My Orlando writer peeps- Larissa Hardesty, Tara Gallina, Sarah Nicolas, Jessica Souders, and I- took a road trip to Amy Parker's GATED book launch. Amy has been such an amazing support to me over this past year as both were preparing to launch our YA novels. So it was...
Today I start a new school year with my 2nd grade Jedi padawans. I'm super excited to be teaching and (hopefully) making an impact in my student's lives. In the middle of setting up my classroom, I've also been busy writing and reading. As for what I've been writing,...
I was super excited to get SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY by Julie Murphy. This is a OneFour KidLit ARC, and it arrive in the mail yesterday via Dahlia Adler. This book is currently on 'tour', visiting OneFour authors around the globe. Think of it like a yearbook. We read the...
Photo Credit: frabz I've been doing a series on the editorial letter, beginning with these two posts: 1. What is an editorial letter? 2. An how-to on tackling an editorial letter Today, I am so excited to have my critique partner and associate editor at...
I'm doing a series of blog posts chatting about the publishing process. Today, I want to share how I tackled my editorial letter. As I mentioned here in this post, editorial letters are all different in some way, but essentially they have the writer revamping core...
One of the fun things about being a member of the Lucky 13s is I get to read some of the ARCs of the Lucky 13ers. Each author sends their ARC (advanced reader copy) in the mail to the first person on a list. That person reads it, signs it and then passes it onto the...
This past Saturday I attended the UCF Book Festival. It was such a fun experience, but then I suppose any event that celebrates books is fun. There were heaps of activities and handouts for kids. Unfortunately my boys had soccer games so they weren't able to come...
Today over at the MiGs, I have a post with ideas of what to do after your book deal is announced. This is part II of a series. Check it out here. Lately I've been pretty busy working on revisions that my agent gave me on my latest book. I've also been researching a...
I'm thrilled to have Leslie Stella, author of PERMANENT RECORD, here on my blog. I got a chance to read a sneak-peek of PERMANENT RECORD on my Kindle and fell in love with not only the story, but the characters, which became alive and real for me by the time I...
It's Valentine's Day and what better day to chat about writing romance in young adult books. One of the big areas that editors were asking for in the last three conferences I have been to is more romance in YA. I think it's important for us writers to remember that...