April 2012

Reading Teacher is Looking For Donations of Books for Teens

Hello my friends! Welcome to weekly news from the Desk of Beth Barany, award-winning YA fantasy and paranormal author. I write for teens because I’m passionate about empowering young adults at this important transition time. How appropriate it was then that today that I received a personal note from Angie Hoard requesting books for the at risk […]

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Buffy and the Warrior Woman’s Classic Quest

This week I feature nonfiction author, Valerie Estelle Frankel, former professor, currently an author, comic, and has great costumes. She’s also author of From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey in Myth and Legend, a welcome resource for all us heroine’s journey fans. She just published Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey (Feb 2012, McFarland). “A great read for

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A Kick Ass Heroine in Science Fiction and a Large Dollop of Romance

This week I feature science fiction author, Greta van der Rol, for the kick ass heroine post. Her lastest novel is Starheart. “From the author of the popular Iron Admiral series and Morgan’s Choice comes another rousing SciFi adventure to get your pulse pounding and your blood boiling (with that little dollop of romance)” *** My

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Congratulations to the Goodreads Giveaway Winners, Shout outs and other news!

Thanks to the 933 Goodreads members who entered the Giveaway for Henrietta The Dragon Slayer. Sorry, the giveaway is now closed. I will be doing another Giveaway for Book 2, coming out this summer, called Henrietta and The Dragon Stone. More on that later! Congratulations to M. Cha and K. Pulli for winning copies of Henrietta

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