First I'd like to announce the winner of ORIGIN by Jessica Khoury. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and entered! The winner is: Anna Staniszewski! Please email me at christina at christinafarley dot com. Over at the OneFour KidLit YouTube channel, we've been...
Ā 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...
Ā What makes us successful in life and how do we achieveĀ the dreams we wish to acquire? Here are some thoughts I had: 1. Visualize what you want and then make a plan ofĀ action on how to achieve it. Often we have this vison of what we want for our careers, but I think...
It's spring break for me! I've been very busy sleeping, reading and eating lots of chocolate. That's what spring breaks are for, right? Okay so I've also been putting my hours in at Disney (it's my secret job) and writing, too. But overall, just having lots of fun....
I am so pleased to announce that a portion of all my earnings for GILDED will be donated to the Dongdaewon project. The last school I taught at, and the one which also inspired so many events in GILDED, Seoul Foreign School, raises money every year in a Unity in...
Today over at the MiGs,Ā I have a post with ideas ofĀ 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 meĀ on my latest book. I've also been researching a...
Ā Last weekend, I got to attendĀ a stop on the Sunshine Tour at the bookstore down the street from my school. There IĀ met 9 Florida authors, many good friends of mine, as well as hang out with lots of other close writing friends including Amy Parker, author of upcoming...
I'm thrilled to have Leslie Stella, author of PERMANENT RECORD, here on my blog.Ā I got a chance to read aĀ sneak-peek of PERMANENT RECORD on my Kindle and fell in loveĀ with not only the story, but the characters, whichĀ became alive and real for me by the time I...
I am excited to have Anna Staniszewski here on my blog to celebrateĀ the release of her latest middle grade, My Epic Fairy Tale Fail! I must say I love the cover. Itās such a clever twist of the traditional fairy tale title. Here's the blurb: Jenny has finally accepted...
Thank you to everyone who tweeted and shared the news of my new website. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness! And now to announce my winners. If you were one of the first 20 people to post a comment, you've automatically won a dragon sticker and charm. Email me at...