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Make ‘Em Laugh, by Candace Havens:

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Laughter, to me, is so important - especially in books. It can lighten a tense moment, and keep a sad one from being too melancholy. It can give the reader a chance to breathe after something major has happened. Humor is something I incorporate into every book I write. My female characters can be balls out funny, or sometimes it's a little subtler.

Alex, the star of Dragons Prefer Blondes, has a very dry wit. She fights such darkness every day of her life that she has to find the humor in most situations whether it's running from paparazzi, slaying a dragon or planning her crazy friend's monstrosity of a wedding. When she's dealing with the super hot Jake, her love interest, she often uses humor to make it look like she doesn't care, but of course she does. Whenever she's dealing with Ginjin, a handsome dragon warrior, who thinks marrying her will solve his problems, she is the queen of sarcasm.

Posted by Penguin Group USA on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 2:56pm. in

Dragons Prefer Blondes, Candace Havens

Thu, 07/09/2009

So What's Next, by Danica McKellar:

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The paperback edition of Kiss My Math hits the shelves this week, and there's no time to waste - I'm hard at work, writing my third book, which will be on Algebra... and I'm taking suggestions! In my last post, I told you how much I love getting feedback about Kiss My Math and Math Doesn't Suck, but I also appreciate getting feedback on books I haven't written yet.

You see, I spend a lot of time talking with teachers and students to get a feeling for what's going on in math classrooms across this country, and to check in about what the most confusing topics for teens are these days. The more suggestions and requests I get, the better! I like to see patterns in what people struggle the most with in algebra, and the feedback helps me decide which topics to spend more time on than others, and which topics are easier and don't need as many pages dedicated to them.

What topic in Algebra do you need the most help with? Email me! You see, the style of my books is very conversational in nature, and it's important to me to take the time it requires to make the topics friendly - without my books becoming 700 page tomes. :)

Posted by Penguin Group USA on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:28am. in