Archive for July, 2010


Guest Post: Marjetta Geerling on a Lesson Learned

published on July 30, 2010

In the program at Spalding, I’ve been privileged to meet so many great writers. During my residency in May, I was lucky enough to get to know YA Writer…

Guest Post: Jennifer Echols on a Lesson Learned

published on July 29, 2010

Jennifer Echols is my agent mate, and she was kind enough to do a guest post today. Her new YA romance, FORGET YOU, came out…

Guest Post: Jodi Meadows on a Lesson Learned

published on July 27, 2010

Once upon a time, I was querying agents and getting nowhere. Lucky for me, I came across this amazing person, who had a reputation for helping writers….

Guest Post: Veronica Roth on a Lesson Learned

published on July 26, 2010

Veronica Roth is one of the coolest people I’ve never met. From the Twittersphere to the AW boards, she is liked by all and with good reason…

1-Year Blogiversary: On Writing Lessons Learned

published on July 25, 2010

***I will be announcing the contest winner on 8/8.

HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY TO ME!

This week marks the one-year anniversary…

SCBWI or Bust

published on July 22, 2010

We are on a countdown here, people. Seven days until SCBWI in LA. For the last year, I’ve made numerous friends in the online world through Twitter and the AW forums. Sometimes I feel like my entire…

Road Trip Wednesday: Best Blog Posts

published on July 21, 2010

Kate suggested I participate in this week’s Road Trip Wednesday. I suspect it is because I’m just getting back into blogging more frequently after an Internet Sabbatical. Being…

Teaser Tuesday

published on July 19, 2010

A snippet of my wip, Aromance. I’ve never had two wip’s going at the same time, but it seems to be working.

The gears grind as Mom downshifts, filling the car with an awful metal on metal sound. She cusses…

Binge Reading: An addiction

published on July 16, 2010

I have a theory. Books are like candy. Or drugs. Or drugs that look like candy. Think of the similarities.

  1. You begin to neglect your responsibilities. How many…

Hunger Games: Team Katniss

published on July 14, 2010

Before you make me walk the plank, I admit I am very late to the game (ha, ha)reading Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. I’ve heard so much buzz about…