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Sunday, August 24, 2014 1:27:07 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Friendship, interrupted:
Lauren said, "Dear Miss Fortune Cookie, In my group of friends there were four of us. One of them decided she didn’t want to be friends with us anymore and her reason was that I was bullying her; I wasn’t, I thought she was my bestfriend. She caused a..." more
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 4:44:35 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Free book alert!:
Lauren said, "To celebrate the release of the final book in Kersten Hamilton’s riveting Goblin Wars Trilogy, you can get a copy of the first book free at iTunes. The offer is only good this week, so jump on it! You can also download a copy onto your..." more
Monday, September 30, 2013 1:30:10 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Don’t be a bully, you jerk:
Lauren said, " Dear Miss Fortune Cookie, This noob in photography won’t leave me alone. He keeps asking me dumb stuff like how to view his pictures. I keep telling him to ask the teacher, but he ignores me. How do I get rid of him? Annoyed WHAT..." more
Friday, September 27, 2013 4:04:26 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled My two-timing summer:
Lauren said, "I am a late bloomer. A late, late bloomer. By the end of high school, my statistics in the romance department were deplorable: . Crushes – 16 Dates – 6 Kisses – 2 Boyfriends – 0 . The summer after graduation my world changed. At the..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:11:26 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled RT Teen Day … here I come!:
Lauren said, "If you’ve never heard of Teen Day at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, let me fill you in. 100 amazing YA authors + me + 1 big room = 3 hours of delicious pandemonium called YA Alley. Get autographs from luminaries such as Jennifer..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:11:26 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled How do you think the world will end?:
Lauren said, "Zombie dinosaurs? Sinkholes? Radioactive capybaras? Tweet your theory for the impending apocalypse. #apocalypseprediction"
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:35:59 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled The Winner!!!:
Lauren said, "Congratulations to Mary Catherine Miller for winning the Be an Advice Columnist for a Day contest. She’s a doctoral student at Ohio State University working in Literature for Children and Young Adults. Check out her excellent blog, Travels..." more
Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:01:55 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Opinionated much?:
Lauren said, "Do your friends dump their problems on you all the time? Do you feel like you’re expected to listen and keep your mouth shut? Here’s your chance to do the talking! I’m hosting an awesome Dear Miss Fortune Cookie CONTEST. Just reply..." more
Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:22:07 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Be an advice columnist for a day–NEW CONTEST:
Lauren said, "Are you proud of being opinionated? Do you like to give advice? BE AN ADVICE COLUMNIST FOR A DAY! WIN A SIGNED COPY OF MISS FORTUNE COOKIE PLUS GOODIES, INCLUDING A $30 GIFT CARD TO ENTER, write a response to one of the Dear Miss Fortune Cookie..." more
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:56:06 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Chatting it up on World Talk Radio:
Lauren said, "Cynthia Brian will interview me tomorrow for her program StarStyle on World Talk Radio. You can catch us live at 3 pm Pacific Standard Time (California) and 6pm EST ( East Coast). Just click on the link at the bottom. Miss Fortune Cookie by..." more
Monday, January 21, 2013 1:01:51 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled “Dear Abby” advice columnist dies at 94:
Lauren said, "When I was 12 and 13, I delivered the Palo Alto Times to around 80 customers. Before rolling the papers and stuffing them into my bag, I’d read the Dear Abby letters. I always enjoyed her motherly advice. Here’s a sample letter: DEAR..." more
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:50:03 AM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Giving away a sprillion books!:
Lauren said, "Okay, not really. Each month 25 amazing YA authors (including me) blog about process, craft, our writing, and personal lives at YA Outside the Lines. This month, we’re giving away 30 books, plus Skype visits with authors and cool swag. Go here..." more
Monday, December 24, 2012 3:45:17 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Miss Fortune Cookie in Hawaii:
Lauren said, ". My friend Erica and her daughter, Isabelle in Hawaii. Mele Kalikimaka!"
Sunday, December 9, 2012 10:03:08 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Spotlight on Yellow Mini, a novel in verse:
Lauren said, "Mark, Mr. Popularity, tools around town in the yellow mini left to him by his recently deceased father; his new girlfriend Stacey can’t believe her luck, but doesn’t understand Mark’s odd need to disappear into the woods from time to time; her..." more
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:09:02 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled My mega-giveaway includes a Kindle Fire. Seriously!:
Lauren said, ". Jessica of Crossroads Tours has organized a three week tour AND A MEGA-GIVEAWAY to celebrate the release of MISS FORTUNE COOKIE. You can win a signed copy of the book, lovely bracelets, blue sparkly nail polish, and other goodies. But best of all..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:14:56 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Miss Fortune Cookies goes to Washington
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:14:56 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Spotlight on Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown:
Lauren said, " Kendra has always felt overshadowed by her older brother, Grayson, whose OCD forces him to live a life of carefully coordinated routines. The only way Kendra can stand out next to Grayson is to be perfect, and she has perfection down to an art..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:14:56 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Ultimate YA rocks!:
Lauren said, "This November The Ultimate YA Reading Group featured Miss Fortune Cookie on Tumblr. The interview questions they wrote for me were some of the best I’ve answered in a long time! Ultimate YA describes themselves as an organization that..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:14:56 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Miss Fortune Cookie in the wild:
Lauren said, "At the Smithsonian with The Chinese Zodiac by Ai Weiwei"
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:12:39 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Miss Fortune Cookie is in the building!:
Lauren said, "A new book is as sweet as a newborn baby. I talk to mine in a funny voice and pat its soft head. Every morning. It rarely cries. It already sleeps through the night. Best of all is its innocence. It has never thrown a tantrum, told me it..." more
Friday, November 9, 2012 3:46:37 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Following advice vs. falling in love:
Lauren said, "Jelly Loves Books is hosting a giveaway of Miss Fortune Cookie plus some cool swag. Go here to enter! You can also read my guest post about how falling in love and following advice don’t mix."
Monday, November 5, 2012 3:56:30 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Dad asks too many questions:
Lauren said, "Dear Miss Fortune Cookie, My dad is driving me crazy. Whenever I bring a boy over, he asks a ton of embarrassing questions. Can you do your own laundry? When was the last time you changed the oil in your car? What’s your gpa? How fast can you run..." more
Monday, October 15, 2012 2:04:46 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled bad news in an email? don’t do it!:
Lauren said, "Dear Miss Fortune Cookie, Thank you for the advice last week! I’m sending my acceptance to Cal Tech tomorrow!!! I’m scared to tell my friend that we won’t be going to college together. Can I do it by email? Natalie Dear Natalie, Miss..." more
Friday, October 5, 2012 1:52:20 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Why write about sexuality if you’re not gay?:
Lauren said, "My debut YA, My Invented Life, centers around big SECRET that drives a wedge between sisters that used to be close. The secret has to do with sexual identity. When the book hit the stores, interviewers often asked me what inspired me to write..." more
Saturday, September 13, 2014 4:30:30 PM
Lauren Bjorkman wrote a blog post titled Librarian Superheroes: Ellen Bosman:
Lauren said, "Welcome to LIBRARIAN SUPERHEROES–the unsung defenders of books. Ellen Bosman is a librarian at the University of New Mexico. I caught up with her in the middle of a challenging mission, cataloguing books by New Mexico Authors. Her cape made..." more