I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve become a bit addicted to Spider Solitaire. I started playing it as a way to clear my head between emails and writing, and social media and writing, and sometimes when writing just isn’t moving as well as I hoped and I wanted a nudge. If you read that last…
Read more
Happy Book Birthday to BEEP AND BOB:TOO MUCH SPACE! and BEEP AND BOB: PARTY CRASHERS! BEEP AND BOB is a funny and action-packed chapter book series about the new kid at space school and the devoted little alien who won’t leave his side. We’re so happy you’re at our party for the first two…
Read more
Happy Book Birthday to THE MAD WOLF’S DAUGHTER! One dark night, Drest’s sheltered life on a remote Scottish headland is shattered when invading knights capture her family, but leave Drest behind. Her father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers are a fearsome war-band, but now Drest is the only one…
Read more
Happy Book Birthday to P.S. I MISS YOU! In this middle-grade novel, Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister, Cilla, away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to come back. Forbidden from speaking to Cilla, Evie secretly sends her letters. Evie…
Read more
Happy Book Birthday to THE MIDNIGHTS! Taking place in Southern California, young-adult novel THE MIDNIGHTS is about an aspiring musician struggling to hold onto herself and her music after her father’s unexpected death uproots more than just long-buried family secrets. We’re so happy you’re at our party for THE MIDNIGHTS. Join in the fun……
Read more
Publishing a book can seem daunting. There are so many steps to take and so many different paths. It’s not surprising that one of the questions I’m most asked is how to get a mentor. There are 3 main types of mentorship: Paid mentorships Contest mentorships Organic mentorships I have experience with all types, so…
Read more
I’m excited to have a guest post from author Michael Noll today. I love talking about craft, learning about craft, and, especially, books on the craft of writing, so I’ve been looking forward to checking out Michael’s book THE WRITER’S FIELD GUIDE TO THE CRAFT OF FICTION, which comes out on Tuesday, Feb. 27. How…
Read more
Happy Book Birthday to LEGENDS OF THE LOST CAUSES! Ladies and gents, we would like to introduce: A band of orphan avengers. A cursed stone. A horde of zombie outlaws. This is Keech Blackwood’s new life after Bad Whiskey Nelson descends upon the Home for Lost Causes and burns it to the ground. With…
Read more
Happy Book Birthday to THE 11:11 WISH! In this middle-grade novel, wishes, magic, and dares abound when a tween math whiz tries to fit in at her new school by wishing on a magical cat clock only to suffer catastrophic consequences! Megan Meyers has a foolproof plan to reinvent herself at her new middle…
Read more
This week marks a year since I accepted an offer from Simon & Schuster to publish my novel THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST. It’s been an amazing, strange, glorious, surreal, wonderful year. This novel was first written in 2010 under a name that’s a bit of a spoiler name, so I won’t share…
Read more
