If you’ve read any of my posts before, then you probably know that Ally Carter is one of my favorite YA authors. She writes books I love to read and sometimes (!) responds to my tweets. And because my other favorite thing is Twitter, it’s no surprise that’s where I found my inspiration for today’s… Read More Ally Carter’s Good Advice: Just Be Interesting
Just kidding – I have no idea. Am taking comments from those super humans who have managed to figure it out, though. Thanks.
New year, new me – right? Well, kind of. It’s the start of 2017, and the new year always feels like the right time for change. In my case, it seems like a good time to update my blog. If you’ve been following my blog at all, you’ll see that it now looks a little different.… Read More New year, new blog
Just an honest observation for your Monday night: Writing isn’t easy. It’s difficult. Like very difficult. Sometimes I have to remind myself of that, because I get to thinking that it’s supposed to be easy. See, even when you have a good story in mind, and you have good characters, and you think you know… Read More Writing isn’t easy
Look what I just got in the mail! That’s right. It IS a copy of Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard. A week ago, I entered this contest on the Instagram page of Atlantic Books – the publisher. I was one of the winners, and today I received my prize in the mail, postmarked from London… Read More Book mail is the best mail
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