We usually take a month or so to reflect on the past year. Our time is up! What resonated with us in 2019? The following are some of our favorite installments in ongoing series: Our 2019 Favs New Releases: Queen of Nothing If you don’t count the Magisterium series she co-wrote with Cassandra Clare, this…
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We’re writing! That’s right, both bloggers here at BSR have been hard at work on our first novels for a couple of years now. Oh, how we wish we could work on them full time instead of an hour here and an hour there! But we’ve made progress slowly but surely and are both in…
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We are finally querying agents! After structural edits, re-writes, and going over our fourth drafts with a fine-tooth comb, both of us (Sara and Stacy) are finally querying agents. This is brand new territory for us as we’re new writers. And we never dreamed how hard this would be! Here are some of the challenges…
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It’s been a while since our last newsletter, and we apologize for that. But whoa, have we been busy! In addition to working on clean teen pages, recaps, reviews, and our other newsletter, we have both been hard at work on our first novels. We have been writing and revising in any spare minute these…
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Fall is a busy time for everyone, including us, but we wanted to check in with our loyal readers at least briefly to recommend several books for your reading pleasure. Recommendations The Near Witch – Have you read any of V.E./Victoria Schwab’s series? She’s easily one of the best voices in the market right now….
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In our last newsletter, we promised to share the second half of our interview with the amazing Helen Scheuerer. Since then, Stacy has read War of Mist, the conclusion to Scheuerer’s debut series, and thought it was really great! Read her full review if you’d like more details. But before you do, let’s check in…
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For many of us, summer is the perfect time to get a little extra reading in. Maybe you’re headed to the beach or the pool, or perhaps you just have a little extra time at home and hope to turn a few pages. Are you looking to burn through an entire series (or a few)…
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Okay, so we’re a little late in getting our year in review out. 😉 But weren’t there some great new releases last year? Some of our favorites were Iron Gold, Thunderhead, Arm of the Sphinx, Vengeful, and Children of Blood and Bone. Do you notice any in this list that you haven’t read yet? If…
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There is so much to consider that we decided to ask an expert, author Helen Scheuerer. If you’ve subscribed to the BSR newsletter for long, you know we’re big fans of Scheuerer’s debut fantasy series, The Oremere Chronicles. We checked in with Helen to ask about the writing and publishing process. Here’s what she had…
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