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...
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Tips for Writing Fantasy
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...
Winners of The Sky’s the Limit Contest Announced!
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...
Author Visits + Teacher Resources!
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...
Announcing the Gilded Series Book 3!!!!!!!
I'm absolutely thrilled to share with you that yes, there will be a Gilded Book #3! The Gilded Series will be a trilogy! I know, you guys have been hounding me ever since SILVERN released and you got to the end of the book and were like: And you...
skYAuthors Book Tour + Giveaway of all 4 Books!
Last week I went on a book tour with three fabulously talented authors, Jessie Humphries (author of the KILLING RUBY ROSE series), Lori M. Lee (author of GATES OF THREAD AND STONE), and Meredith McCardle (author of THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN). It was an amazing trip not only...
The Sky’s the Limit Writing Contest!
As you know, things are starting to heat up as SILVERN is about to launch into the world. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing some of the exciting things I have planned for SILVERN's launch which is on Sept. 23rd. September is going to be amazing! If you missed...
Writing Process Blog Tour
I am so honored to have been tagged by the talented Meredith McCardle and Vivi Barnes in the “Writing Process Blog Tour”. Basically this tour is a chain of writers talking about their books and how they write. Meredith’s YA, THE EIGTH GUARDIAN, releases on May 6th. ...
Great times at the UCF Book Festival!
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the UCF Book Festival. It such a wonderful experience to meet and talk with people who are also passionate about literacy. I had a chance to speak with many teachers, librarians and readers from all over Central...
The GILDED Blog Tour
GILDED will be touring around the blogsphere over the next few weeks. I hope you'll take the time to stop by and chat with each of the tour hosts and say hit. And while you're touring, maybe you can learn a little about Korea and GILDED! I'll be giving away 10 Korean...