Former intern Brianna Robinison is the first to admit that she's not particularly moved by the "holiday spirit," but sometimes a few ugly sweaters and a plethora of A+ YA authors is all you need to transform from Scrooge to Santa. 

Below, she talks about the recent MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME panel at the McNally Jackson bookstore in New York City on its 10th anniversary, and how editor Stephanie Perkins' story inspired her to keep writing, herself.

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We recently checked in with Brianna Robinson --- one of our Teenreads and Kidsreads interns and brave NaNoWriMo participant --- who told us how she was doing one week into the month long, 50,000 words challenge. Now it's been 20 days (!) and she gives an update, shares some motivational sayings and explains how getting sick can really throw a wrench into your writing timeline.

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Two weeks ago, Teenreads intern Brianna Robinson attended a talk by Leigh Bardugo, the author of The Grisha Trilogy at Books of Wonder in New York City. Read her blog entry below to learn a bit more about Leigh’s thoughts on love triangles, beauty and pleasing her readers.

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Along with thousands of other new and experienced writers across the globe,Teenreads and Kidsreads intern Brianna Robinson is participating in NaNoWriMo --- the month-long creative writing event where people must compose a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. Yup, you counted right --- that's 30 days, or, an average, 1,667 words a day.

In this new blog series, we'll check in with Brianna a few times throughout November to see her progress. Read the first part of her story, here, right before she starts Day 7,

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Here is a warning to THE FAULT IN OUR STARS fans: this post might make you extremely jealous! Teenreads intern Brianna Robinson got attend a super special TFIOS Tumblr event, which was full of all the surprises nerdfighter could hope for. Read below, and try to hold it together until the movie hits theaters on June 6th!

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This year, World Book Night --- April 23^rd --- crept up on me without having much time to plan. I didn’t spend the night totally bookless, however; the wonderful Books of Wonder hosted yet another fantastic book panel. Titled Teen Genre Face Off, the panel was designed as a sort of comparison of three genres --- contemporary, sci-fi and fantasy. I thought it was a really smart idea to combine all three genres into one event because it allowed fans who enjoy multiple genres, like me, to experience different authors in one grouping.

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Lauren Oliver's new book, PANIC, comes out on March 4th, and at Teenreads we are so excited! To whet her appetite, Teenreads intern Brianna Robinson went to an event at the Books of Wonder bookstore where Lauren and her editor, Rosemary Brosnan, talked about her first book, BEFORE I FALL. Read below to learn more about this awesome event, and all the fascinating trivia Brianna learned about the book (including just how many titles they brainstormed before settling on the final choice.)

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