Oh my goodness. First time to Paris, and what a lovely trip we had. The weather was practically perfect. A cool, showery day after we arrive...

First, some good news. I'm writing a new book that will be coming out sometime in 2018. I can't share many details yet, but when I c...

In April I went to a retreat outside of Austin, Texas, in the lush, rolling hills. I'd been toying with a book idea for a while, an idea...

Since 2008, I have published seven young adult novels I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME FAR FROM YOU CHASING BROOKLYN THE DAY BEFORE FALLING F...

It's always a bit of a strange feeling for an author when a contracted book (one that a publisher has bought and is scheduled to be publ...

That probably reads like a click bait headline. Oh well. I'm keeping it. I like it. And I completely one hundred percent believe what I...

I am trying to like February more than I have in the past. It's always a tough month for me, because my body is ready for more daylight....

Last year, the kidlit world was taken by storm with two AMAZING verse novels. First there was BROWN GIRL DREAMING by Jacqueline Woodson, whi...

One thing that is a constant in the publishing world is waiting. There is always something. When you're querying agents, you're...