Click the image to hear a sample! Roxie has the best night of her life until the popular kids decide they want to celebrate her birthday in a way Roxie never expects––in her attic, with a gift that’s out of this world, and a pact to never tell a living soul what happens next. 13 …
Today at the carnival we’re all posting about Listopia. What’s Listopia you say? Well, if you’re on Goodreads, as I am, you’ve heard of it, right? Listopia is a great way to beef up your TBR list, mine is literally overflowing with amazing books, but I’m always looking for a great read. Listopia lists are …
At the carnival today we’re posting great YA Mother’s Day Reads. I’m a mom and my girls are all grown up now with lives of their own. The way I got into writing for children and teenagers was by reading aloud to my girls when they were little and as they grew. We read to …
Today at the YA Indie Carnival we’re talking about our experiences either reading, writing or reviewing sequels. I’m writing my first series now: The Teen Halloween Series & The Starjump Series. In the dozen or so years that I’ve been writing fiction, I’ve always written stand alone novels, so this is all very new to …
YA Indie Carnival Sequels: Challenges in writing 14 ON HALLOWEEN Read More »
So all of us have got our topics for tomorrow night’s local author showcase at The Oregon City Public Library at 7PM: using an authentic YA voice, life experience as research, finding the courage to write, inspiration & the writing process. I’ll be talking about inspiration. So authors, what’s the strangest/oddest/funniest thing to inspire your books? Readers, what …
Voice, Research, Courage & Inspiration what’s your take? Read More »
Hey y’all welcome to this week of the YA INDIE CARNIVAL! Can I just say how AMAZING my fellow carnis are? I feel so lucky to be able to read all of their inspirational posts! SQUUUEEEE! Today’s topic kind of made me go…what??? I mean, do I tend to write a season? Of course not. …
The carnis are all kissing & telling today! Here’s one of my favorite kissing scenes from 13 ON HALLOWEEN. Twelve-year-old Roxie wants two things more than anything. She wants to become popular––a peacock, in Roxie Speak. And she wants a guy named Hayden, the coolest guy at school, to notice her. So, she throws her …
YA Indie Carnival : Kiss & Tell from 13 on Halloween Read More »
I’m going to post on the tour soon, but in the mean time, Abby, a friend of Tiffany King’s and an amazing photographer, just sent us some incredible images and I want to share a few with you! A BIG thank you to the students of Deltona High and Galaxy Middle Schools. MISSING MY PLUMES! …
So sorry my post is late this week. I had the MOST AMAZING time talking about What Makes A Great Story with the kids of Mrs. Howell’s 6th grade class. What a fun class and an awesome group of writers! We talked about what we like about the stories we are reading now and what …
YA Indie Carnival: Interview with a Villain, Transfer Student & Book Tour Read More »
Jake & Samantha win copies of 13 on Halloween & Winnemucca! Congratulations to :Â 8-12 YEAR OLD WRITERS First place:Â The Unseen Blight by Jake Flinthart 13-17 YEAR OLD WRITERS First place:Â Monster by Samantha Whitehouse ADULT WRITERS Two great entries tied for first place in our adult category.
