Editor’s Corner

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  • Reading Before it’s Over…

    By: Lyssa Keusch
    Sep 02, 2010

    Is it really September 2nd, already?  Really??  I woke up yesterday morning, and the first thought that popped into my head is that next week, my son starts school again.  So, preparing him for that fact, I mentioned it this morning.  He looked at me as if I were joking, and then, sensing the truth, he said, “For real?”  When I said yes, he shook his head slowly and replied, “I’m not sure I’m ready for that.” [...]

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  • Summer Beach Reading Wanes – But Never Fear!

    By: Lyssa Keusch
    Aug 30, 2010

    The long, lazy days of summer are slipping away (though I don’t know about you, but my summer days are anything BUT lazy).  The surest sign is when the sun starts to set earlier and earlier.  Sigh.  The second sign is when that pile of summer reading whittles down.  However, there is no need for melancholy or alarm.  There are tons of great new books just out – and lined up for the fall! One of my favorites, which [...]

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  • I Love YA Books! What Should I Read Next?

    By: May Chen
    Aug 19, 2010

    As you may know, we recently came back from the Romance Writers of America conference held this year at Disney’s Swan and Dolphin Resort.  (How cool is my job??) I always look forward to going to RWA because I get to see all my lovely authors and catch up on industry gossip, but this year’s conference had the added bonus of proximity to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Orlando Resort!! My husband and I lov [...]

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  • Vacation, All I Ever Wanted...

    By: Esi Sogah
    Aug 18, 2010

    August is the month where people in publishing get the heck out of Dodge. Carrie and Tessa have both left the building this week, May is jetting off sometime soon, and I just returned from Jamaica. Now, allow me to make you all jealous with my photos. This is the view from the restaurant we ate at every day. Service was very slow, but it really didn't matter. This was sunset that first night, also as seen from the re [...]

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  • Seen and Heard at RWA

    By: Carrie Feron
    Aug 10, 2010

    Seen and heard at RWA.  Some random notes from Orlando. Well, first off Executive Editor Lucia Macro was not at RWA this year, and we all missed her. New author Juliana Stone was seen singing Karaoke.  Song?  Don’t Stop Believing. I saw male readers this year, including one asking for Sarah MacLean’s autograph at the Literacy signing. Tessa Woodward spent her birthday at RWA.  What is more fun than spe [...]

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  • RWA Recap with Carrie!

    By: Carrie Feron
    Aug 09, 2010

    We on the Avon Staff are all back from the Romance Writers of America annual conference in Orlando, Florida.  Sadly, the closest I ever was to a theme park was a character breakfast with Goofy (and yes there is photographic evidence), but lots of fun things happened at RWA this year.  I cannot list them all, but these were my highlights. First, Meg Cabot was there!  Not only did a delegation of Avon staff take her t [...]

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  • Notes from an Intern

    By: Miranda DaCosta
    Aug 06, 2010

    What happens at a Launch Meeting              Yesterday I went to my first Avon A launch meeting. At a launch, the editors meet with different departments (sales, marketing, publicity etc.) to pitch the books for the upcoming season. This meeting was focused specifically on Avon A Summer 2011 trade paperback originals. After sitting in on this meeting I found four points of interest—pitching, marketing, sellin [...]

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  • Great Female Friendships

    By: Wendy Lee
    Aug 02, 2010

    Yesterday was International Friendship Day--which got me to thinking about all the great female friendships throughout literature. For example, there's Anne Shirley and Diana Barry in the Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery. I think this was the first time I had ever seen the phrase "kindred spirits," and I didn't even know what that meant exactly--I just knew I wanted to find one of my own! What I love [...]

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  • You know you're at Comic Con when...

    By: Erika Tsang
    Jul 22, 2010

    You see a Jedi walk down the sidewalk, then hops into a Honda. No one is embarrassed to be walking down the street with a giant Batman/DC Comics/Looney Tunes bag strapped to their bodies. You overhear someone explaining the difference between Green Lantern and Green Hornet

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  • Vacation is peeking around the corner...

    By: Erika Tsang
    Jul 19, 2010

    I’m about to head out to San Diego for Comic Con. I don’t know what I’m more excited about – the panel with JJ Abrams and Joss Whedon, or the Dr Horrible sing-along.  Be sure to follow me on Twitter for insightful observations in 140 characters or less…or here for more in depth fangirl raves. Be assured that if there is a photo op with Nathan Fillion, I’ll be all over him it. In the meantime, I'm in need of readi [...]

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