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Download Empowering Quote or Bible Verse Coloring Book For Girls! FREE

December 1, 2021 by Shaylene King In: Uncategorized Tagged: bible verse coloring book, black and white coloring books, books, children's christian fiction, christian fiction friendship, coloring books for girls, free download, tween fiction

Black and White Coloring Book

December is my book, Liberty Lane and the One-Girl Rebelution’s FIRST  birthday! To celebrate, I’m giving away one of two FREE downloadable coloring books when you purchase Liberty Lane and the One-Girl Rebelution during the month of December. Empowering Quote Coloring Book For Girls is a 20 page black and white coloring book with of some of my favorite quotes… including quotes from my books, workshops and assemblies. Bible Verse Coloring Books For Girls  is a 20 page black and white coloring book with coloring pages based on bible verses. Here’s how to get your FREE coloring book. Purchase my… 

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Check Out My Interview on Award Winning Author Kia Strands Blog!

May 5, 2021 by Shaylene King In: Book Updates, Writing Tagged: author, author tips, authors life, tween fiction, writer

I love writing. It excites me! When I sit down to write every day, I always think, I wonder what’s going to happen today? I usually have an idea where I am going but once I start pounding on the keys of my laptop, ideas and dialogue begin to flow. It’s so fun. But the writing life can be pretty lonely too, so it’s important for me to connect with other authors. I met Kai Strand on a Facebook group for Middle Grade authors and she was kind enough to invite me to do an interview for her book blog…. 

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A Modern Retelling, Eunuch to Talent Scout, meet Hawk

May 9, 2013 by Shaylene King In: Book Updates Tagged: author, Esther, modern retelling, talent scout, tween fiction, tween novel

Picture compliments of fifth grader Wyatt Pearlmutter

Standing in front of me, blocking the sun with his silhouette, was  this—man-boy.  A man-boy is what Calliope and I call guys we think are cute and totally too old for us but not really old—old,  like our parents. Take for example, Matt Damon, who did all of the Bourne Identity movies. Cute. But no Zac Efron! As I was creating Hawk’s character, I pictured him in his mid to late twenties, with a certain mystery about him. He is not a man of many words. He does his job and then fades into the background. Every so often Liberty does… 

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What Do Your Book Characters Look Like To Your Target Audience?

March 16, 2013 by Shaylene King In: Book Updates Tagged: author tips, authors life, book characters, target audience, teen novel, tween fiction

Liberty Lane, courtesy of Claudia Alvarez

Curious what your book characters look like to your target audience?  I have often wondered myself how others might see my characters. Do they picture them the way I visualize them? Have I done a good job describing my characters physical traits, style and personality? I teach fifth grade and recently began to think, hummm…fifth grade is middle grade, my first novel, Liberty Lane and the One-Girl Rebelution is  a middle grade  book…sooo, I wonder how these students (who just happen to be my target audience) would see my characters. Maybe I should read them my book! After I was several chapters… 

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Abracadabra! The Magic of a Writing Contest

November 13, 2012 by Shaylene King In: Book Updates Tagged: author, First Impressions, magic, tween fiction, Writing contest

Poof! Like magic, my first tween novel has disappered! Well, no-not really, but until January 25th, it will be invisible from public view. I have entered my debut tween manuscript (unable to mention the name) in my first writing contest. First Impressions, a fiction contest put on by the ACFW, a premier organization for fiction writers has asked all writers submitting their manuscript to remove any mention of their manuscript from print. This includes blogs, websites, Twitter and Facebook… no easy feat. Why? One, this specific contest is for unpublished manuscripts. Any form of print would deem the entry no longer unpublished, therefore disqualifying it. A… 

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