Month: February 2009

First Draft is Finished!!!!!

Wow. I can't believe it. I've just finished my first draft of my paranormal YA!!!!! I've been closeted up for the last two months working on it. Drinking too much coffee and eating too much chocolate. But it's good and it feels fabulous to have the draft there.It came...

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Mapping Out Your Mystery in a Big Way

Mysteries are so much fun, not only to read but to write. Yet to write a great mystery, you've got to plant your clues at the perfect time and the right place and this is trickier than it looks.As I began writing my tween mystery set in a French castle, I realized...

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SCBWI Korea

SCBWI now has a chapter in Korea! SCBWI stands for Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and it is an organization that supports writers and illustrators. I'm so excited about having a chance to meet up with other children writers here in Asia and make...

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The Love Triangle

In honor of Valentine's Day coming soon, my topic is on love, specifically the love triangle in YA novels. Let it be known, I'm a sucker for a good romance, and even a bigger sucker when I can't figure out who will the main character will go with in the end.My...

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Picture Tagged

I was tagged by Kim to post my 4th picture from my 4th picture folder. I was like, "Eek! What picture am I going to find?" Scary. I know. Turns out Caleb, my five year old, popped up on the screen. Adorable isn't he? In this picture, Caleb's all dressed up for school...

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Analyze This

So on Typealyzer, you can type in your blog address and in seconds it analyzes your site and tells you what kind of blogger you are. Scary huh?But I must say, there's got to be something to this. There's no doubt about me being a doer. So try it. It's fun!Thanks to...

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My YA Writing Class

I'm so excited to be taking a writing class this winter through Mediabistro. My instructor is Jill Santopolo, a Senior Editor at Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.Jill started us out with writing an outline. This is to be our 'road map' for our...

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