Last week on FYFA (and in my life):
Managed to get around the blogosphere a bit more this week, and I caught up on the posts linked up to the Discussion Challenge. It felt good to hop around a bit – but then I realized I hadn’t replied to comments all week! Oops!
I started my first class toward a copyediting certificate at UC San Diego this week as well. I think it will be great to learn some new things and it will also help my credibility as an editor. I feel like I need to start making more of an effort with actually promoting myself when it comes to editing – I’ve been happy with it being part-time because with homeschooling I can’t really put in full-time hours, but it would be nice to be able to expand eventually. In an effort to get myself out there more, I joined the Editorial Freelancers Association (and I plan to take some courses through them) plus I’m getting my copyeditor’s certificate.
Here’s what you may have missed on the blog this past week:
- Nogiku Series – New Cover Reveal & Giveaway – Still time to enter to win a bundle of S.J. Pajonas’s books
- 738 Days by Stacey Kade – Review
- Moonchild by Kate L. Mary – Review
- Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods – Review – This is my mom’s first solo review on the blog. Check it out!
- My Top Ten Addictions – Let’s Discuss! – I often post this list for authors, so I thought I should tell you mine!
Next week on FYFA:
- This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab – Review
- The Memory Book by Lara Avery – Spotlight & Giveaway
- Zero by Morgan Dark – Review & Giveaway
- Let’s Discuss – something bookish! 🙂
Book Blogger Birthdays and Blogoversaries:
No blogger birthdays or blogoversaries this week (that I know of). Check out the calendar to see what you might have just missed or what’s coming up. (If you want to be added to the calendar, you can just fill out the birthday/blogoversary form!)
Free:
Sorry, this one isn’t free anymore, but I’ve read some other of Boyce’s books and enjoyed them, so I snagged it while it was a freebie.
Great Discussions/Goings On Around the Blogosphere:
Here are some of my favorite discussions I’ve read this week:
- Jee Ann @ The Book Tales tells us 10 Things People Who Live With Bookworms Can Relate to.
- Laura over at Boats Against the Current asks How Did You Get Your Blog Name? I always love reading responses to this question!
- Heather over at Based on a True Story asks Can Books Overcome Hate?
- Cynthia over at Bingeing on Books muses about why it’s Easier to Hate than to Love (in our reviews – though sometimes I think this applies to life too!).
- Lexxie over at (un)Conventional Book Views talks about Commenting.
Other Current Giveaways on FYFA:
(Besides the ones listed above)
- The Clay Lion by Amalie Jahn – Still time to enter to win an ebook copy of this fun time travel book!
- June Discussion Challenge Link-Up and Giveaway! – Link up your June discussions and enter to win!
Pre-Order Deals:
- Preorder Sarah J. Maas’s EMPIRE OF STORMS to receive a ToG notebook and/or preorder THE THRONE OF GLASS COLORING BOOK and get a ToG coloring pencils set!!
- Pre-order LIFE AFTER JULIET by Shannon Lee Alexander and get a temporary tattoo like Charlotte’s – a tattoo that blends the infinity symbol with the word hope.
- Preorder YOU WILL KNOW ME by Megan Abbott and Little, Brown Books will send you a free copy of one of her paperbacks!
- Pre-order THIS SAVAGE SONG by Victoria Schwab from either Parnassus Books or Books of Wonder and you’ll get a signed/personalized hardcover and a set of limited edition HUMAN/MONSTER tattoos! (This book is amazing, and you should all order it.)
- Pre-order DEFENDING TAYLOR by Miranda Kenneally and enter to WIN Defending Taylor water bottles or a GRAND PRIZE gym bag prize pack.
Even More Awesome Giveaways on Other Sites:
There are tons of giveaways going on around the blogosphere!
- Katie over at Mundie Moms is giving away a box of ARCS from BEA, which includes, – Heartless, A Torch Against The Night, Empire of Dust, Frost Blood, Seven Days of You, The King Slayer and The Lovely Reckless
- Head over to A Page with a View for her June book haul giveaway: 20 YA books!
