First off, if you have a minute, pop on over to the Enchanted Inkpot where I’ve interviewed Dawn Metcalf about her brand new YA novel, LUMINOUS. I’m going to bare my soul a little bit today, if you don’t mind. For years I’ve dreamt about having a book published, and that dream is finally coming [...]
Lots of excitement today. First off, I want to thank you all for your enthusiastic comments about my book trailer! I’m so glad you liked it (or were too nice to say otherwise…) Now on to the winner of my April/May Debut Giveaway: Precious! Hooray! Thanks to everyone who entered. Stay tuned because I’ll be [...]
After teasing you guys with posts about my book trailer all week, it’s finally time for the big reveal! First, I just have to send out a huge thank you to my husband for all his help and technical expertise, and to K. Marie Criddle for creating such perfect images. Okay, are you ready? Here [...]
Just a quick note that if you’d like to read a short interview with me (and interviews with lots of other debut authors) hop on over to Eve’s Fan Garden. Okay, let’s talk some more about book trailers. On Monday I went over how I decided what kind of trailer I wanted. Once I had [...]
I’ve been hard at work on a book trailer, so I thought I’d blog about the process since it’s fresh in my mind. Today I’ll cover how I figured out what kind of trailer I wanted for my book. In a follow-up post, I’ll go into how I actually went about making the trailer. Okay, [...]
The past month or so, I’ve been drafting two projects at the same time. I don’t usually do that (if I work on more than one thing at once, the projects are normally at different stages) but this time around, I’ve felt very restless with both ideas, so I’ve been skipping back and forth. I [...]
Warning: Sentimental content ahead. I’ve said before that people in the children’s literature world are some of the nicest people on earth, but I’ve been just overwhelmed by how amazing everyone has been now that I have a book coming out. I’ve had so many people cheering for me, asking how they can help, etc. [...]
A while back, I did a post about the 3 causes of writer’s block. I was thinking again about that post this past week as I was feeling a little stuck with my new WIP. I’d been on a roll for the first few chapters, but suddenly I was stumped as to how to continue. [...]
As I may have mentioned, I consider myself primarily a fantasy writer. But my latest project (a tween novel which will be going out to editors soon) is 100% realistic fiction. I was downright shocked when the story didn’t morph into fantasy like all my previous attempts at writing realism. This one was happy to [...]
Last week, my husband and I headed down to NYC for my college reunion. While we were there, I was able to meet up with my editor, Rebecca, and her assistant, Aubrey, for lunch. It was so great to meet both of them in person since I’d been in touch with them via email and [...]
