My favorite picture of me from when I was a kid is me sitting on the bed, sucking my thumb, with a book open on my lap. I must have only been about two or three and yet that picture encapsulates the entirety of my life from that moment forward. I have never stopped loving …
Yaay! It’s Bookanista time! If you don’t know what the bookanistas are, you can check it out here. Today, I ‘m throwing some cover love to an amazing book. Posession by the ever fabulous Elana Johnson. (I know, I know–I talk about her all the time here on the blog, but she’s the bomb, ya’ll…) I’ll …
It’s time to Announce the Winner of the Autographed Copy of The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore. There were 88 comments in all. Holy moly, that’s whole lotta awesome, guys. Thanks for all the participation. I wish I had more books to give away. Well, I know why you’re reading this post… to find out …
I’m back! First, let me thank you for the kind words and offers to beta read. I got loads done, and I plan to take many of you up on your offers soon. Today I have the chance to participate in one of the coolest blog parties I’ve ever been a part of. An amazing …
Let me just say that Snow White is one of my all time favorite movies. It holds serious sentimental value for me, because it was the first movie I ever saw in the theater, and it was a special outing with my mom I’ll never forget. So, yesterday when Snow White was on the Disney …
Okay, so a big part of a lot of novels I read (and write) is the classic love triangle. It’s so fun because there’s automatic conflict and someone ends up having to make a big important choice. You have three major players in the triangle. Now, I am not saying it’s always the same, but …
Let me just say first that I love books. I love character development, and I love watching characters grow over the course of a story into something they didn’t know they could be. It’s exciting, entertaining, and pretty much the only reason I read a story. I want the girls in my stories to be …
I’ve been thinking a lot about super powers lately. Yeah, I know that most of you probably don’t spend a lot of your spare time sitting around thinking about what you’d do if you had special powers. (Or maybe you do, and that’s why you’re here. In that case, wanna go for coffee? I’m buying.) …
So, I’m sitting around at iHop last night, (yeah, I like to pretend it’s an apple product, makes me feel all cool) and we started talking Young Adult Literature. (That’s YA for those of you in the biz.) The thing about YA is you want to keep it young and fresh without sounding like an …
This writing thing’s a tough gig. You write a story–polish it until your eyes go crosseyed, and then query it to fabulous agents that you know can champion your book with the best of them. It’s all very exciting and fun-filled. But, then you wait…. …and you wait…. … and just when you thought you …
So, I have been spending a lot of time in the editing process of my super villain book. In short, my main character is a sixteen year old super villain that can alter the future with her drawings, when she’s not busy being a geeky high school student that is. She’s awesome. I love her …
24105 / 65000 words. 37% done! I officially made it past the 20k mark in my book! I feel like that is such a milestone. It’s when the book kind of starts gluing itself together and revealing all it’s juicy secrets to you. You start to fall in love with all the right characters, and …
15046 / 65000 words. 23% done! Oh Snap! Look at me! I hit the 15k word mark, and let’s face it, that just makes me a total pimp, right? I have been hard at work with good ‘ol Sketch McGee, and I love the twist the story has taken. Her super power has become more …
Okay, so in my mind… Sketch is so much cooler when she’s all cartoon character’d out. So I found this on the internet, played around to make it super sketch… and now I have her! I love her! It’s so perfect! I just think this is total Sketch McGee. I have been writing like a …
9088 / 80000 words. 11% done! Well,that isn’t too bad! Despite the fact that I am apparently a crazy nutcase this week, I did actually get some writing done. Look at that! It’s more than ten percent, so that makes me happy! I really like where the story is going so far, too. I love …