- Head over to Pink Polka Dot Book Blog for a chance to win a pre-order of Emily France’s YA novel, SIGNS OF YOU. US only (Read the interview – especially her letter to her 9th grade self!)
- Enter to win a signed ARC of FROST LIKE NIGHT and a signed trading card
- Enter to win Hamilton The Revolution signed by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter!
- Lots of blogs participating in the June New Release Giveaway Hop!
- Head over to Brittany’s Book Rambles to win a pre-order of Stalking Jack the Ripper.
- Head over to Lazy Day Literature for a chance to win e-copies of Janeal Falor’s complete Mine series. (Love this series!!)
- Head over to Rockin’ Book Reviews for a chance to win one very limited digital ARC of Julie Cross’s Chasing Truth (Eleanor Ames, #1) once it becomes available (INT)
- Karen @ Kissin’ Blue Karen wrote a BEA wrap-up and is giving away a pre-order of a book she picked up there and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight does the same!
- Tonyalee over at Lilybloombooks has created a Middle Grade Madness link-up. Link-up your reviews of middle grade books (or comment on linked reviews) and enter to win one! You can link up June reviews on this post.
- Rachel @ A Perfection Called Books is running the Meet the Newbies event where you can win 1 Pre-Order or Finished Copy of Any Debut Novel Featured on Meet the Newbies (INT) – Several of the tour stops also have individual giveaways as well!
Lots of good stuff! Have any giveaways or great discussions happening on your site right now? Feel free to share them in the comments!
Good luck with your editing classes! I did a 13-month low-residency publishing program through a university and loved it. I learned so much about editing.
What is a low-residency publishing program? I’m intrigued!
Thanks so much for mentioning my post! And I hope you enjoy your copyediting class 🙂
Thanks! I am so far!
That is awesome with all the things you are doing with editing. Enjoy your new book! Have a great week!
I figure it’s time to get a little more serious with the editing. I’d love it if I could eventually make it full-time once the kids are either back in public school or more self-sufficient. (Right now, my HS son is pretty self-sufficient except that I need to drive him places.)
Way to go! That’s a big leap for your editing company! I hope you enjoy your new class(es)!
Thanks! I’m enjoying them so far!
That’s exciting you are going for a copy editing certificate and taking lots of courses! I’m sure it will really help expand your business. I was just thinking recently that it would be nice to learn graphic design, but I don’t know how I’d go about that…it would make more sense to actually get a degree, but I already have a lot of loans so I don’t know.
-Lauren
Yeah, it’s nice that I have the freedom of not really NEEDING the money I make from my editing – so I can spend the money I make on blogging and classes and such. (And books – there’s always books.) 🙂 I’m aware I’m in a pretty lucky situation, though. For me, the job is more about having an identity outside my kids. That can be hard sometimes!
Good luck with your professional development and I applaud your bravery in homeschooling.
Thanks! Homeschooling isn’t as tough as I expected it to be when I started, though it’s always a little worrisome trying to make sure the kids are getting everything they need.
I think it’s cool that you’re going for a certificate in editing! I bet you’ll learn a lot and have fun doing it too. You were great to work with and I know Summer Haikus came out great in the end because of your help. 🙂 Thanks for featuring the Nogiku covers this week! I see a few people that commented that had never heard of the series, so I’m glad they saw them on your blog for the first time! 🙂
Yes, I was glad to see some new people learning about the series! Hopefully the new covers catch people’s attention – they’re so colorful!!
That’s great that you see you are doing more courses to further your career in the future. I really enjoyed my proofreading and editing course!
How has that turned out for you? Have you gotten any work from it, or are you really not pursuing it much? I think this might be a good time for me to get more serious about my editing, but then I get busy with things for the kids and think, “Well, maybe soon.” I could probably say soon forever. 🙂