The amazing Christine Johnson, author of Claire de Lune and Nocturne, is running a wonderful benefit auction RIGHT NOW for the Humane Society of Indianapolis! It features a landslide of signed young adult and middle grade novels (including copies of all 3 of my books). Plus, according to Christine's blog post authors "Carrie Ryan and Diana ( Read more... )

A few years ago a story idea struck me. It wasn’t much, just a few images and scenes, some main characters and a one-dimensional conflict. But I fell in love with it. I knew that if I let the idea percolate for a little while it would grow into something rich, romantic, and atmospheric.

So I let it sit. I let it haunt me as more plot points began to ( Read more... )

Did you know that every day on the Crossroads Blog Tour you have a chance at winning bookish prizes??? All you have to do is check out the book bloggers' interviews (the blog roll can be found on the Crossroads Website and then head back to the website to answer the daily questions. Correct answers are entered into a drawing. Today's questions are ( Read more... )

SO excited about this blog tour! Author Judith Graves (SKINNED series) has organized a fun, fantastic week-long, blog-hopping party around the interwebs featuring a bunch of paranormal authors. So, what is the blog tour about, you ask? Here are the deets via the press release:

Fifteen paranormal authors are slated to take part in the second annual ( Read more... )

Hey all ( Read more... )

I should have been back from my hiatus a month ago, but alas life happened. That includes buying a house and moving (the second time in four months!), school starting up, lack of Internet, sinus infections, a broken computer, and well, unpacking, of course :-)

How are YOU?? I've been so out of the loop with all my stuff going on. I know there have ( Read more... )

These days I'm on Twitter and Facebook a lot more often than my blog, mostly because of the super quick status updates. I convince myself that I'm saving time, when really, I should know better. I love connecting and chatting with my online friends, reading their great posts, and cheering them on when something fantastic happens. But lately, I'm ( Read more... )

Ever wonder who Camille, Oscar, and Randall might have been had I set them in the present day world instead of 1855? Me neither :-) At least not until Cindy over at Tynga's Reviews asked me to participate in her and Dark Faerie Tales' month-long Fantastic Fables: Paranormal Edition. The challenge: Immerse my cast of characters in a well-known fable ( Read more... )

Share it here in the comments! I'm pulling together some of your finest words of wisdom to share with the kids in my writer workshop next Tuesday ( Read more... )

This summer I've been teaching a writing workshop at a local library every Tuesday morning. We've been having a fun time talking about books and the craft of novel writing. I could seriously talk for hours about this stuff (rambling is still considered talking, right?). Today we discussed character-driven writing versus plot-driven writing, and how ( Read more... )