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...
On the Publication of My First Novel
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin...
A Somber Hope: Takeaways from President Obama's Farewell Address
Last fall, I wrote a post about the role that children’s literature professionals should be taking on in our post-election society. Now,...
Children's Books in the Age of He Who Shall Not Be Named
In the wake US presidential election, and with populist movements sweeping the western hemisphere, it seems as though we are on the...
Virtual Dimensions and Sonic Landscapes
Writing a book is a funny thing. For a long time, you are the sovereign over a world that grew out of your brain jungle. Not only that,...
