Celebrating 2014, Awaiting 2015

What an amazing year 2014 has been! Thank YOU for your support of our books. You rock! Today on New Year’s Eve, come party with us and watch our video where we talk about our favorite moments and what we are looking forward to in 2015.

After teaching and traveling internationally, Christina Farley started writing about her adventures, tossing in a little fiction for fun. This inspired her to write GILDED, a YA about a Korean-American girl with a black belt and deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows published by Skyscape, March 1, 2014. Besides writing, Christina loves traveling, running, hanging out with her two Jedi warriors, and eating dark chocolate.

YouTube- Acting Out a Scene from GILDED

This month’s YouTube topic is Act Out a Scene from our books. Today I’m acting out three scenes from GILDED: one is a reenactment at my main character’s international school and the other two are martial arts scenes set in Seoul, Korea.

You can also visit my YouTube page to watch the full playlist for GILDED. Don’t forget to add GILDED to your Goodreads page here.

If you could act a scene from a book, which character would you be and what scene would you act out?

After teaching and traveling internationally, Christina Farley started writing about her adventures, tossing in a little fiction for fun. This inspired her to write GILDED, a YA about a Korean-American girl with a black belt and deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows to be published by Amazon Children’s spring 2014. Besides writing, Christina loves traveling, running, hanging out with her two Jedi warriors, and eating dark chocolate.

Youtube: Music by Stephanie Diaz

This month’s YouTube topic is MUSIC, and Stephanie Diaz, author of EXTRACTION, is up today talking about some of the music that she considers the soundtrack of her novel.

Stephanie Diaz is 20. She will graduate from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in film production this May. She’s a Whovian, Browncoat, and publishing intern. Her work is represented by Alison Fargis of Stonesong. The first book in her debut YA sci-fi EXTRACTION trilogy is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of Macmillan. You can follow Stephanie on twitter: @StephanieEDiaz.

The OneFour KidLit’s YouTube Channel

As you probably remember, we have a YouTube Channel. We have put together a great line-up of awesome topics to talk to you about our books.

Here’s what we’ve got in store for you:

Apr.- Inspiration- What inspired you to write your book or what do you use for inspiration?

May– Music- music our character would listen to or soundtracks that would go with our books or playlists

June– Lights/Camera/Action- Act out a scene from your book.

July– Summer fun- What would your main character’s ideal vacation spot be?

Aug.- “It’s hot as hell out, who am I going to call to go see a movie or jump in the pool with?”

Sept.- Back to school- Talk about your character’s school.

Oct– Costumes- Discuss the clothing style of your book’s characters. Or come up with a Halloween costume for your book.

Nov.- Food! What are your character’s favorite foods?

Dec– Holidays- What type of holiday does your character celebrate?

As you can see from the list, this month is all about what inspired us to write our books.

Check out Stephanie Diaz’s vlog on the inspiration for EXTRACTION here.

Today, I’ve vlogged about my inspiration for GILDED here.

We hope you’ll subscribe and come hang out with us on our channel!

After teaching and traveling internationally, Christina Farley started writing about her adventures, tossing in a little fiction for fun. This inspired her to write GILDED, a YA about a Korean-American girl with a black belt and deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows to be published by Amazon Children’s spring 2014. Besides writing, Christina loves traveling, running, hanging out with her two Jedi warriors, and eating dark chocolate.