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Ilana Jacqueline

Ilana Jacqueline

About Me

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click here for the YA_review at livejournalIlana Jacqueline

AUTHOR-REVIEWER-EDITOR-MARKETING CONSULTANT-TEENAGER
I’m a 17-year-old published author living in South Florida. I’m a freelance journalist, but I have a steady gig reviewing books, interviewing authors, and writing feature stories for Today’s Teen Magazine (part of the Palm Beach Post). A short story and two of my poems were published earlier this year in a limited-print anthology called Will Write For Sandwiches, an un-themed compilation by 16 of Palm Beach County’s best teen writers.
When I’m not writing books, articles, or transcribing interviews I’m doing marketing consultation for newly published authors in the YA arena. This year I’ll be a senior in high school and after that I’ll be heading off to college.
I love my job as a reviewer, few things make me happier then being able to make authors cry themselves to sleep over my harsh words or jump for joy over my litany of praises. Being able to interact with many of world’s greatest new talents through Myspace has been such a blessing. If only I had enough opportunity I would expose all of you for the best-selling authors you should be!
In the meantime I’m pumping out reviews as often as I can and networking like crazy. Make sure you send me a message and introduce yourself (and your book!) once you add me.
To see past and published reviews and articles along with excerpts from my books, published and unpublished short stories and poetry, marketing information, more info on me, and links to authors online and on myspace check out my website at:
IlanaWrites
Authors! Do you want your book reviewed? Please check out my SUBMISSION GUIDELINES in my blog above. (I am not reviewing self-published books at this time. Thank you.)

My Interests

Literature, Novels, Journalism, Publishing, History, Cooking, Reviewing, Networking

Music:

Sammy Witness,John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Acceptance, All American Rejects, Brandie Carlile, BT, Cartel, Sinatra, Keane, Lily Allen,Maria Mena, Micheal Buble, P!ATD, Pink, Rachel Yamagata, The Fray,Indigo Girls, Seal, Tristan Prettyman, Colbie Calliat, Regina Spector, Just Off Turner, AquaLung, Boy Kill Boy, Cartel, The Cliks, Corrine Bailey Ray, Damien Rice, The Faders, The Feeling, Fergie, Five for Fighting, Imogene Heap, jose gonzales, Josh Kelly, The Ordinary Boys, Rhianna, Rilo Kiley, The Strokes, Teairra Mari, zero 7, Jennifer Hudson, I am Dof, Sia, the Format

Movies:

Harry Potter, Fever Pitch, Kite Runner, Namesake, Dream Girls

Television:

House. Grey's Anatomy. Scrubs. Kyle XY. Dateline. Primtetime.

Books:

Saint Iggy, Reality Chick, Blue Bloods, I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You, The 310: Life as A Poser, The Giving Tree, Geography Club, The Order of the Poison Oak, Grand and Humble, Dirty Liar, Perfect World, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoniex, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Girls Guide To Getting What You Want, Shopoholic, Shopoholic and Sister, Hero, Pure Sunshine, you remind me of you, Tomorrow, Maybe, Lucas, Marytn Pig, Crashing, A Great And Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, Fear Is No Longer My Reality, Empress Of The World, The Unthinkable Thoughts Of Jacob Green, Kite Runner, Eats Shoots and Leaves, The Girl In Hyacinth Blue, A Seperate Peace, Jane Green Novels, Through The Needles Eye- Jon Milos, Poetry, H/D FF, hatchet, Brians Winter, The Odyssey, The Aneead, Kerosene, Judy Blume on Censorship, The Girl Who Owned a City, When Jeff Comes Home, The Giving Tree, Writers Market 2005, Hunger Point, Abarat, The Writers Guide To Fantasy Literature, How To Write Query Letters, Truth and Beauty, Catcher in The , The Undomestic Goddess, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Giver, Speak, PUSH, The Theif Lord, Stargirl. THE FOUNTAINHEAD (current find), The Thorn Birds, Pride and Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma, Doing Work you Love, Can You Keep A Secret?A Million Little Pieces, The Chronicles of Narnia,Kerosene, Paul Mccomas, Leonadro's Shadow, Rainbow Boys, From Panic to Power,The adventures of Mark Twain, Writting for Dollars, The Pursuit of Happiness, Plan B, Such a Pretty Girl, Wuthering High, Dress your Family in Corodory and Denim, Boys That Bite, Stake That!, Reality Chick, I don't Want To Be Crazy, Better Than Yesterday, My Pet Virus, Goy Crazy, Weight of the Sky, Lovely Bones, The Kite Runner, The Namesake, The Handmaids Tale, Anatomy of A Boyfriend, Attention Deficit Disorder, Dancing in Red Shoes will Kill You, Total Constant Order, Its Kind of a Funny Story, My Pet Virus, A Thousan splendid Suns, The Pact, The Straight Road to Kylie, Dear Zoe, Street Pharm, In Their Shoes, generation S.L.U.T, Spelldown, returnable Girl, Will Write For Sandwiches :)

Heroes:

My mom, Oprah, JK Rowling, O.T Nelson, John Mayer, Atoosa (seventeen)

My Blog

Kite Runner Theatrical Trailer Hits Apple!

.."''"--> Ilana Writes.."''"--> AUGUST 6-2007   The Kite Runner theatrical trailer is OUT! See it here   I'm sorry, I know my website has turned into one giant advertisment for Khaled H...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:03:00 PST

Back to school issue: Reviews, FUTURE REVIEWS, to those I interviewed...

First of off--a HUGE thanks to everyone who let me interview them for my career article! Most everyone was really prompt with replies and I made it in before deadline. The issue should be out the seco...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:52:00 PST

Submission Guidelines

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS: AUTHORS PLEASE READWhat do you  review?Audience ages: 11-21Genres: TEEN Fiction, Nonfiction, memoir, poetry, poetry-memoir, historical, selfhelp, romance, dra...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:48:00 PST

Authors-Are you ready to sell your novel? Marketing YA Novels--Click!

Authors Are You Ready To Succesfully Sell Your Book?Marketing your book online doesn't have to be a hit-or-miss production. You can take control of your sales and success and attain the best-selling s...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:21:00 PST

Book Reviews: Anatomy of a Boyfriend and Attention Deficit Disorder


Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:54:00 PST

Interview with SPELLDOWN author Karon Luddy!

(Authors Note: This interview was so much fun! Karon is one of the coolest authors I've had the good fortune to meet. Go check out her book!)   ...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

LOVE IS NOT ABUSE ARTICLE-- Today's Teen/Ilana Jacqueline


Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:52:00 PST

Just Lucky

Home. Finally home. It is Friday night. I am done with my week. I am tired. I am so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be home... My sister's high school graduation was today. The ceremony was beautif...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Sat, 19 May 2007 07:16:00 PST

TIPS FOR TEEN WRITERS FROM A TEEN--PART 1

(i know I haven't been around so much lately, been busy trying to prepare for end of year exams...I'll try to respond to any comments later this weekend.) I'll be doing a new series on my blog with ti...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:54:00 PST

yuck...

I've read a string of bad books lately. Just crappy, poorly written, poorly constructed, crappishly plotted teen novels. Novels that are so clearly written by adults who have a vapid, shallow idea of ...
Posted by Ilana Jacqueline on Wed, 09 May 2007 04:15:00 PST