Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorJun 21, 2023

Come join us in #Edinburgh tomorrow 6:30 pm for the UK launch of AT THE SPEED OF LIES, by former CIA analyst @cindyotis! When a teen influencer becomes swept up in an online conspiracy after two kids disappear, she races to sort out what's true before the lies can turn deadly. I'll be chatting with Cindy, hosted by @TheEdinburghBookshop. Book your free ticket http://bit.ly/SMAevent1

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AT THE SPEED OF LIES: Twists and thrills for teen readers with Cindy L. Otis & Sheila M. Averbuch | Edinburgh Bookshop

Free Event This is a live, in-person event. Location: Christ Church Centre, 6a Morningside Road, EH10 4DD Ever wanted to go viral? Come join us for the UK launch of AT THE SPEED OF LIES, the tense YA thriller by former CIA analyst Cindy L. Otis.

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Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorApr 14, 2023

Seeing and signing my book FRIEND ME in a #London bookstore is the thrill of my life. Thank you #Waterstones Gower Street for having FRIEND ME (Scholastic) on the shelves of your magnificent children's section. This shop is book paradise, people... stop by if you can. Shown here with a domesticated Dalek (OR IS IT?)

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Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorApr 6, 2023

You've read about #chatGPT's mixing fact& fiction in that WaPo piece by Pranshu Verma & @willoremus, I hope? Educate yourself about the confident statement of untruths that's rife in ChatGPT. When I questioned the thing about why it asserted untruths, it humbly agreed with me that it needed to change its ways. I blogged about it here >>

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-chat-gpt-got-me-my-book-really-wrong-sheila-averbuch/

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How Chat GPT got me and my book really, really wrong

Last Friday was a precious day off, a delayed birthday treat visiting winter gardens in England, but while my husband waited for me to get ready to go out to dinner, I was glued to the couch at our holiday rental, stressing over Chat GPT. I'm a creator – a career technology journalist, now a tech co

Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorFeb 1, 2023

I'm celebrating World Read Aloud Day by donating 3 school visits to #middleschools in #Sweden, #Wisconsin and #Illinois! I'll be reading from my book Friend Me and my not-at-all-unsettling robotic cat, FRED, will tag along.

(Want to know more about my virtual school visits? ➡️) https://www.sheilamaverbuch.com/for-teachers/

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For teachers - Sheila M Averbuch

Virtual school visits The Writer’s Journey – a techno-thriller years in the making 30 to 45 minutes – Grades 3 to 8. Sheila’s virtual visit shares the story of how she went from technology journalist to author with her techno-thriller FRIEND ME. Get an insight into the life of main character Roisin, who’s the daughter … Continue reading "For teachers"

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Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorDec 22, 2022

Guys, the lovely @blackwells are offering my book for £1 off in its thrillers section -- good for tween and young teen readers in your list! I had a long road to publication and my book baby came out during peak lockdown, so I'm still playing catch-up in helping the world find out about it... Thank you for bearing with me in my seasonal promo!
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Friend-Me-by-Sheila-M-Averbuch/9781338618082

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Friend Me

Seventh grader Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to Massachusetts, where her brother collects friends easily, and her parents are abs

Show threadSheila M. Averbuch - AuthorDec 8, 2022

@amberlough @bookstodon it feels like a little death – or murder

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Show threadSheila M. Averbuch - AuthorDec 8, 2022

I'm encountering the same scary thing in my current total rewrite of my work in progress: characters are being left on the cutting room floor. It's fine, I know it's going to be fine, because I've done this before.

Have you ever cut or been advised to cut characters? Did you do it? Why or why not?

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Show threadSheila M. Averbuch - AuthorDec 8, 2022

I discovered that when I cut characters, it makes the other relationships so much clearer, but also more precious. I write #middlegrade, so I don't want to have a cast of thousands when my reader could be between 8 and 12 years old.

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Show threadSheila M. Averbuch - AuthorDec 8, 2022

I did, and it worked out fine. The story got better. I cut the first 2800 words of my manuscript & more or less started at chapter 3. Yeah, it was scary. But my agent told me the beginning was still too slow, and she was right. (I love Arturo, who I hope makes it back into another story of mine one day.)

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Sheila M. Averbuch - AuthorDec 8, 2022

I'm going to talk about the hardest thing you might be asked to do to your manuscript -- cut characters. (A thread). I swear I never would have tried this with my debut FRIEND ME if I hadn't been about to go on a week-long writing retreat where I had the time to try this crazy thing.

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