Judging begins soon for the Find Beauty Challenge where one lucky winner will take home an iPod touch! Declaring a winner is going to be so tough when all these testimonials on true beauty are so incredibly touching! So get in there and rate your favorite videos at the North of Beautiful YouTube channel here … Read More
North of Beautiful
Grace Lin: A Work of Beauty!
Check out what my friend, Grace Lin, thinks is Truly Beautiful…her homage to happiness in honor of the Find Beauty Challenge. ONE MORE DAY to create your 90-second video telling the world what True Beauty means to you. For every uploaded video, I’m donating $10 (up to $1,000–thanks to my in-laws!) to fund reconstructive surgeries … Read More
Compass Rose
To celebrate the publication of a book, I usually buy something for myself that symbolizes my story. I was so pleased to find out that Nancy Pearl has the same tradition, as I learned when I was openly ogling her ring. She told me that she had bought it for herself in honor of Book … Read More
Find Beauty Challenge: The Playlist!
Little Willow and Miss Erin have unofficially declared themselves the personal mix masters for NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL. Here’s another song that Little Willow has sent to me, which is perfect for the Find Beauty Challenge. So get yourself together there… Create a 90-second video and tell the world what’s truly beautiful to you. I have … Read More
Publishers Weekly: Book Covers Separated @ Birth
PW ran an interesting article about my book cover, which features the same girl as the one on Alyson Noel’s Evermore. Personally, I love both treatments, which I think serve the stories equally well. For the record, sharing the same cover girl doesn’t bother me one bit. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6646736.html?nid=2788 Today I am thankful for Saho, the … Read More
Sending Love to Book Chic!
How amazing is this… Book Chic made a vlog for Seven Book Babes. Not only did he wear the Girl Overboard / Burton Snowboards T-shirt that I had sent him many moons ago, but he talked about two fun inside stories nested within NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL. Talk about super astute reader. He truly is Mr. … Read More
Find Beauty Challenge: The Janet + Molly Show!
Check out what two of my critique group partners have to say about True Beauty: Janet Carey and Molly Blaisdell. I love these women. I love what they have to say. Pull your video essay together for the Find Beauty Challenge. Your 90 seconds can change a kid’s life! I’m donating $10 (up to $1,000) … Read More
Find Beauty Challenge: Beautiful Statement
Here’s another submission to the Find Beauty Challenge, shot at my North of Beautiful book launch.
YouTube Love Letter to My Peeps
At last, I created my own video for the FIND BEAUTY CHALLENGE even if I can’t win the iPod Touch myself. It’s my love letter to my family and friends, an homage to Maya Angelou whose PHENOMENAL WOMAN inspired my book, North of Beautiful. You have until the end of March to create your own … Read More
Acknowledgments: Spotlight on Lydia Golston
Earlier this week, I thought it would be fun to introduce some of the people in my acknowledgments for North of Beautiful. So please meet Lydia Golston, my former next-door neighbor who always believed that I could and should write. Just look at her. She is one of the most truly beautiful women I know. … Read More