I’ve been working on a light tween fantasy the past couple months (my Camp NaNo project to be exact) and I finally managed to get the draft into somewhat decent shape so I could send it to a couple of critique partners. Their responses were what I’d been afraid of: the beginning is boring and [...]
The idea of someone reading my book whose job it is to judge books is pretty terrifying. So I can’t tell you the sigh of relief that rushed out of me when I got two very nice reviews from Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly. If you’re interested, here are the highlights: Kirkus says: “A light comic [...]
If you have a minute, pop over to Lisa Gail Green’s blog where a gnome and a unicorn give their hilarious review of UnFairy Tale Life. This weekend, I attended Literary Lights for Children at the Boston Public Library. It’s a yearly event during which four authors are honored by the library, and each author [...]
I think my brain melts over the course of each week, so by the time I get to Friday, it’s just sloshing around in my head. Hopefully this Friday Five will make a tiny bit of sense. 1. My book is available on NetGalley! 2. I just added a December book signing to my “Events” [...]
If you have a minute, stop by Laura Pauling’s blog today where she reviews my book, and tells Tim Burton to buy the movie rights. The “Best Advice I Ever Got” series continues with some great writing advice from middle grade author, Terry Lynn Johnson: A few years ago, I attended a writing conference and met Jay Asher. [...]
Attention teachers! If you have a minute, pop over to Caroline Starr Rose’s blog where she’s interviewed me about ideas for using My Very UnFairy Tale Life in the classroom. Also, I invite all of you to check out this interview on Heather Kelly’s blog in which I reveal some serious Star Wars geekery. And [...]
[Reminder: If you haven't popped over to Heather Kelly's blog, do so by Monday and you can win a copy of My Very UnFairy Tale Life! All you have to do is make us giggle.] Today we continue the “Best Advice I Ever Got” series with some writing wisdom from author Hilari Bell. The best [...]
First off, if you have a minute, swing by Heather Kelly’s blog tomorrow for the next stop on the UnFairy Tale blog tour. There will be fun games and prizes! Today I’m so excited to welcome my lovely agent, Ammi-Joan Paquette, who agreed to answer some questions about her brand new middle grade novel, Nowhere [...]
I’ve had great luck with books recently, so I wanted to share some of the things I’ve been reading. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand This book absolutely sucked me in. The writing was lovely and the characters felt like real people. There was a mystery that began on page one and kept me guessing until the [...]
The unofficial UnFairy Tale blog tour continues with a lovely post from fellow MG author, Tess Hilmo. If you have a minute, swing by her blog and check it out. Today we continue the “Best Advice I Ever Got” series with some writerly wisdom from author/editor Luke Reynolds: When I was a senior in college, [...]
