Eve's Fan Garden

This week we have really lived it up! We had lots of guest posts from some of our favorite authors! We had an awesome author chat on Thursday! And now we have some prizes to give away! We went through all the comments from this week and picked 7 winners. Viki S. Mindy J silentjen [...]

1. Your Name:  Janicca 2. One of your nicknames: Other than Mom, I don’t really have one 3. Current job: I have an in home daycare. I currently care for children ages 4 mos to 11 years in addition to my own two kiddos ages 10 and 14. 4. Dream job: I really love my job and that [...]

Winter Stories by Janni Lee Simner The girl knelt by the old man’s bed, holding his hand. “Grampa,” she said, as sun glinted off the snow outside, “tell me a story. Tell how you walked among the Wailing Pines. How you wove a magic cloak to protect against their tears.” Always before, his eyes had [...]

1. Your Name – Maryanne – hence the name of this post. It would be really silly to name this post “Getting to know…Maryanne” if my name was Joan or Sally. 2. One of your nicknames – My online nickname is MA. Most people assume it is because of my name,  Maryanne. But, it’s not. [...]

When Eve’s Fan Garden asked me to guest blog about change and growth, it was the syntax of the request struck me. (Yeah. I’m nerdy like that. I’ll wait, in case you need to snicker.) Back to syntax. It’s so natural to order the words that way, because, of course, you can have change without [...]

I’ve never been a person who embraced change gladly. To me, change often means loss or, at least, uncertainty. I love comfort and familiarity. It’s especially scary to be in publishing right now, with the digital revolution poised to change everything. On one hand, this could be a time of unprecedented opportunity for writers and [...]

About You: 1. Your Name: Sara 2. One of your nicknames: I had a horrible nickname in high school that I won’t mention. At work, they call me THE Sara because there are three of us, but I am the original 3. Current job: High School English Teacher 4. Dream job: I want to teach [...]

It seems like I’ve spent my life doing things twice: once the hard way, and once the right way. It would be nice if I could streamline that, but I have to admit— failing the first time makes succeeding the second time that much sweeter. I’ve been a screenwriter for fifteen years. My initial goal [...]

I am SO excited! Caragh O’Brien, the author of Birthmarked (which was SOOOOO good!), has written a short story to share for our birthday. It is called The Potter’s Daughter: Emily at Twelve and is about some of the characters in the world of Birthmarked.    Please visit Caragh’s blog to read this story, and [...]

About You: 1. Your Name  – Donna 2. One of your nicknames – Mommy 3. Current job – I am a teacher by day 4. Dream job – I would love to work at the college level teaching teachers. About Books: 1. Name one book that changed your life. – I know this sounds stupid [...]

Just Do It By Elizabeth Eulberg The fabulous ladies at Eve’s Fan Garden (and I’m not pandering!) and I have a lot in common: we love books, cute actors and musicians, are proud of being fangirls and are awesome (okay, maybe a little pandering). But we also share an anniversary. In January 2010, Eve’s Fan [...]

  About You: 1. Name:  Kirsten   2. One of Your nicknames: Kirst   3. Current Job: Medicare Billing Coordinator   4. Dream Job: Curator of a museum or historical landmark   About Books:   1. Name one book that changed your life:  This one is easy…Twilight. After I read Twilight, I found TwilightMOMS, became [...]

Happy Birthday to Eve’s Fan Garden! I’m thrilled to be invited back for a guest post to celebrate your first year and beyond.   New years, birthdays, graduations, coming of age…they all signify a transition taking place, from old to new, from the known to the unknown. We start with a blank slate and big [...]

Even though it is our birthday, we will be giving presents away to help celebrate. Stay tuned as we will be giving away prizes everyday. We are still putting the finishing touches on the prize packs but here is a sampling of what we have to give away!! -ARCS (including Where She Went by Gayle [...]

What is it about new beginnings that is so invigorating? There’s a forgiveness in the clean slate. No matter what happened before, we get to start fresh. I think that’s why we love New Year’s. By the end of a year, the weather has turned dark, the intense busyness of the holidays has us rushing [...]