Today I'm sharing with you a peek into the music that I listened to while writing GILDED. In the video below, you'll find me at Disney's Music resort. I talk about the song that inspired GILDED's first chapter, the songs that portray Jae's emotions throughout the...
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...
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...
I'm so excited about my new website. This beautiful site was designed by Denise from Biondo Studios. I really had no idea what I wanted for a site so I told her I wanted it to be unique, have gold tones, and have a fantasy feel. I think she pulled all those elements...
GILDED is now on Goodreads. My emotions are all jumbled up right now. Excitement. Scared. Freaking out (this is REALLY happening!). And so so happy. My dream is coming true.I'd love you forever if you'd add GILDED to your Goodreads "read list". Click here to find it....
I've been tagged by Justina Ireland, author of upcoming VENGEANCE BOUND, and Tara Gallina.I'm supposed to answer all kinds of questions about the book I'm working on. I'm actually working on two other projects, one a sequel to GILDED, and another is a dystopic...
I've been doing some research over the past few months on the Korean Horn Bow for my latest WIP. But I really wanted to get a clearer sense of how the bow worked and felt. So I dragged my family to downtown Seoul, Gwanghwamun to the Pavilion of Yellow Storks...