So, it's here! My message in a bottle book. My help other people to help yourself forget about your own problems for a little while b...

10 years. 10. years. 10 YEARS. 10 YEARS!!!! I remember it all. The rejections from agents that said, among other things: "It...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of Skyping with a group of students who are in an English as a Second Language class at a middle school ...

I'm pretty sure I've talked about magical moments here before. This is what I call those moments when I'm writing and out of th...

Six+ years ago, in January, 2008, my first novel came out. There was no twitter. Facebook may have been around, I'm not sure, but m...

First! THE DAY BEFORE is an Oregon Book Award finalist. I'm thrilled to be among friends April Henry, Emily Whitman, Jen Violi and He...

Once upon a time a girl wrote a novel. A strange novel. A short novel. Maybe it wasn't even a novel. One agent replied, after receiv...

I was so excited when my friend, Lindsey Leavitt , let me know we were in the October Scholastic TAB together. In case you don't know wh...

Booklist has never given me a good review. So fine, one or more of them don't like verse novels. But when an editor from the Booklist ...

On the eve of the 3rd anniversary of my debut novel, I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME (I know. Three years? Really? Wow!) I've been thinking ...