Bad Bella Cover Reveal!
Happy 2019, everybody! (Can we still say that? I’m making an executive decision that we can.) I'm returning to the blog for the first...
Are Middle Grade Authors Getting It Wrong?
This past summer, a discerning teenage journalist wrote an article outlining the reasons she doesn’t enjoy YA novels. I read through the...
On Writing Your Second Book
Well, 2017 was…a year. A year in which I remained largely publicly silent about my writing life as I privately struggled to figure out...
Becoming a Children's Author: By the Numbers
Ever wonder what life is like for a children’s author? Or are you a Snoopy Sally like me who wonders what life is like for OTHER...
The Cover Fairy Strikes Again: Introducing the UK Cover!
She's come, she's come! And she's left a beautiful surprise in my inbox. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. As an author, one of...
On Becoming a Writer
What follows is the speech I gave at the launch party last week for The Ethan I Was Before at Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books. * * * First, I...