I am delighted to announce that my picture book, SISTER DAY! has been acquired by Sylvie Frank at Paula Wiseman Books (Simon & Schuster) in a deal brokered by the lovely Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Publication is set for Spring of 2016. Sonia Sánchez will be illustrating, and I am thrilled.…
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Feast your eyes upon the shiny, for the cover gods and goddesses continue to smile upon me! Publication date has now been set to December 1, 2014, so set the timers on you SugarWerks Carry-Away Cake Boxes and let’s synchronize our pocket watches! Also, don’t forget you can preorder now (highly advised, because reasons!)
According to the Bazalgate Evening Gazette, you can now trade your hard-earned coin for a copy of a most excellent steampunk adventure by a Young Adult Author Of Good Reputation (and Impeccable Taste in Corsetry.) Step this way, if you please.
Hear ye! Hear ye! I will be appearing at this event (held at the Washington State Convention Center in beautiful downtown Seattle) on Friday, March 28th. As of this moment, I am scheduled to appear: 11:00 AM Writing Dialogue that Works John Scalzi, Kiri Callaghan, Lisa Mantchev, Ren Cummins 6:00 PM Writing for Young Adult…
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I found this on Tumblr: And I love this idea. So I’ll go you one better… SPOOOOOOILERS, ahoy! . . . . . . . . . In my head, Rapunzel’s mother, the Queen of Corona, also had the ice magic. But then she got pregnant, then sick, and she drank the potion from the…
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“If you can’t be an athlete… be an athletic supporter.” That’s my favorite line from Grease, and as funny as it is, there’s a note of truth in it. It’s a given that if you’re a writer, you’re also a reader. A lot of readers would like to be published writers. And in the meantime,…
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