Over on Emu's Debuts we are celebrating the release of Jeanne Ryan's thrilling YA novel NERVE by having a blog-to-blog dare-off with the Friday the Thirteeners! For my dare I had to read a piece I wrote when I was younger. I just knew I'd find a use for my old issues of THE BUTLER BEAGLE! Check out all these fabulous authors proving we've got NERVE ( Read more... )

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I've been busy revising my next project with Sourcebooks but had to poke my head out of my revision cave to do a (not-quite-final) cover reveal for Blaze (or, Love in the Time of Supervillains)! I have to say, I really loved my original cover. I was very sad when I found out it was changing. I chose to trust that the Sourcebooks team knew what they ( Read more... )

As I reported  here, Sourcebooks has decided to change the title of FANGIRL. The contest on Teen Ink was a lot of fun and I loved reading the responses of folks who chimed in. Afterwards, the team got together to discuss the results and various other title options. My awesome editor Aubrey just called to let me know that they've made a final ( Read more... )

Today I posted over at Emu's Debuts about the unique agony of waiting to hear from acquisitions. There's actual miserable footage of me waiting. It isn't pretty.

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Sourcebooks is planning some big changes for FANGIRL! First I got the news that they were pushing back the release date in order to include interior artwork (Yay!) and then I found out they'll be changing the cover image (Yay?) and now I've gotten word they're running a contest over on Teen Fire that will help determine what the new title will be. ( Read more... )

If you live in the Northeast that high-pitched squeal that made your windows rattle a while back was me Squeeing when I got the news: FSG/Macmillan is publishing my YA book ADRENALINE!! I mean, seriously, F!S!G!! Squeeeeeee!!! For those of you keeping track, yes, that makes three books sold in under six months!! And for those of you who have ( Read more... )

In case you haven't seen the fun happening over on facebook check out the KidLit Beauty Tips page!
I couldn't resist poking out of my writing cave to make my own BEFORE and AFTER contribution:

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