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Archive for December, 2012

Having my first real good Christmas | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 25 2012
Parallel Visions On Sale for $0.99 until Dec 31st! | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 22 2012
Books To Help Kids Deal With Trauma | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 19 2012
Guest Post by YA author Lorca Damon: Books Don’t Do Anything | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 18 2012
A sweet, heartfelt video review of Scars | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 13 2012
Contest To Celebrate My New YA Fantasy Parallel Visions. Win a Kindle, Kobo, or Nook! | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 06 2012
Recent Picture Books I’ve Loved: I’m Bored; Mine!; The Stone Hatchlings; and Rocket Writes A Story | Posted by Cheryl Rainfield on Dec 04 2012

Recent Posts

• I am struggling a bit on my birthday as I always do. Cults teach victims to kill themselves on their birthdays if they are no longer being abused (or abusing). BUT each year it gets a little easier and better. I so appreciate all the birthday wishes and caring comments. They mean so much to me! I usually try to answer each one but can’t with my torn rotator cuff. Just know that I read each one and I so appreciate it! Jean, my therapist who is like a mom to me, and who I dedicate every book to, is coming to see me; I have some gifts from my dear friend Julie in front of me (comics! Art!), and got myself a few things. And I am grateful for my books that help others, for my friends, Petal, chosen family, and all of you. . Also I am grateful for speech-to-text! It helps a lot. . . . #cherylrainfield #YAwriter #LGBTQwriter #booknerd #bookworm #ireadYA #survivor #feminist #YAlit #YAbooks #scars
• I am grateful that I didn’t break any bones in my fall; that I only have a partial tear to my rotator cuff; that Petal didn’t get hurt and I didn’t drop her when I fell; that hospital staff were so nice; that I had so many neighbours helping me yeaterday; that my neighbour and friend Denyse brought me fruit, water, and arnica when she picked me up from the hospital (arnica helps us heal faster); that I have a great book to read – AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir (loving it SO much) that helps distract me from my pain and helped in the night; that I have less pain than yesterday; and that you all responded, helping me feel less alone. Grateful! (Also grateful for speech-to-text.)
• SCARS was rejected more than 200 times (I think more than that; I just don’t remember how many) over 10 years. In the last few years before I got it published, I felt so much despair and wanted to give up. I’m glad now that I didn’t. Once SCARS was published, it became #1 in YALSA’s Top 10 Quick Picks (2011); a Governor General LIterary Award Finalist (2010); on ALA’s Rainbow Project List; a staff pick for Teaching Tolerance; on many more lists and nominations; and has saved many lives and helped many readers know they are not alone. If you have a dream, don’t give up. #LGBTQ #Selfharm #ShareYourRejection #cherylrainfield #YAwriter #LGBTQwriter #booknerd #bookworm #ireadYA #survivor #feminist #YAlit #YAbooks #bookstagram #bookrecs #scars #selfharm #sexualabuse #trauma #healing
• I saw these bookworm reader stickers at the dollar store and I couldn’t resist! (grinning) #ilovebooks #readingiscool . #bookstickers #bookish #bookworm #cherylrainfield #YAwriter #LGBTQwriter #booknerd #bookworms #ireadYA #survivor #feminist
• I am always so glad to hear from teachers (and other readers) that my books helped a student, themselves, or someone they know. This post from teacher Dee Schmidt Kramer about SCARS felt good to read! (beaming) And it’s a big part of why I write – to help others know that they are not alone, things can and will get better, and that they are strong, deserve to be treated well, and matter. . . . #cherylrainfield #YAwriter #LGBTQwriter #booknerd #bookworm #ireadYA #survivor #feminist #YAlit #YAbooks #bookstagram #bookrecs #scars

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• Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transexual, Transgender Teen Fiction Booklist
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