Last week I was honored to attend the Riverdale Literary Festival at Riverdale High School. Let me tell you, this school is passionate and pumped about reading. Nearly every door in the school was decorated with themes from the books that were highlighted at the...
This past month has been a blast visiting schools and festivals! Here is a quick summary of pictures showcasing this month. Such great memories! Coastal Magic Con Celebration Middle School- I got to visit this class after they did a novel study on GILDED! Cypress...
Writing fantasy can be a tricky beast. I've teamed up with four talented fantasy authors to share tips for you in writing fantasy. The authors are: Beth Revis: http://bethrevis.com/Maureen McGowan: http://maureenmcgowan.com/Lori M Lee: http://www.lorimlee.com/Karen...
As you may have remembered from my previous posts, a portion of all my earnings from my books go to charity. I'm thrilled to share with you a video that shows the results of the funds donated to Seoul Foreign School's Dongdaewon campaign! Every year Seoul Foreign...
Today is the day! BLACKOUT by Meredith McCardle releases! I'm so excited about the sequel to the heart-pounding, fast-paced thriller of THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN. In fact, I'm so anxious to share this with you that at the bottom of this post, you can enter to win an...
First of all, a HUGE thanks to all the students, teachers, and schools who participated in this contest. It was an honor for us, SkYAuthors, to read the amazing work of the next generation's writers. You all blew us away at your talent! Thank you for putting...
2014 was such an overwhelmingly amazing year. I really don't know where to begin other than to say thank you for being a part of it and for making it so special. As you know, this was my debut year as an author. I had no idea what to expect. I won't say it was easy....
What an amazing year 2014 has been already! But I recently heard some more incredible news about GILDED. I'm absolutely thrilled and overwhelmingly thankful because GILDED made it onto Amazon's 2014's Top-Selling New YA Releases! Thank YOU for all of your...
I had the honor of reading Kat Ross' SOME FINE DAY in its early stages, before the ebook released on Nov. 11, 2014. After breezing through this stunning science fiction thriller, the story still haunted me long after I finished the book. The kindle version of SOME...
As many of you know, one of my favorite things to do as an author is to go to schools, libraries and festivals and teacher students and adults the elements of...