Romance! Love! Lust! 02/27/2018 Let's talk about LURV in YA literature! On Sunday, February 25th, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel of authors who write contemporary YA literature which I called, "Romance, Love and Lust: Is it all the same in YA lit?" Basically I wanted to talk about LURV, folks. Ha ha...no seriously, I did! My first novel, THE LEAVING SEASON, was definitely a romance but it was to me, a coming-of-age story about a girl who realizes her self-esteem shouldn't be tied to another person and she could
Let's talk about LURV in YA literature! On Sunday, February 25th, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel of authors who write contemporary YA literature which I called, "Romance, Love and Lust: Is it all the same in YA lit?" Basically I wanted to talk about LURV, folks. Ha ha...no seriously, I did! My first novel, THE LEAVING SEASON, was definitely a romance but it was to me, a coming-of-age story about a girl who realizes her self-esteem shouldn't be tied to another person and she could
Fab Friday at Bravo Medical Magnet School! 02/17/2018 There's nothing like meeting awesome, smart, attentive students to really cheer up your day! On Friday, Romina Russell and I visited a couple of English classes at the Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet School in Los Angeles to talk about our books, about writing, books we wish we'd written and characters we hate (in our own work, not like, Voldemort, lol!). Romina is the author of the YA sci-fi fantasy series, ZODIAC, in which each book is about a planet based on one of the signs of the zodiac
There's nothing like meeting awesome, smart, attentive students to really cheer up your day! On Friday, Romina Russell and I visited a couple of English classes at the Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet School in Los Angeles to talk about our books, about writing, books we wish we'd written and characters we hate (in our own work, not like, Voldemort, lol!). Romina is the author of the YA sci-fi fantasy series, ZODIAC, in which each book is about a planet based on one of the signs of the zodiac
Happy New Year! What's ahead in 2018 01/08/2018 We're eight days into the new year and I feel like I'm eight days behind already! Some of the things I wanted to do before the end of 2017 were to write up two new book outlines with some sample pages for each, confirm the authors for the panel I'm moderating in February, and submit my novel for at least one award. Done, done and, yes, done! Writing projects: I'm waiting for feedback on the outlines I sent to my agent (fingers crossed I can get my editor on board for one of them soon because
We're eight days into the new year and I feel like I'm eight days behind already! Some of the things I wanted to do before the end of 2017 were to write up two new book outlines with some sample pages for each, confirm the authors for the panel I'm moderating in February, and submit my novel for at least one award. Done, done and, yes, done! Writing projects: I'm waiting for feedback on the outlines I sent to my agent (fingers crossed I can get my editor on board for one of them soon because
