The COVER to my debut YA Thriller, Girls Who Burn, coming August 6, 2024 from Penguin Teen, is finally HERE! Counting down from 3… 2… 1… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Isn’t she BEAUTIFUL?!?!? A bit more about my book: The summer before her senior year, Addie hurled the worst words she could think of at her sister—and hours […]
Just a quick writing tip for your Wednesday…
This may be an obvious question for some of you, but…
After NaNo, I was exhausted, and also a little lost in the forest that was my WIP…
One reader I follow on Goodreads called this “a beautiful little mindf*ck of a novel”, and…
I read a really great book last week…
I’ve decided Fridays are good days for book posts. So that is where they shall be from now unto eternity (or at least, until I change my mind again.)
Critique partners: do you need them?
I finished the 600+ page new installment in Cassandra Clare’s (neverending) Shadowhunter series earlier this week, and…
After spending five years on a manuscript that still isn’t publisher-ready, I have learned the hard way that there’s a delicate balance you need to walk when writing a compelling teenage protagonist. Here, and I’ll be as brief as possible, is what I’ve learned…
