Sarah Ockler

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This one's for YA readers, teachers, librarians, reviewers, bloggers, authors, and anyone interested in young adult books. I'm working on my Web and social media strategy (which sounds so officially stuffy but I assure you, it's almost 5 PM here on the east coast and I'm still in my snowflake PJs and big fuzzy slippers, neither pantsuit nor pantyhose in sight, and I've got no imme… Continue

The release date for TWENTY BOY SUMMER is still, like, forever away (not that I’m counting, but for those of you who are, it’s 94 days, but please don’t remind me, because like I said, so not counting! La la la!).

Yeah. 94 days. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a sneak peek! Join me now through Saturday for the first ever TWENTY BOY SUMMER giveaway!

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Hi guys! Join me over at AuthorsNow to talk about diversifying our young adult and middle grade bookshelves. Share your reading recommendations and comment for a chance to win a copy of HOT GIRL by African-American author, Dream Jordan!

Today kicks off National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo, a collective mad dash to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

According to the site, NaNoWriMo is "celebrating ten years of literary abandon" this year. Hey, there's even a viking helmet!

NaNo's official swag shop says the logo, emblazoned on t-shirts and coffee mugs and other fun stuff, "boldly proclaims your November literary ambitions while connecting you to a writing lineage that stretches back to the 50,000-word Norse sagas pen… Continue

Marketing consumer products to teens isn't an exact science, especially in a downward-spiraling economy. As a YA author who will soon depend on teens' eagerness to trade their cash for a copy of TWENTY BOY SUMMER, I get the marketing challenge. I'm always on the lookout for creative, original, and even wacktastic ways to promote and share my book with young adults. Giving stuff away for free? Staging a stunt for local media? Embarrassing myself on YouTube? Yes, yes, and where d… Continue