I am doing the happy dance. Last week I was surfing various blogs and landed at fab author Jaci Burton’s site. She had a contest that only required I write down what I’d recently read or had in my TBR pile or wanted to read. I posted, never expecting to win. I mean I never win.

I cruised by yesterday and nearly fell off my chair. I was first on the list and I won a copy of one of Jaci’s rockin’ books as well as a copy of Lara Adrian’s Kiss of Midnight. I am over the moon. … Read More »

To all the Moms out there, Happy Mother’s Day!

I’ve been blessed to have grown up surrounded by strong Italian women. My great aunt at 89 is still running strong and is winging her way to America to spend another summer with the family. My mom is the oldest of three sisters. Even though we lived in NY and they lived in California, my mom shipped my brother and I out regularly to spend time with them. Middle sister never had kids so we developed a bond of friendship that has only grown stronger over the years. Youngest sister married … Read More »

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In the coming weeks I’m going to test drive this bad boy. Have no idea what’s in store or who will pop in to chat but I promise it will be fun. Call it Spring Fever but I am in a mood to Gab.

To use the chat simply type your name at the bottom in Change Your Name. Press ENTER or Return Key twice. This will automatically put the cursor in the message box. Type your message/reply and click the little person button at the end.

Bingo! You got instant chat:()… Read More »

Patrizia and I want to thank everyone who came to particiapte in these discussions sponsored by YACWW (Young Adult Creative Workshops)

For the past two weeks, we hijacked Gabriella’s site to have our Young Adult series chat sessions over her. Hopefuly in the future we will be able to invite all of our fellow friends and bloggers to come and join us for some merry chit-chat.

We would like to invite you to continue visiting us @ www.yacreativewriting.blogspot.com

Come and find out the latest news for authors, editors, publishers, books and other media.

This week we have a post about … Read More »

Monday, May 7th Chat Session with Jay Asher
1:20-2:15 pm (11:20 am -12:15 pm Pacific)

**THIS CHAT SESSION HAS ENDED**

The rules are pretty simple. There are only two. Rule number one: You listen. Number two: You pass it on. Hopefully, neither one will be easy for you. (from Cassette 1: Side A)

Hannah Baker records the defining moments of the past few years of her life onto seven audiotapes. Thirteen stories involving several people at her school. She packs the tapes into a shoebox and mails them to the first person on the list. Then, she goes home to … Read More »

Thursday, May 3rd Chat Session with Judy Gregerson
11:30-12:25 Central (9:30-10:25 am Pacific)

**THIS SESSION HAS ENDED**

How much would you be willing to lose to expose a lie?

Destiny has a secret. She’s been told not to tell anyone what happened to her, her little sister, and her mother at Crater Lake. Or that her mother is mentally ill and hits her little sister. If she does, it could ruin her family.

But the secret is killing her and every day she remembers the bad thing she did at Crater Lake. Every day, she pays for it. Her life … Read More »

Just came back from visiting Holland. Well, not really…

But if your curious to learn a little about the land of happy people without spending a fortune then check out the Dutch version of Big Brother
http://www.gillestdesmit.com/goudenkooi/ or just scroll down to Gabby’s CHATter Box and click on popular sites. You’ll automatically be taken to the chat site.

It is so much fun! The tv show has 24 hr survellience on the house guests and you really get hooked up in their lives. The best part is the live chat that goes on at the site. I love speaking with … Read More »

Monday, May 7th Chat Session with Bev Katz Rosenbaum
10:00-10:55 am (11:00-11:55 am EST)

**THIS CHAT SESSION HAS ENDED**

Floe Ryan was frozen—well, ‘vitrified’—when she was sixteen. She’s just been thawed, and guess what, it’s ten years in the future and she’s still a teenager. And her parents are still, shall we say, chilling out. Floe’s little sister is now her older sister (and guardian!), and payback’s a beyotch. On top of that, Floe has to get used to a new school, new technology, and a zillion other new things that happened while she was napping in the freezer. Luckily, … Read More »