Apologies
Sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately. It’s a combination of trying to revise a book (Briny Deep), trying to finish a new one (Inkers) and real life rearing its scary head and biting me on the butt. I find […]
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The Dory Mindset
My friend, author E.M. Alexander and I shoot emails back and forth all the time. I call it mutual support, others might call it psychotic venting and marathon whinging sessions. However it is labeled, it has become vital. Even when […]
Signed German Edition Winners!
Yes, WINNERS, ’cause it was so hard to pick one that I decided to give away 2 copies of the book. So without further ado…. The winners are….. 1) Trish C. for […]
Exciting News!!!
Just found out that Ashes, Ashes has been nominated for a White Pine award, which is part of the Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading school program. There are separate awards for picture books up through adult novels, and last […]
Haunted Halloween 2011
A Life Bound By Books is running this awesome event all through October where they asked a bunch of YA writers to contribute a real-life spooky story. They’re giving away a ton of signed books and swag every day, including […]
Hunkering Down
It’s a misty day in Nova Scotia today. The foghorns are out there somewhere bellowing like lost cows. My neighbor has pumpkin vines spilling down her lawn onto the sidewalk, though thieves have stolen all her pumpkins save one. My […]
Ashes, Ashes the German edition and CONTEST!
So I just received 5 copies of the lovely hardback German edition from my editor. You can’t tell from this photo but the design team used different techniques on the dustcover jacket so that the title is slightly raised and […]
Interview over at Defective Geeks
I just did an interview with my favorite Lady Geek, Space Pirate Queen aka Dianne. You should totally check them out for their take on movies, comic books and graphic novels, geek news, Los Angeles’ happenings, and much more. Oh […]
Not so rosy Part 2- The Agent search(again)
Continuing the not-so-rosy-literary-life postings… Forgive me while I lay my head upon my arms and weep for a moment. A month ago, my beloved agent (yes, truly he is beloved) informed me that he was closing up shop. My first […]
Not always rosy…
So let me preface this by saying I am not going to complain (exactly) but these next two posts are going to be about the less golden aspects of writing for a living. (This one is about having my first […]