As part of the Girlfriend’s Cyber Circuit, I am pleased to host Kristina Springer today. Her novel “My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours” released this week. Let’s get to know Kristina and the book! Here’s a description of the story. Seventh grade was supposed to be fun, but Tori is having major drama with her BFF, Sienna. Sienna…
Daisy Whitney
This is My Story
About Daisy
By day, Daisy Whitney is a producer, on-air correspondent, podcaster and raconteur in the new media business.
At night, she writes novels for teens and is the author of The Mockingbirds, to be published by Little, Brown in November 2010. You can pre-order it on Amazon!
You can follow her blog on writing, reading and editing on this site where she swears her web designer only airbrushed her photos a teensy tiny bit. When Daisy's not inventing fictional high school worlds, she produces conferences for iMedia and provides strategy consulting to businesses on their online video presence and the online video marketplace.
As a reporter, Daisy covers new media for NBC’s KNTV, ABCNews.com, Beet.TV, MediaPost and others.
She is one of the first journalists to launch her own online newscast that covers the business of Internet video – the New Media Minute. Her work is regularly read and watched by executives across the television, cable, advertising and Internet businesses. She also hosts the top-ranked iTunes audio podcast “This Week in Media,” which you should totally subscribe to.
She LOVES talking about books, shoes, chocolate chip cookies and the world's most amazing dog, who happens to be named for a flower too, Violet (Daisy's dog).
Close ThisSeptember 2, 2010
My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours
August 30, 2010
When this yeti met this yak…(Win PARANORMALCY!)
Have you ever met a yeti crossed with a yak? Well, I haven’t either. In fact, I still don’t really know what a yeti is. But no matter. Today’s post is to celebrate the release of my friend Kiersten White’s awesome debut novel PARANORMALCY by giving away a hardcover of the book! Her book tells the story of a 16-year-old who is tasked with…
August 27, 2010
Bye, Bye 11,380 Words
William Faulkner has famously said “Kill your darlings” when it comes to writing. This means, of course, to be ruthless with the delete key. Writers can sometimes fall in love with words, scenes, characters, turns of phrase. But if they don’t serve the story, you must slaughter them. To wit – I am about to delete 11,380 words from my current…
August 26, 2010
My Actress!
As some of you may know, I just “directed” and shot a Web video series that’ll run as a “complement” to my novel THE MOCKINGBIRDS, which hits bookstores on November 2. The Web video series is 12 episodes and will feature material NOT in the book. More details to come on release plans, where it’ll run, etc. But here’s…
August 25, 2010
My Purple Hair – Sorta Like a Rock Star?
Wig or dye job? Is it my real hair color?
August 21, 2010
My Dog Drinks from the Water Fountain
Isn’t she adorable? Dog Drinks from Water Fountain
August 19, 2010
Stand up for what you believe in!
Here’s a quick “excerpt” from my talk at Anderson’s Bookshop earlier this week. Check it out for more details on the “To Kill a Mockingbird” connection in my novel and for my beliefs in teens and how they come to stand up for right or wrong!
August 18, 2010
A Video Tour of Some of Boston’s Finest Indie Bookstores
August 18, 2010
Teenagers Inspire me!
Teenagers are awesome. Seriously. They are freaking awesome. Last night, I attended my first “meet and greet” with about 30 teens and some Chicago area educators in advance of the November 2 release of my novel THE MOCKINGBIRDS. The event was held at the warehouse to Anderson’s Bookshop, a hugely influential and infinitely awesome independent…
Look for a longer post to come about the Anderson’s Book Shop pre-pub event I did tonight with Chicago area teens and educators, but for now here are some awesome pics! Early and Awesome Teen Readers of THE MOCKINGBIRDS Does it get any better than this?