#newtoyou2016

#NewToYou2016 Book Reviews, Goals, and NaNoWriMo Ate My Brain

NaNoWriMo is almost over!

Want to be buddies there? (If we’re not already.)

November was an interesting month. I have to catch up on counting my words, as I was away from my computer for a few days while visiting family members who live “off the grid.” Good news! I was a runner up in the 5th Annual Spooktoberfest writing contest 2016. Bad newsA short story I submitted for the Creative Writing…

Summer 2016 Mini Bloggiesta -Review of books by @RoxanneRhoads @angelaackerman @beccapuglisi #NewToYou2016

Check out Tsu, Booklikes, and Booktropolous

Check out The Book Blogger Directory, Book Blogger List, YA Book Blog Directory, and The Indie View

Contact @RoxanneRhoads about making a connection between her booktour service and my Operation Awesome Debut Author Spotlight

My two reviews are below. On my sidebar, I centered the WHAT-ARE-THEY video, reordered some widgets, and added the date for the…

Review of Sign of the Green Dragon by @cleemckenzie #NewToYou2016

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I received this ARC free from the mailing list. My review and…

Allegiant Book Review #NewToYou2016

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Allegiant by Veronica Roth My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a great…

The Candy Heart Mentions Goals

The MAIN LIFE GOALS:

Publish two decent-selling book series (speculative fiction)

Survive at least another 39 years

There’s also the Bucket List.

    2016 Goals:

Have 6500 Twitter followers ~ currently at 4971 — up 71 from last month!

Download the update for my blog theme, whatever that might entail

Keep Supporting Diverse Books

Be part of 4 blog hops/fests. Includes the A to Z challenge in…

#BoutofBooks #NewToYou2016 Reviews The Maine Woods and Invisible Cities plus Giveaway wrap up

Congratulations to @anbpowers Anita- the winner. GIVEAWAY Blog Hop – Hello my name is https://t.co/QISRa7Ru5D pic.twitter.com/EFR5S9DRgm

— J Lenni Dorner (@JLenniDorner) January 19, 2016

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js In the “Hello my name is” giveaway, I asked people to describe my blog. Those who did said this:

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