Best-selling and Award-winning Author of Young Adult Thrillers
So right now I’m trying to work on two books simultaneously. Making background notes, shuffling story lines and clarifying plots on one while I await my editor’s revision (-ary) notes; and finishing up the first draft of another book. Why […]
I actually managed to track down the tattered copy of “A Book Of Princesses” I so loved as a child. I believe it’s out of print now but there was a whole series: Princesses, Princes, and Magicians being the three I […]
The joy of writing an anti-hero The hero of my book is not a hero. He’s a fairly typical boy and it may be hormones (I hope not!) or bad upbringing or just plain contrariness, but he is frequently peevish […]
This is a blog about dealing with other people’s opinions. You down with OPO? No,me neither, not really, but it’s something that will happen whether you go looking for it or not. I was just speaking about this very topic […]
I have the line above (without the expletive deleted) taped to the wall by my computer. It serves as a reminder to me to aim for succinct sentences that move my story along. Please let me not be the only […]
I’m not sure where this expression comes from. I’m assuming it’s got something to do with riding horses really fast without bridle or stirrups maybe, but in any case it’s apt, no? It means no holds barred; giving it all […]
And other fantastic words. (Short blog here (I know, everyone heave a sigh of relief.) By the way, I never mean to be long-winded but I find it hard to stop once I start going. I love words. I’d like […]
Here are some of the great kids who invited me to tea at their school. We had mint gumdrops, iced tea, goldfish crackers and gummy worms, and I answered questions about the book and about writing. They were remarkably clever […]
Time is an odd thing. It flits, it flees, it flies. It scampers ahead on soft, velvety feet and we don’t even notice its passing. Sometimes we have too much of it; often much too little. I worry that I’m […]
1) I believe (but correct me if I’m wrong) that tonsillectomies were performed by hooking the tonsils through the nose with a metal implement and then drawing(yanking) them out. It must have hurt a lot.2) Tre-panning- this involved drilling small […]