Category: Writerly Things

Ix-nay On Wishing For More Wishes

In the world of publishing, all good things take time. Sometimes a LOT of time. Like that fruitcake your grandma would bake at Thanksgiving for Christmas consumption… Like fruitcake, I am also nutty.  Probably because I have been sitting on this news since just before NCTE… Thrilled to say that it will be illustrated by…
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March 16, 2017 0

Cover Reveal: Someday, Narwhal

So, say you loved STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS. Especially the parade of unusual friends and pets coming together to make a clubhouse where everyone is welcome. Say you noticed the narwhal in the fishbowl rolling along in her little red wagon. And say that little narwhal got a book of her very own. Coming this fall…
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February 2, 2017 0

Narwhal Spin-Off!

The news upon which I hath sat since the day the tiny elephant book debuted: YES. The tiny narwhal in the fish bowl at the end of STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS is getting her own story! And you know what that means… I now have a legit excuse to buy all things narwhal. <3


April 20, 2016 0

Add some magic to your winter…

So thrilled to announce that my short story, “The Dressmaker,” appears in this issue of Faerie Magazine. Issue #33 features an interview with Isabel Allende, an original fairy tale (and knit) from Alice Hoffman and Lisa Hoffman, a magical story from Lisa Mantchev, a Prague fairy tale spread with Baba Studio, a piece on old-time…
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December 2, 2015 0

SUGAR SKULLS Cover Reveal!

Well, well, well, would you look at this shiny thing right here? In case you missed all the blargling ever, SUGAR SKULLS now has this gorgeous cover, is available for preorder, will have an audio edition, can be added to your Goodreads list… pretty much all the things. It drops November 10th, and I can’t…
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September 11, 2015 0

LOST ANGELES series announcement

Every time you heard me muttering on Facebook or Twitter about vampires and archangels… this is the project I was working on. COMING SUMMER, 2015… In Los Angeles, everyone could use a guardian angel, even if you’re a tiny piece of Heaven. A year ago, Lourdes Chase lost two months of her life to a…
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April 29, 2015 0