If you've been on Twitter or Facebook you've probably seen me freaking out. It's true. GILDED hit #1 in YA kindle books and #4 in books over all categories. It's been amazing to see people who would never have downloaded my book read and comment on it. I'm floored and...
Yesterday was an amazing day for me. I got to hold my book for the first time. It was so surreal and wild and awesome all mixed into one. My editor sent me a paperback proof with a nice little note. There definitely is something special about holding a physical book...
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I'm literally jumping up and down so excited about sharing my cover with you that it's becoming quite hard to type. Guys. I love this cover. So much. I'm so thankful to Katrina Damkoehler who is the cover designer for GILDED and pulled in all the elements of this...
2014 is finally here. This is my debut year and believe me, I'm planning on enjoying every moment of it because an author only gets to debut once! On Dec 31, authors tweeted with hashtag #NYE14Reads all the books they are most excited to read and are...
Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A...
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...
Today over at the MiGs, I have a post with ideas of 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 me on my latest book. I've also been researching a...
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...
One of the best parts of going to conferences is meeting up with writing friends. Two years ago, my online crit group, The MiG Writers committed to each other that we'd all go to the SCBWI conference together. And we did! Above you'll see a picture of all the MiG...