Last week I got to meet with wonderful creative writers and listen to some of my heroes talk about writing at the #NYCTAF - it was fairly epic. Each author was more sparkly and entertaining than the next and I left soaring on wings of inspiration. But my very favorite part was watching YA authors interacting with actual young adults. That's the ( Read more... )

The fact that my second book's launch party happened about a month ago and I'm just now blogging about it is a pretty good measure of just how busy I've been. Mind you, I've managed to scrape together the time to catch up on all of my favorite television shows (Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the newest obsession) but still, pre-tty darn busy over here ( Read more... )

I can't believe my book's birthday is actually here! THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH is being released into the wild! Many authors write long, reflective blog posts to celebrate their book's release days and I think that's awesome. But all I have time to say is, "Squeeeee!!"

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To properly celebrate the upcoming release of THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH I made this fun little book trailer type thing. I promise no microphones were harmed (much) in the making of this video (but you may want to cover the dog's ears).

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Okay, so this blog title may conjure up the image of girls in prom dresses flying through the air (which is actually not so far from the book's climax) but it's referring to the upcoming LAUNCH PARTY for THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH. My second novel is a dark comedic reality show satire and acts as a send-up to the product placement ( Read more... )

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You may recall a while back I wrote a letter for the awesome Dear Teen Me site. It was so much fun I've written another one and this time I talk about THE PINK CAR! You should go read it.

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Posted over at Emu's Debuts today about the awesomeness of getting fanmail!

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My first two weeks as a published author have been ah-mazing and I'm beyond thrilled over the support Blaze has been getting! Rather than clogging everyone's facebook feed for the foreseeable future, I decided to do a small round-up of some fun spots that are featuring Blaze online. Come and visit All the Places! (And there's a surprise book ( Read more... )