This teaser is to accompany the YA Sisterhood’s Tournament of Heroines, which starts tomorrow (Dec 1). BUT…since the YA Scavenger Hunt also starts tomorrow, I am going to jump the gun and give this to you today. Don’t worry – I’ll remind you tomorrow to go vote for Kate. READ MORE…
LIBRARY ONE
When I was in fourth grade, I brought a book home from our school library. My parents took one look at the back cover and ordered me to take it back: there were witches in it, and as far as they were concerned witches were a banned topic. READ MORE…
INSTA-LOVE. It’s a term that I never heard before last year, when I started seeing it pop up in reviews of YA novels. Girl meets boy and lightening strikes. The critics are right—it’s all over the place in YA literature. For example: READ MORE…
If you are looking for something unique to give for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzai, or any other December celebration, I have a fun idea.
With every purchase of DIE FOR ME from today (Nov. 21) until December 25, I will send a signed bookplate directly to the person you’re giving the book to. Not only will your friend, niece, daughter, crazy Aunt Edna have a romance set in Paris to read during the holidays, but they will get a little unexpected surprise in the mail straight from the book’s author! READ MORE…
My office is a tiny 200+ year old building that used to be a bakery, standing across our yard from my house.
I wrote my first two books in bed. Not because I found it tiring or needed frequent naps in between chapters or anything. It’s just that there wasn’t a better place to do it. From time to time I would run away to a friend’s empty home and spend an intensive four or five days typing my fingers off. READ MORE…