Salon Witz, the culture blog of YA author and cover designer, Lisa Amowitz

GREETINGS, ASPIRING WRITERS OF YA! I AM LISA AMOWITZ AND THIS MY SECOND YEAR AS A PITCH WARS MENTOR. LAST YEAR WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. I MET SO MANY COOL PEOPLE ONLINE AND READ A LOT OF GREA...

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THE FOLLOWING AUTHORS WILL BE ATTENDING #YAFEST2017. MARK ALPERT!, author of THE SIX series.   LISA AMOWITZ, author of UNTIL BETH HOLLI ANDERSON!, author of THE FIVE series MARIA A...

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ONE SUMMER WITH AUTUMN JULIE REECE Published by: Swoon Romance Publication date: October 18th 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult > Seventeen-year-old Autumn Teslow arrives...

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It’s Fall and it’s time again for the YA Scavenger hunt!  I'm Lisa Amowitz, author of BREAKING GLASS, VISION and UNTIL BETH. This time I am on TEAM GREEN  I'm also running a giveaway ...

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Title: Before Tomorrow Publisher: Entangled TEEN Release Date: Oct. 31, 2016 And now for the reveal...get ready--it's a beaut!! and NO I did not design this--I just love Pintip and her wri...

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REMINDER: TO REPEAT AN OLD CLICHE THAT HAS BEEN REPEATED TO ME MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT: YOUR WRITING CAREER IS A MARATHON AND NOT A SPRINT. ENDURANCE IS EVERYTHING. BUT LET'S UNPA...

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GREETINGS, ASPIRING WRITERS OF YA! I AM LISA AMOWITZ AND THIS MY VERY FIRST YEAR AS A PITCH WARS MENTOR, SO I’M KIND OF A NEWBIE AT ALL THE PROTOCOL STUFF. However, I am far from a newbi...

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I can't believe it's been three years since my first book, BREAKING GLASS released in 2013. Since then I've published two more, (VISION, 2014 and UNTIL BETH, 2015), as well as the e-novella F...

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HEY FOLKS! IF YOU FOLLOW MY TWITTER FEED, YOU'LL KNOW THAT I AM OBSESSED WITH ANGELA ACKERMAN, THE GENIUS BEHIND THE EMOTION THESAURUS AND A NEW WEBSITE CALLED ONE STOP FOR WRITERS. (FIND LINKS B...

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Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favori...

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I am on TEAM... Stay tuned!!!!!

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SOME SECRETS CANNOT BE KEPT—IN LIFE OR IN DEATH.  Months have passed since Rune has heard a single whisper from her long-dead mother, the great witch of Bavaria. But the absence of one ...

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SOME SECRETS CANNOT BE KEPT—IN LIFE OR IN DEATH.  Months have passed since Rune has heard a single whisper from her long-dead mother, the great witch of Bavaria. But the absence of one ...

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This month I am celebrating the release of my latest book, the young adult urban fantasy/thriller UNTIL BETH. As you may or may not know I DESIGNED THIS COVER as well as many others for Spencer H...

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WAITING ON WEDNESDAY IS A WEEKLY MEME HOSTED BY JILL FROM BREAKING THE SPINE THAT SPOTLIGHTS UPCOMING RELEASES WE ARE EAGERLY AWAITING! TITLE: Castle of Sighs (Forest of Whispers ...

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ITS RELEASE DAY FOR UNTIL BETH! TALENTED ROCK GUITARIST BETH COLLINS HAS BEEN BARELY HOLDING HERSELF TOGETHER FOR MONTHS, EVER SINCE HER BOYFRIEND AND BANDMATE BECAME THE LATEST VICTIM IN A ...

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10. SETTING In spy fiction, cool international locales are the name of the game and each city has its own unique vibe, from the neon lights and pulsing throngs of people in Tokyo, to the oppres...

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Greetings Blogosphere! It's been nearly a month, but today I'm interrupting my usually scheduled radio silence to bring you something special! A guest post from the extremely talented young UK au...

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Thank you so much for having me here today on Salon Witz! I’m a writer of Young Adult paranormal romance and adult historical paranormal romance. My second YA book, BROKEN, released on April 1...

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FRACTURED is out tomorrow! If you liked BREAKING GLASS and VISION, you're really going to want to follow the further adventures of Jeremy and Bobby.. PLUS there is a giveaway of a $25 gift cert...

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Hello everyone! My name is Fantasy Angel (it's my blogger name, not real name) and I come from Avid Reader , a blog on books, their movies and writing in general.  Now I met Lisa on an awesome...

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original hand drawn art Let’s be honest. Whoever came up with the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” was reading in the dark. Or listening to an audiobook. Or got a great, ha...

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Guest post by Jennifer Allis Provost... A funny thing happened during NaNoWriMo 2014; okay, a few funny things happened. Like many writers around the world, I look forward to participating ...

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My friend Kristin Wroblewski, an avid reader, is a guest reviewer on this blog. This is her review of the NYT #1 bestseller, THE BOYS ON THE BOAT, A REMARKABLE TRUE STORY Summary: For read...

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These days, it’s not enough to write a great book. Whether you self-publish, publish with an independent or small publisher, or even land a big book deal with one of the “Big Five” publ...

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