Dianne Salerni and Marcy Hatch have a new feature on their blogs, where they critique the first page of a piece you submit to them. I was fortunate enough to be able to grab a spot and my first page is up today! Thank you, you two. =)

If you're interested to get a critique yourself, I heard they still have spots open for April. So what are you ( Read more... )

So, in the last weeks a few pretty amazing book covers were revealed. I thought I'd share my excitement about them. ;-) So without further ado...

[Click the title to be lead to the Goodreads page for further information and links to preorder, click the book cover to see it in bigger. :D ]



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So... my February was a bit of a roller coaster ride. O.o Between deadlines from uni and exams and stuff happening, it was all quite crazy and incredibly busy. BUT. I'm back. Last week I spent in England with my dear writing sister, Bec, and it was fabulous! We had a mini road trip. We saw Stonehenge and went to Brighton (OMG, the Royal Pavillion ( Read more... )

I'm behind, but finally, my 2011 resolutions! If I post them later, maybe my determination to go through with all of them will last longer? Ha, a girl can dream. ;-)


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I hope everyone had great holidays! Mine were fun and relaxing and filled with many food comas. And of course endless Donkey Kong Returns marathons on the Wii.

So... tomorrow is the last day of 2010. I can hardly believe how fast the year whizzed by. At the start of this year, I made a resolution post and I thought it would be fun to see what I ( Read more... )

"Forgive me father, for I have sinned."

*clears throat* No, this is not a religious post. Nor am I catholic. But I need to confess!

I finished my zero draft of Under The Surface last week (Cue chair dancing *dances*). I say zero draft, because instead of a last line it has "...". I say zero draft, because the second and third to last chapters ( Read more... )

2011 is nearly here! (What a scary thought, it feels like 2010 just started. Eek!) Which means that it's almost time for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. What is this challenge, you ask? By signing up, you vow to read at least twelve Young Adult or Middle Grade books by authors making their debut in 2011. I didn ( Read more... )

I have these really random moments, usually when I'm emerged deeply in the middle of another manuscript, where inspiration strikes and the first sentence of a new project leaps into my mind completely out of the blue. It's usually in first person. It often happens in the shower, or right before I go to sleep. Today, it happened on my daily walk ( Read more... )

I'm behind, but I've been tagged twice, so here it goes! :D

First tag comes from Erica at Elevator Musings.

List ten things that you like (not love) and pass it on to ten people. Because I don't want to tag anyone that doesn't want to do it, I'll say, anyone that reads this and wants to do it, can. ;-)
First of all, it's really hard to think of ( Read more... )

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