The weekly web ramble (9/25)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

So, what’s the big deal with starting a sentence with so? 

– The 2015 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature longlist

– 18 writers share a day in the life

<– AUTHOR TALK

Get to know Sana Amanat‘s story

Ilona Andrews on breaking through

J.K. Rowling shares the Potter family history

Kate Beaton‘s top ten warrior princesses

WEB READS –>

Illuminae

– Read the first thirty pages of Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Dumplin

– Check out the first eighty pages of Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Nightfall

– Read an excerpt of Nightfall by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski

The Dead House

– Check out an excerpt of The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich