Tag: YA novels

• What’s in a Cover?

  

  Let me start by saying that I am NOT a book cover designer. I know what I like, but I don’t always know why I like it (or hate it). A good example is my novel Under the Almond Trees. I liked aspects of the original cover, like the blossoming almond trees. I also like…

  Linda Ulleseit

  March 8, 2024

  About Reading & Writing

  YA novels

• Author-Go-Round: Connie Peck

  Connie is the author of some of my very favorite horse books for Young Adults. Welcome, Connie! Thank you for inviting me to your blog. I’m Connie Peck and the stories I write are loosely based on a pony I owned when I was young. Do horses really talk? Can a rider actually understand the…

  Linda Ulleseit

  February 2, 2016

  Guest post/Interview

  author interview, horse books, YA novels, young adult

• Author-go-Round: Tracy Lawson

  Hi! I’m Tracy Lawson, and I’m so excited to be featured on Week 2 of this Author Interview-go-Round! I’m the author of Counteract and Resist, the first two volumes of the YA dystopian Resistance Series. Ignite, the third book in the series, is slated for release in summer 2016! Here’s a quick summary of the…

  Linda Ulleseit

  January 17, 2016

  Guest post/Interview

  author interview, authors, book review, YA novels, young adult

• Meet My Characters

  Today I’m being hosted on Apryl Baker’s Blogfest! I like doing these events because it gives me an opportunity to show a different side of my characters, to do something different. In this post, a fictional patroness interviews the key characters of my three flying horse novels to see who might be the best barn leader.…

  Linda Ulleseit

  August 28, 2015

  Apryl Baker, blogfest, flying horses, YA novels, young adult

• Real Books

  While reading will never go out of style, ebooks are fast replacing tried and true real books. I have mixed feelings about this since I love the weight of a real book, the sound of the pages turning, the smell of the paper. I love seeing the cover on my bedside table, and I love…

  Linda Ulleseit

  July 12, 2015

  About Reading & Writing

  fantasy, In the Winds of Danger, On a Wing and a Dare, Under a Wild and Darkening Sky, YA novels