Life is good. Did you know that? In life, it’s easy to be consumed with the stress, drama, and setbacks life throws your way, instead of focusing on the bazillion blessings it gives. Publishing can be the same way. Our calendars are filled with deadlines to meet and posts to write, ARCs to give away, and events […]
If you’ve hung around this blog before, you know I love me some cover reveals. In fact, I’ve spotlighted a ton over the past few weeks, and they’ve all been absolutely gorgeous and freaking cool, and I’ve been uber privileged to be a part of their reveals. But I must say, today’s reveal has me really really stoked. Why, might […]
Happy Friday Y’all! Two quick things to shout out: First, you can still *Sign Up* to be a part of my COVER REVEAL happening (3/12/12). Click the link to find out all about it. Also, if you missed my guest post at Adventures in Children’s Publishing Wednesday, you may want to hop over and check it out. I actually GIVE […]
He he! Wednesday night I got a lovely email from Brenna over at Ever After Esther, letting me know that she’d added MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEENTH CENTURY to Goodreads! Of course, I immediately broke out in a pretty snazzy happy dance, complete with my famous jazz hands, that Brenna knew anything about my book, much less that […]
So today marks a new chapter for me . . . again. I woke up at 5:15 this morning and walked for an hour. I think I know the distance, but I really don’t care because that’s something Old Me would’ve obsessed over. Made charts and lists and plans to time myself, up my pace, […]
Say the word revisions around a group of writers and you’re bound to get some interesting reactions. For some people, it’s worthy of a gallon of ice cream, sprinkled with M&Ms, followed by a case of their caffeinated beverage of choice. For others, it’s just another day at the old writing desk. For me, revision […]
Last week, I wrote on Writing Communities and asked for anyone with a success story on how the writing community at large has helped, encouraged, or inspired them, to let me know. One of my good writing buds, Natalie C. Markey answered the call. Keep reading to hear how Natalie reached outside the box to find […]
I am in the exciting stages of my new Work In Progress. I’m finalizing my plot, I have my character “inspiration pictures” chosen, and I just burned my story soundtrack. I was talking to one of my critique partners last night about my beginning process and my love affair with soundtracks, and thought it would […]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend–and survived the extreme heat if you’re a fellow Texan like me. Man, it’s getting to be brutal out there! Today is the day we announce the WINNER of the ARC Contest for Elana Johnson’s POSSESSION, which ended on Sunday. I want to thank everyone for dropping in, […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about reading and critiquing within your genre. Not just YA writers reading and critiquing YA, but the specific kind of YA–contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, historical, etc; And where I’ve ended up is that doing both widely can be a great benefit to your own personal writing . . . but it must […]
