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Maureen McGowan

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Maureen McGowan · 3W ago

Listed in Publishers Weekly!

I am excited that DEVIANTS made the list of "Galleys to Grab" for the upcoming BEA trade show/conference.  The proof is below, but in case it's too small to read,  here's what it says, listed under Thrills, Chills and Fantasy:Deviants by Maureen McGowan (Amazon Children’s Publishing). Book one of t
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Maureen McGowan · 3W ago

Agents and Free Books (not related)

Oh, blog. I am so sorry. How I have neglected you!I admit. I've been cheating on you. I fear I am not well-suited to blog monogamy. (Blogmanog?)If we are ever to heal our relationship, I must confess my sins: Today, I cheated in two places.At Drunk Writer Talk, I blogged about the heavy burden of fr
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Maureen McGowan · 2M ago

Style Over Substance

Thinking about last night's Oscars, I can't decide whether the sub-title should be:Style Over SubstanceOld People Rule! orBehold the Power of Harvey WeinsteinI was a little underwhelmed with the Oscars last night and I'm a huge Oscar fan. Even the years that most people don't like it, I usually do.
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Maureen McGowan · 3M ago

Roller Coaster Week

No one ever said publishing was for the faint of heart but boy, some weeks can be crazier than others. The highs! The lows...Do you want the good news first or the bad? I'll start with bad...Those of you who follow publishing news will no doubt have read that the big chain book stores in North Ameri
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Maureen McGowan · 3M ago

SCBWI vs. RWA Cage Match

What are the similarities and differences between these two writers' organizations' big national conferences?I discuss today over at my group blog Drunk Writer Talk.(Aside) The first manuscript I ever wrote was a romance, as was the second, which I abandoned before revising, having decided that roma
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Maureen McGowan · 3M ago

SCBWI Visual Highlights

SCBWI is the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators. Try saying that three times fast. Or three times slowly for that matter. ;)I've been to quite a few writers' conferences over the years, but this was my first SCBWI, and I had a fabulous and productive time.I nearly filled a whole no
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Maureen McGowan · 4M ago

My Book Deal!

This news has already been disseminated on some (most?) of my writers' loops and on Twitter and Facebook but for some bizarre reason I failed to blog about it.I really have become a slacker blogger. I will get back to it. I will.But for now.... For those of you who haven't heard...I signed a three b
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Maureen McGowan · 6M ago

Melancholia -- Oddly Beautiful

I will get to some slightly more accessible movies, I promise, but I wanted to say a few things about Lars Von Trier's Melancholia.First, I've been a fan of Danish director Von Trier since Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark and Dogtown. I also saw a very bizarre documentary about him and one
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Maureen McGowan · 6M ago

Another Olsen Kid -- Who Knew?

I hereby vow **holds hand up** that I will blog at least once a week, more often if I can, until I've covered more of my TIFF films. I thought I should start with some of the ones that have already hit theatres...One I really liked:  Martha Marcy May Marlene. (It's easier to remember the title and o
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Maureen McGowan · 7M ago

Ides of March

Dang, I am a bad blogger. I promised I'd get around to talking about some of the other TIFF films I saw last weekend. My how time flies.While I haven't found time to blog in the past 10 days, I did manage to see three movies ;) . All films that were at TIFF, but I didn't pick to see there (mostly be
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