It’s 4th of July and do you want to know what I’m doing? Eating all the red pepper hummus I just bought before my husband gets up. Yesterday at work all I could think about was the hummus and naan bread in the fridge. When I came home, popped in a movie and went to […]
This is not the Twilight fanfic or some smn spin off. This book will take hold of your heart and not let go until the last page. Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into […]
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it’s where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick […]
25 weeks and counting… According to my babycenter app I have 104 days left until my due date of October 1st. Not that much time for what I want to accomplish—the first draft of my new novel, but I’m confident I can get a good start. So while I query my current WIP, I’ll be […]
Because you know you all are dying to play.
I have one word for this game: EPIC If you never played the first two games, you really miss out on the storyline. Events and actions that happened in the first two games trickle into the third. At the end of Mass Effect 2, I survived and none of my squad mates perished. It’s interesting to think […]
Two things I kept from my HS years: a notebook passed between my 2 BFF’s and my sketchbook. I still have both and boy, is it an eye opener. I thought it would be fun for all of us YA writers to get a glimpse at some real teen style. I’ll pre-warn you, it’s awful. LOL […]
I just finished another novel and this is how I’m getting down.
Today’s topic: May I share something about someone else. Last night, I had the privilege to read this. Suffocate is the first novelette in THE BREATHLESS series. It is a 15,000 word young adult thriller that combines the dystopic and science fiction genres. Here’s a little about the novelette… “For centuries, the world outside the Biome […]
I dont know what you were doing at 18-22, but I was going to raves and spending my weekends at the Soundfactory in NYC–A club full of house/techno going from Sat night until sunday night. Last night my husband introduced me to Dubstep. It’s so ill, it makes we want to go out and dance. It’s a […]