December 20, 2011
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IF I LIE Cover Reveal

I’m not even going to try to build this one up. I’m so excited to share the cover, summary and new publication date for IF I LIE that I’m barely containing myself from showing it to people at Starbucks. Oh hai, you look like you can read because you know, you’re breathing, so you should look at this.

Without further ado….

 



December 14, 2011
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SO MUCH NEWS.

GUYS. I’ve had so much news this week. I’m wavering between happy tears and giddy grins that are freaking me out anytime I catch my reflection in a mirror. I can’t imagine what strangers are thinking.

First, yesterday I got this in the mail.

It’s a jacket cover for the German…


December 8, 2011
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Bookanista Review: THE CATASTROPHIC HISTORY OF YOU & ME

Full disclosure: I picked up this ARC at the Northern California Bookseller’s Association Trade Show.

Here is the official blurb from the publisher:

THE CATASTROPHIC HISTORY OF YOU & ME

 

Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning…. Welcome to forever.

BRIE’S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn’t…


December 6, 2011
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The “Change Write Now” Game

*UPDATE (12/9 @ 10:22):
Whoa. Three big updates.

First, my lovely editor at KTeen has offered up custom prize packs of books (meaning you get to pick which genre you like) to the winners. Feel free to thank her on Twitter @meganrecords. We’ll be adding to the prize pool this month, and we’ll let you know…


December 1, 2011
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Bookanista Review: UNDER THE NEVER SKY

I love Veronica. Seriously, she’s one of the loveliest people you will ever meet. From the first time I met here, I could see that she was a thoughtful, intelligent person, and I couldn’t wait to see how that translated into her debut novel. Read below to see what I thought!  Full disclosure: Veronica Rossi is a friend and fellow Bookanista.

Here…


November 29, 2011
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YA Rebels: Tuesday Loves Up Scrivener

I thought I would share today’s YA Rebels vlog in which I walk you through how I’m using Scrivener. Feel free to ask me any questions you have! I’m not an expert, but I’ll do my best to answer. For those who don’t know, Scrivener is an amazing application for writers that takes you far beyond Word or other word processing…


November 24, 2011
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A Desk I’m Thankful For

I have this inability to write at home. My desk is perfectly lovely. I might loathe my desk chair.

The thing is, I hate sitting at that perfectly lovely desk to write. Most days, I’ve sat at another desk at the day job in…


November 3, 2011
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TOUCHED German Cover Reveal

I realize you’re all going to skip over this message and jump right to the art. I would too. This cover is insanely beautiful and makes me wish that I could read German. For those of you who do, this edition of TOUCHED will be on sale – in Germany – in March 2012. Thienemann, my German publisher, has been hugely…


November 2, 2011
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Event: Speaking at CSU, Fullerton

I received my master’s in English at CSU, Fullerton. While there I had some amazing opportunities and learned from some great faculty. I’m really pleased to say they’ve asked me back to do a reading, followed by a publishing panel with other professionals. And you are all invited. Here are the details.

Time: Friday, November 4 – 7:00 PM (snacks…


October 20, 2011
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What is the editing process really like?

A few people have noticed that I’ve been conspicuously absent from both this blog and Twitter. For the last few months, I’ve been busy writing the sequel to TOUCHED. And intermittently, I’ve gone through two rounds of line edits…