http://www.melodiebowsher.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:37:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm speaking at a Mother's Day gathering of the Friends of the San Francisco Library at 6:30 Wednesday May 7.  The topic:  mothers and daughters, of course, (and since I'm both and my book is about both, it may be hard to get me to shut up).  Come to the main ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/mothers-day It’s time for Lit Quake, the annual San Francisco festival celebrating the written word. I’ll be one of the 350 authors participating and my “slot’ for reading/speaking is at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 7 at the San Francisco Public Library. In its 8th year, Lit Quake is offering  a record number ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/it%e2%80%99s-lit-quake-time I recently learned that My Lost and Found Life has been awarded a “Perfect Ten” rating among young adult books from the Voices of Youth Advocates (VOYA).   This recognition is especially thrilling because only 11 books out of the 1,223 books reviewed by VOYA received that group's "Perfect Ten" designation.  VOYA ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/a-perfect-ten I want to thank Barbara Ricicar Lott and her book group, the Pulpwood Queens of Calvert, Texas, for inviting me to “phone in” to their meeting a few weeks ago. I had a great time talking about my book and myself. (Don’t we all enjoy that?) I have to ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/three-cheers-for-calvert-queens I’m back from snowy Colorado where I had a terrific time meeting with a book group in Boulder – it was a small but lively group, and they had lots of interesting questions. Thank you, Shana, for arranging it and Amy for being such a great hostess! Don’t forget – I’m ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/email-me-call-me-i-love-to-talk-about-my-book O.K., I have a really good excuse for having neglected my blog. First, I was in Texas visiting my mother, my sister Nancy and my brother Tom and talking about my book. I spoke to the Prestonwood Newcomers Book Group – they all read the book and told me they loved ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/back-from-texas-going-to-colorado One of my New Year’s resolutions is to write in my blog more often. For a writer, I seem to have an awful lot of trouble writing, but then, a blog isn’t about someone else, it’s about me. And that’s much harder than writing about someone else or someone I ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/my-new-years-resolution Nothing is better than hearing from readers and getting feedback on your writing – especially positive feedback, let's be honest. So far my book has been read and praised by three book groups (that I know of).   The first book group was in San Rafael, California. On a Thursday evening I ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/three-book-clubs-so-far I'm happy to report that a teen reviewer at TeensReadToo.com liked the novel. Here's what the reviewer said: MY LOST AND FOUND LIFE  is so well-written that Ashley seems like a real person. It’s written like an autobiography, and I almost forgot that it wasn’t a true story. Especially since it ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/general/nice-review-at-teensreadtoocom I'm going to be reading at an Inside Storytime event for "Bad Girls" novelists on Thursday October 19 from 7-9 pm at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco (only those over 21 are admitted, as alcohol is served). More info at www.insidestorytime.com I'm not sure if the authors or our book heroines are ... http://www.melodiebowsher.com/blog/bad-girl-novels-ok-count-me-in