Shari Brady It's Not What You're Eating

New Year – New Book

I’m thrilled to announce the release of my newest book, It’s Not What You’re Eating, It’s What’s Eating You – A Teenager’s Guide to Preventing Eating Disorders, and Loving Yourself. In this book, I share practical advice, along with my own personal stories surrounding my struggles with an eating disorder and low self-esteem during my…

How to Stay Motivated During NaNoWriMo

Good news is goal number one/priority number one has been reached. All the World’s a Stage, is on schedule. Book #1 revisions are complete, cooling off, waiting for the editorial calendar/clock to begin and I have already started writing Book #2 in the series. And since I haven’t figured out how to add two or three…

Crazy Good Things

As you know, I’ve been working on revisions for All the World’s a Stage, which is going at a super-duper clip, meaning 85,000 words will be redone, revamped and revised by the end of October. (I’m at about 31,000 now – which is ahead of my self-imposed deadline!) My next plan of action is to take on the ridiculously…

The Train’s on the Tracks

One of my loyal followers sent me an email wondering how she accidentally unsubscribed to my blog. She was all like, “I don’t know what happened. I don’t get your posts anymore.” And I’m all like, yyyeeeaaah, that’s ’cause I haven’t posted since April.” What?? Right. So I’m announcing my return. I’m back in the…

Happy Birthday Shakespeare

April 23rd marks Shakespeare’s 449th Birthday — or at least we think this is his birthday. Shakespeare’s exact birthday was not documented, but he was baptized on April 26th. April 23rd is an approximate date of birth given to him based on his baptismal record. Ironically, April 23rd marks the day he died as well.…

Kindle Top Ten List Interview

Lots of things going on in authorland these days. First off, today Karleen Tauszik is interviewing me on her awesome blog Kids EBook Bestsellers, a website devoted to children’s e-books and featuring authors whose books reach the Kindle Bestseller lists. Read the entire interview here. And don’t forget, just a few more days on tour. Here’s…

Making Lemons out of Lemonade

Now that 2013 is in full swing I thought it was time for a report on what’s going on in Shari Brady, author land. First of all, I’m proud (and a little embarrassed) to admit, one of my biggest resolutions for the year was to get more exercise. Writing almost every waking moment of my life…

Holiday Giving x3

The holidays are upon us and I’ve decided to participate in three fundraisers I feel very passionate about. I invite you to join me. The first one is being hosted by Nathan Bransford, who is holding his fourth annual fundraiser for Heifer International. Nathan is an awesome writer who also keeps the publishing community inspired…