult: Fresh Take on Classics
WithTracy Barrett, Carey Corp, Katherine Howe, Lorie Langdon, and me as Alex Mallory!

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STARFALL
September 2014
Lightspeed Magazine

FANTASY

THINNER THAN WATER
February 2014
GRIM, edited by Christine Johnson

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The Indianapolis Public Library

March 7, 2015 – 2:00 PM
Decatur Branch
5301 Kentucky Avenue,
Indianapolis, IN 46221

March 14, 2015 – 3:00PM
Central Branch
40 East Saint Clair Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

March 28, 2015 – 10.30AM
Pike Branch
6525 Zionsville Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268

March 28, 2014 – 2.00PM
Franklin Road Branch
5550 South Franklin Road
Indianapolis, IN 46239

Southern Kentucky Book Festival
Knicely Center
2355 Nashville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
April 18, 2015, 9am – 3pm

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Indiana Library Federation Conference
Marriott East
7202 E 21st St.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
November 18, 10am – 11am

Indiana Historical Society Holiday Author Fair
450 W Ohio St
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Lilly Hall
December 6, 2015 – 12pm – 4pm

Southern Kentucky Book Festival
Knicely Center
2355 Nashville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
April 18, 2015, 9am – 3pm

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Come see the beautimousness that is a megaton of books just waiting for you to enter and win!

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July 1st
A Reading Nurse & The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club – Welcome Post
July 2nd
Reading and Writing Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, and Romance – Q&A
Confessions of a Readaholic – Review
Imagine a World – Review
Bookish Things & More – Promo
July 3rd
The Anonymous Book Life – Review
A Thousand Words A Million Books – Review
Enticed by Books – Pro
It’s A Book Thing – Review
July 4th
Always in our own world – Review + Dream Cast
ImaginativeMinds – Review + Excerpt
SimplisticReviews – Promo Post
Addicted Readers – Q&A
July 5th
Literary Meanderings – Guest Post
Boricuan Bookworms – Review + Excerpt
Curling Up With A Good Book – Review
Bookish –  Dream Cast  + Excerpt
July 6th
Such a Novel Idea – Review + Playlist
Debz Bookshelf – Review
IKari – Review
A Dream Within A Dream – Review + Excerpt
July 7th
YA Midnight Reads – Review
Library of a Book Witch – Revivew + Playlist
Behind the Pages – Guest Post
Crossroad Reviews – Review
July 8th
A Reading Nurse & The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club – Review
]]> http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/wild-book-tour/feed/ 2 Test Post http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/test-post/ http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/test-post/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:32:48 +0000 http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/?p=157 Just trying to see if I fixed comments.

]]> http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/test-post/feed/ 5 My Secret Identity Has a Book Coming Out! http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/my-secret-identity-has-a-book-coming-out/ http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/my-secret-identity-has-a-book-coming-out/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:21:27 +0000 http://www.saundramitchell.com/blog/?p=153 WYA Book I’m so excited! My secret identity’s books, WHILE YOU’RE AWAY, is a paperback you can hold now! It comes out May 20, 2014 and it’s so beyond incredibly pettable.

It will be available anywhere you love to buy books, so please do check it out!

It’s a great way to revisit Will and Sarah, this time in a bathtub-reading friendly format!

WHILE YOU’RE AWAY
Jessa Holbrook
ISBN-13: 978-1595147325

Indiebound

Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Book Depository | Powell’s |

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