Happy 2018, all! I’m currently vacationing in Florida, where it’s not exactly a tropical wonderland but it’s warmer than the frozen tundra of New Hampshire. I just spent two days in the World of Diz, watching my toddler run around like a little nutball and laughing with my bro over how ridiculously terrifying the DINOSAUR […]
Though not everyone is going to agree with my take here, I’ve long operated under the assumption that young adult literature is, at least in part, a collective art therapy project. I just recently re-read one of my YA faves from recent years, Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here. During one scene in which main character […]
Only four more sleeps until All Hallows’ Eve! To mark the occasion, I’ve got an interview with cool British guy and dark fiction writer Josh Winning. Fun story: Just a few hours after he responded to my interview questions about the Unbound campaign for his noir-ish YA novel, KILLING RUMER, the book got fully funded! […]
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, all! Roberta at Offbeat YA reminded me recently that it’s been a few months since my last Road to Publication update, so here we go. Edits for THE ART OF ESCAPING are officially done, which is kind of terrifying and liberating at the same time. At some point, you have to […]
Like most of you, I’m still reeling from what happened in Charlottesville over the weekend, even though anyone who’s been paying any sort of attention saw this coming. I’m not going to talk about Charlottesville because I’m not sure there’s anything I can say that hasn’t already been said better by someone else (in fact, […]
Time for a Road to Publication update. I just turned in my first round of edits for THE ART OF ESCAPING. For most books, the first and possibly second and third rounds revolve around developmental edits (also sometimes called content edits). Developmental edits address global issues with the plot or characters. Even though you may have to […]
There are few things more delicious than being in a midst of a novel you love working on. You know where you’re going, you’re reasonably confident about where you’ve been, and your characters are starting to feel like old friends. And then there’s the moment you start a new novel, when all you have is […]
