Archives for March 2013

Today on the blog I’m talking with Claire Caterer, author of the middle grade novel THE KEY AND THE FLAME (Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster April 2, 2013) and fellow member of The Lucky 13s, an awesome group of children’s and young adult authors with novels debuting in 2013. Talk a little bit about your journey toward becoming an author. When did… Read More

NOTE: This post first appeared on the MacTeenBooks website. Five years ago I finished a rough draft of what would become my first young adult novel. A story about a teen obit writer who learns about life and love during a summer spent writing about death. As I worked on polishing and revising my manuscript, I also began the daunting… Read More

Today I’m talking to Jenny Lundquist, the author of the wonderful middle grade novels SEEING CINDERALLA (Aladdin M!X 2012) and PLASTIC POLLY (Aladdin M!X March 19, 2013), which will be released next week!!! Talk a little bit about your journey toward becoming an author. When did you decide you wanted to write for kids and teens? I decided I wanted to… Read More

I’m blogging over at MacTeenBooks today! Check it out.  http://www.macteenbooks.com/?p=2706

To celebrate today’s release of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY  by the amazing Sharon Biggs Waller I’m reposting my earlier interview with her. Congrats, Sharon! Today on the blog I’m chatting with Sharon Biggs Waller—writer extraordinaire, critique partner, and dear friend. Sharon is the author of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY (Viking/Penguin winter 2014.)  Sharon lived in England for six years, after falling… Read More