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I had an interesting discussion with a friend last week, and it got me to thinking about one of the reasons I like writing YA. More specifically why characters in that age group appeal to me so much. The thing is, I’m old. Not like ready for assisted living old, but when you look at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, things are crazy here, and I’m really trying to catch up (or at least come close). That means today’s post is going to be a light one. Perfectly Human (aka PRT 2) is on the agenda as soon as I finish the adult project I’m working on. I’m mentally toying with which of the overarching […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A while back, when Sci-Fi changed their name to SyFy, there was a lot of uproar including wondering if that (plus the addition of a lot of wrestling added to the line-up) meant the network was planning to discard their science fiction roots and leave their fans high and dry. Not too many months later, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now to be fair, I can’t think of any main characters of mine that are universally hated, but in every novel that’s been in the hands of my betas, someone has inevitably said “I can’t stand ______.” In more than one case, the character whose name filled that blank was someone else’s favorite. The example […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No. I need a Time-Turner. Sadly, all my pleas to JK Rowling have gone unanswered. You see, for those who didn’t know, there are two of me: the YA-writer me and the adult-writer me. It isn’t a secret, but I do try to keep the two separate as much as possible. Basically, I don’t want […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This morning while making breakfast, I burned my thumb. As in burned it badly with a nice ugly piece of whitened and dead skin now (not a blister…think deeper). Anyway, the pain got me to thinking about things that hurt. Anyone who knows me is well aware that I am a klutz, which is pretty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m on a trip right now with a couple of my girlfriends. YAY for girl time! But I didn’t want to leave the blog empty while I was away, so since I’m getting ready to start re-working PRT 2 when I get back, I thought I’d share the trailer of the monster movie whose release […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve probably talked about this before, but considering my work-in-progress, I figured it needed a bit of a re-visit (beware: minor ranting ahead). There are a few schools of thought on sex in YA. – Never ever talk about sex in YA (reasons vary from younger kids reading it to it encouraging sex to it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been talking about it for a while, but tomorrow I finally take of for the Romantic Times Booklovers’ Convention in LA! This is my first con as a published author and I’m really geeked. Not only will I get the chance to meet a lot of my author friends I only know from online, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s the day that parents either approach with intense excitement or tremor-inducing dread. It’s the day our baby goes out into the big bad world. In this case, the baby in question is Pretty Souls. Sure, she went to college (publishing) and got her degree. She even went out for job interviews (reviews) and took […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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