I guest blogged at Teenreads.com about the famous ladies I write about and their favorite animals. Emily’s favorite was a bull mastiff named Keeper. Read it here.
Now this is how a map should look!
I adore old maps. One of my favorites is one I found in an antique shop in London. It’s from a 1797 atlas and it’s called a “Carted Conjecturale d’Atlantide” — in other words — a map of where Atlantis might be! (For the curious among us, it’s in the Canary Islands.. those islands are really the tops of the mountains of Atlantis. After the island sank, the mountaintops are all that remain.”
I just came across a fun website that had world maps with the contemporary names deleted and the original meanings of place names inserted. For instance, the Sahara is really called “The Tawny One.” Check it out.
(Drum roll please…) Announcing Rory’s Promise!
What’s with the title Always Emily?
Visit my guest blog post at The Children and Teen Book Connection. I discuss how I had to choose between Emily and Charlotte as my main character.
Who’s the better feminist? Emily or Charlotte Bronte?
I wrote a guest post for E. Kristin Anderson at Write All the Words. She does a celebration each March of International Women’s Week and this year, she invited me to participate. (For those who are new to Kristin’s blog, she also has the feature Dear Teen Me — where she invites authors to write their teenaged self a letter. Here’s mine!)
I wrote about the Bronte’s curious, possibly unique take on feminism. Check it out at Write All the Words!
Goodreads Giveaway! Win a free copy of Always Emily!
Chronicle Books is giving away 25 free copies of Always Emily from February 1st – 15th!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Always Emily
by Michaela MacColl
Giveaway ends February 15, 2014.
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