Category: Blog
Why I have to keep writing
It’s plain and simple, really. If I didn’t keep writing I wouldn’t get invited to fun places like James Dashner’s author dinner last night at the Phoenix Book Company. Here’s a picture of Aprilynne Pike (Wings) James, (Maze Runner) and…New, New Dawn book give away
As you die-hard Janette Rallison fans know, (Hi Mom!)a year or so ago I wrote a chapter for the book New Dawn, which is a compilation of essays about the Twilight series. Well, after New Dawn came out, Breaking Dawn…My Journal at 13
Fellow writer and friend, Jill Wolfson, is doing a Dear Diary project on her blog. She’s invinting authors to give her a snippet from their diaries when they were 12-14years-old. It so happens that I’ve kept journals since I was…Job satisfaction
I’m the first to admit that being an author has its downsides. It’s a hard field to break into, it often doesn’t pay as well as . . . say, a pizza delivery job, and if you’re lucky and do…The Problem With Wikipedia
Once while I was talking about researching stuff for my novels, I told one of my author friends, Jon Lewis, that my editor made me find a native Italian speaker to look over the Italian phrases I put in How…Where Children’s Book Authors Work
Not long ago I saw a blog that featured where fantasy writers write. Not to be outdone, I decided I should do a blog about where children’s book authors write. As you can see, I frequently work with children draped…Author/Agent panel.
Okay, I know for a lot of you, the word: Agent caught your attention much more than the word: Author. Don’t worry, I’m used to it. Anyway, on Monday, August 24th my agent, the very nice Erin Murphy, will appear…Just One Wish give-away
I just realized that I never did a give-away for Just One Wish that came out in March. Or if I did do one, I’ve forgotten, and I’m too lazy to look back in my blog and check. In the…Shakira was right, the hips don’t lie.
And unfortunately lately they’ve been telling me that they don’t fit into my jeans anymore. Probably because I’ve had an indulgent summer with conferences and retreats where chocolate always floated around within arm’s reach. So last week I decided to…Book Update–the marketing department strikes again
Does it seem like my latest book is taking forever to come out, or is that just the effect of me wading through 1,200 revision comments? And by the way, that number is not an exaggeration. I showed fellow writer,…I suspected as much
The good folks over at the institute of We Have Too Much Time On Our Hands have done a study on word usage. Specifically which words we use the most in the English language. The number one word is no…How are you at blond jokes?
The bow-tied one and I are having a disagreement. This is usual for the revision process. We have many disagreements, generally because he does not see nor appreciate my artistic genius. (At least that is what I keep telling him.)…Stay In The Loop
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