It's finally here! PROPHECY by Ellen Oh. I am beyond excited for this book and I have so much love for it and Ellen herself.I read an early draft of this book way back when Ellen and I manuscript swapped. She read GILDED and I read PROPHECY so it's kind of an amazing...
Have you ever wished that a big YA book tour would make a stop in your hometown?Ā Ā Well, I have and here's the chance to makeĀ my wish to come true! YA2U is a program that features five award-winning and best-selling authors who are holding a contest to see what city...
It's here! 2013. The year my YA, GILDED, will launch into the world. I'm beyond excited. I don't even know how to tell you other than pages and pages of exclamation marks which would be annoying and you'd never want to visit my blog or read my book again. So I won't...
First of all, thank you to everyone who supported the Publishing Hearts for Connecticut. They were able to raise $5,500 for those families and victims of the Sandy Hook incident. It really showed that there is hope and goodness in the hearts of people.Check out my...
This past week has been a tough time for our nation with those who we lost in Connecticut. As an elementary teacher myself,Ā the incidents that occured really hit home for me. I am so thankful for the Publishing Hearts Connecticut that has formed this week. This is a...
Today I'm vlogging over at The Lucky 13s. This week we are discussing what the hardest part of the publishing journey has been for us so far. When I sat down to talk about it, I realized there is no "easy" involved. Just lots of hard. But one part isn't necessarily...
I am happy to announceĀ the winner of Sanctum by Sarah Fine isĀ Medeia Sharif! Congrats! Email me your address at farley dot christinal at gmail.
Not long ago, I had my first Author Skype Visit. It was so much fun and I would definitely do it again. My previous school that I taught at, Seoul Foreign School in Seoul, Korea, has a program where they take a week off from studies and explore other cultures or areas...
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned pulling out my plot grid when I was revising a manuscript and promised to talk more about that later. Now that NaNo is finished and many of you have a very rough draft in place, it's key to pull out or create a plot grid.Why have a...
I have been excited to review for you SANCTUM by Sarah Fine. Honestly, I wasn't sure how Fine would deal with the issue of suicide, which is ultimately what this book was about. But she creates characters and a world thatĀ are both intriguing and so real that I was...