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 …
Have you ever heard of the Page 99 Test? Because Mother’s Day is coming up, I thought I’d give it a go with Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale. In the story, Ginny is trying to solve the riddle of her past regarding a mother she never knew. Here’s page 99: “How are you called?” Old …
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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 »
Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, CA Two Worlds––Two Teens––One Wish Geek Rhoe and Surfer Ashley would never be friends. Even if they lived on the same planet. But, they’ll become so much more. They’ll transfer. This is the setting where the transfer occurs on Earth. It’s where Ashley makes her first wish upon her first …
Transfer Student Blog Tour & Giveaway Starts Tomorrow! Squeee! Read More »
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 »
It was 26 years ago today that I spent my last night as a single girl. As you can imagine, I was incredibly excited. The weather was going to be perfect. As it turned out, at 5pm on Valentine’s Day in a little suburb of Chicago the snow began to fall. I like to call …
Me and some of my PARANORMAL PLUME SISTERS are writing about our first kiss in honor of Valentine’s Day:) Since I write YA and my first passionate kiss was in high school, I thought this story would be perfect for Sealed With A Kiss. Blind Date The organization called The American Field Service brought lots …
I don’t usually make Resolutions. Do you? A really great writer and friend of mine Dee White, author of Letters to Leonardo, wrote to me this week and told me that she’s given a title to her 2012, The Year of Possibilities. This inspired me. [go check out Dee’s blog to find out why that’s …
YA Indie Carnival Resolutions: What’s Your Title for 2012? Read More »
I unwrapped some pretty amazing presents under the tree this year. Ones that really blew me away. But, this one I can actually SHARE with you:) My daughter recorded 13 ON HALLOWEEN’s Audiobook. So, for the first 12 days of the New Year, if you feel like curling up by the fire and listening to …
Thankful Thursday! Free 13 on Halloween Audiobook 🙂 Read More »
