Self-Worth and YA fiction
I was reading my horoscope the other (cue eye roll). I know, I know. But I don’t read it to see if I’m going to win the lottery. I use it as sort of an introspection tool. And I only […]
How To Keep Your Head on Straight
Is it just me or are the last 2 months before publication excruciating???? The past 6 months since final edit has been hard as well but these 67 days are killing me. I’ve been taking lots of walks and trying […]
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A Rose By Any Other…
3 months away from publication and things are heating up… The lovely folks at Oasis Audio bought the rights to the audio book for Ashes, Ashes. It’s already showing up on Amazon and Borders. Here’s the purty artwork: *strokes it* […]
How much is too much?
I’ve been on a roll recently. The pub date for Ashes, Ashes is still 3 months away but since finishing final edits on it, I’ve given my agent 2 more revised/beta-okayed manuscripts and outlines for 3 or 4 other books. […]
The Place of Still
Sometimes I feel like a leaf caught in the current. Kids, work, family, the phone, the internet. My yoga teacher told me you’re not a bird in the sky. You are the sky. Clouds drift across, in and out, don’t […]
K-I-S-S-I-N-G/ Romance in YA
It seems appropriate that it’s the month of Valentine (or more accurately/grossly/bloodily the feast of Lupercalia- go google it. I’ll wait). Back? Wondering why Hallmark didn’t make a card for that? Enlightened? Good. So once again I am wondering about […]
WIP it!
Just finished the first draft of my new book after nightmare marathon session lasting until the wee hours of the morning. Jo don’t do late nights well. Yesterday I sent it to two of my betas and printed it out […]
Anti-prom
My writer friend Aimee Ferris has been holding a contest for her smart and fun new YA book Will Work For Prom Dress featuring a veritable pantheon of kid lit authors and literati wearing their finest prom or anti-prom feathers. […]
Speechy Speech
I just appeared at the Atlantic Book Fair. It’s a small convention for the maritimes provinces booksellers, publishers and authors, and also for the major publishers who send their sales reps out this a way. My only previous experience was […]