Well, it’s finally happened. My little YA Contemporary novel about a teenage girl who leads a double life as an escape artist, and the teenage boy she trades secrets with, is finally out in the world. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who helped make that happen. I’m posting today to remind you […]
A Quick Update (before I duck back into revision hell)
I was going to do a new #YAMyLife post this week, but I’m currently drowning in a quagmire of revisions on a project that will go unnamed for now. Yes, this makes it sound much more dramatic than it actually is but, hell, this is the interwebs. The truth is that sometimes you write a […]
A Road to Publication Update; Plus Creepy Podcast Recs!!!
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 […]
How to not turn into a Raging Writer-Beast while editing…
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 […]
How Did You Come Up With That?
Right around the time I sold THE ART OF ESCAPING, I decided to finally let my mom read it. She loved it (because of course—she’s my mom), but her reaction had some interesting layers. First, there was the sad and hilarious I had no idea you were so miserable in high school layer (my response: […]
Some rather exciting news…
I didn’t write a post last month because I’ve been saving a delicious little tidbit of news. After much ado, handwringing, and more rounds of revisions than I care to count…MY BOOK SOLD! Cue wide-eyed expression of awe. Now that it’s officially official, I’m so thrilled to announce that my rockstar agent Jennifer Chen Tran […]
Being On Submission…
It’s been a while since I wrote a post about writing/publishing, and that’s the whole reason I started this blog, so here we go. Back in July, I somehow conned a gen-yoo-wine literary agent into offering me representation. I, of course, accepted before she could discover I was a talentless sham and snatch her offer […]
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