Today, at the end of the Rochester Teen Book Festival and a two-month break from the insanity that is the internet, I have several realizations:

1. The YA book-loving community is amazing.
2. I love writing. I can't stop doing it. I will always doodle and come up with wild story ideas, because that is in my blood. Who I share those stories with is still ( Read more... )

Here is the difference between my babies ( Read more... )

Do you have one?

When you think about it, you must have at least a few of them.... apart from the obvious (getting accepted to the college of your dreams, getting a new job, getting married, having a baby)... some moments, you can just look back on and think, "That moment changed absolutely EVERYTHING in my life."

But it may be something simple. Like ( Read more... )

I want to thank everyone for entering the TOUCHED contest! Because I had so many entries, I decided to choose two winners, who are:

Lena & Giselle!

They have already been notified via email.  Thanks again for all your entries and enthusiasm over TOUCHED. I really wish I could give every one of you a copy of it.

Also, I have a new website. I'll still ( Read more... )

Just finished the edits to this book:


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My husband scolded me for not updating my journal in nearly a month ( Read more... )

This is my pre-Thanksgiving update. I really don't have much worth talking about. A lot of boring little things, like working on a new manuscript while tackling a (scary) revision letter for DEAD RIVER, but that's about it. Around this time every year, my mind becomes a muddle of gift ideas for people on my list, and I really can think of nothing ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago I was alerted to a website that reviewed and recommended books for school libraries. While they loved and recommended FAIRY TALE and SLEEPLESS, they couldn't, because of the sexual nature of some of the discussions, recommend STARSTRUCK ( Read more... )

Hi! I just found out the cover of TOUCHED had gone public. We writers are always the last to know, as we are soooo busy in our little writing caves and way too interested in our characters and plots to care of such superficial things (er, right). Anyway, here it is. It releases August 14, 2012:


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I just remembered I forgot to mention a couple things in my Events world.

Since I started working full-time, my free time has been at a premium, so I've decided to really cut down on the number of events I go to. I've said it before; if I wanted to, I could have an event every week, but ouch! Don't get me wrong; I love meeting readers and signing ( Read more... )