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So tomorrow, Tuesday, is the official release day of CANDOR. That makes tonight my Bookmas Eve... which means I've been planning. Plotting. And deciding on the most important thing an author must decide for the day their book hits the shelves...

Where will I buy the celebration cupcakes?

Tomorrow I will be dragging, er I mean driving, my mother ( Read more... )

To celebrate the US release of CANDOR in just one week (9/22), I am hosting a contest.


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So are you looking for some outstanding YA reading? How about a PW starred book: Jennifer Brown’s HATE LIST is a “riveting debut…piercingly real". Wow! What? You don’t have your copy yet? Check out all the details below, then head on over to Indiebound or Amazon. You can also read the first chapter on Jennifer’s website, and check out all the fun ( Read more... )

I’ve just finished entering all my handwritten corrections for my next novel. As you might recall, I did an entire edit on paper, using Holly Lisle’s One-Pass Revision method. I am exhausted!

It has taken me seven weeks, exactly, to reach this point, on a manuscript that clocked in at just under 85,000 words. I’m not declaring the revision done ( Read more... )

Today I went to my first DC Kidlit book club meeting. I loved meeting other people who live and breathe children’s literature as much as me-teachers, librarians, bloggers, and other authors. There is something so nourishing about being around other people in this community. I left feeling revived and I’ve already got the book for next month ( ( Read more... )

Today I’m welcoming Kate Messner to my blog to celebrate the release of her novel, THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. I am deeply envious of Kate because she lives in way, way upstate NY amid tall mountains and, soon, incredibly vibrant fall colors. I guess I’ll just have to live vicariously through THE BRILLIANT FALL…you can pick up your own copy at ( Read more... )

What happens when writers finish a major stage in their novel-in-progress?

On Friday afternoon, I finished my hand-written and new chapter revisions for my YA work in progress. I still have to ENTER all those revisions in the computer now, but that is the very least of the job. I am coasting downhill and I can see the finish line up ahead.

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