Author: Jeff Garvin
Author of SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN and THE LIGHTNESS OF HANDS. Cohost of THE HERO'S JOURNEY podcast. Rock musician, D&D geek, aspiring revolutionary.
I’m thrilled to participate in this season’s YA Scavenger Hunt. In case you’re unfamiliar with YASH, it’s a 72-hour internet scavenger hunt that promises a lot of fun and a chance to win SCORES AND SCORES of signed books.
This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen...
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Thanks to you, February has been an exciting month! Over 100 people attended the launch event at Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, where my book sold out in less than an hour.
In addition, Symptoms of Being Human and its audiobook companion (narrated by Tom Phelan of ABC’s The Fosters) appeared...
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Sometimes, life is awesome. You have a spectacular hair day. The person you like finally likes you back. But sometimes, life exercises its inexhaustible ability to suck. In other words: Dark times come.
You fail. You get rejected. You feel misunderstood, ignored, or, worse—singled out for humiliation....
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I recently wrote an article for the Writers Digest Guide to Literary Agents blog. Here’s an excerpt followed by a link to the rest of the post.
When I was ready to seek representation, I chose not to approach agents in the usual way—by email query—even though most agents prefer that method....
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As you may recall from this post, actor Tom Phelan performs the audiobook version of Symptoms of Being Human. I couldn’t have imagined a more perfect narrator. Tom captures Riley’s voice beautifully. Here’s a sample.
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HarperCollins Canada asked me to write a post for their official YA Blog, HCC Frenzy. Here’s a short except, followed by a link where you can read the whole article.
There’s no way around it: high school hurts. The good news? Pain is precious to writers. It motivates us, inspires us, fuels...
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