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 …
Whew, I’m a little late with my post this Friday. Hope you all are having a fantastic beginning to your weekend. I love Friday afternoons at home with a good book 🙂 They are so rare! Today we get nasty at the carnival and I have to say that I love nasties in YA fiction. …
YA Indie Carnival: A recipe for Nasty YA Characters Read More »
I wrote the first draft of TRANSFER STUDENT in 2006 after my father-in-law died. It was a crazy, sad time. I was working at the Los Angeles Times on the re-opening of the Griffith Observatory [it had been closed for five years for renovations] and we were back-and-forth between LA and Fresno [a four hour …
Today, in Ray’s memory, I want to post a mash-up of what Ray’s writing has meant to me. If it wasn’t for Ray Bradbury, I wouldn’t have become a reader and through his stories I learned so much––especially about writing. Thank you for your wonderful stories! I’ll miss you. Here’s a post from Jan. 13, …
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Today the carnis are blogging about where we love to go in books. Like most readers, I love to go to places I don’t expect. I love to see regular places in new ways and feel transformed. Setting is powerful and I like when it’s used like a character. I try to do this in …
YA Indie Carnival: Location, location, location–where we like to go in books 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 »
I hope you enjoy the TRANSFER STUDENT book trailer! I’m learning a little bit with every trailer I make. Producing book trailers is part of my writing process and I really enjoy creating them because I get to see my stories in new ways.
Today the tour visits ANGELA CARLIE, AUTHOR OF THE LORDS OF SHIFTERS SERIES. Congrats to @AkChocoholic winner of kindle/nook TRANSFER STUDENT. To enter to win today’s ebook of TRANSFER STUDENT, just swing by Angela’s blog and comment with a link to ur tweet: TRANSFER STUDENT by @Laurawriting RELEASE DAY 3/20! Blog Tour & Giveaway! #teenreads #scifi #romance #yahttp://wp.me/P1J9jx-bs …
Galileo swings by the Transfer Student Blog Tour & Giveaway Read More »
CONGRATS TO TODAY’S WINNERS OF A TRANSFER STUDENT EBOOK! @leannestt @saraEchelon5 @Antane_A @Sinworth SQUEEEEE!!! Thanks for helping to spread the world about TRANSFER STUDENT:) Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! [It’s still morning here in CA :)] So excited that CHERI LASOTA, AUTHOR OF ARTEMIS RISING is hosting the tour this fine day! Check out her blog for info …
HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY-TRANSFER STUDENT’S POT OF GOLD : It’s an enhanced ebook! Read More »
I thought it would be a great way to welcome my Australian friends to the tour today by stopping by an American Icon, the Drive-In. A Drive-In inspired one of the scenes in TRANSFER STUDENT. So get in the car…let’s go check out some of the real places that inspired the scene. Check out DeeScribeWriting …
