Okay, so I started writing about 6 years ago. I queried my first book in 2008, and my second in 2009. I got an agent in 2009, and a publishi...

Okay, so I'd never thought of myself as a creative person until I started writing. Over the course of the last year, I've realized j...

Okay, so sometimes I know the history of my characters. Sometimes I don't. That makes for some awkwardness at critique group when I get ...

Okay, so it's great to be back! I'm re-envisioning my blog (yes, again), so hopefully we'll be able to have some awesome discuss...

I'm going to be taking a little blogging break until 2013! I hope you have an enjoyable holiday season! Here's to many great things ...

Okay, so I've been doing this writing thing for 5 years now. I've been playing the social media game for nearly as long. All of it i...

Today is a super-special feature for one of my long-time critique partners and friends, Ali Cross. She's released the third and final bo...

Well, technically it's tomorrow, but I don't blog on Tuesdays, and I have something awesome planned for Wednesday, and who says I ca...

Okay, so as I prepare to finally look beyond my Possession series, I'm faced with every author's greatest nightmare -- which is also...

Man, I haven't done a Bookanista feature for like, ever. But today, I'm featuring Miriam Conde's THE IMMORTALITY EXPERIMENT, and...

Wow, we had a great beginning to December with the YA Scavenger Hunt! Thanks to everyone who participated. I will email all the winners of t...

Yes, it's that time again! I'm thrilled to be participating in the YA Scavenger Hunt again, after taking a break from the last one...

Dude, that rhymes! I swear I didn't do that on purpose. But today, I'm hosting a friend of mine, Jessica Bell, as she talks about he...

Okay, so here we are, in this crazy-blender world of publishing. There are a lot of ups, and quite a few downs too. But if there's any...

Okay, so I can't believe I'm posting this today, when I'm not going to post the rest of this Thanksgiving week, and that means T...