You Say It’s Your Book Birthday?

  Today is the day! My second young adult novel FAMOUS LAST WORDS is now in stores! A few weeks ago. The finished copies arrived in the mail in a big box. I was thrilled to finally hold the first novel I’d ever written in my hands and I celebrated, not with...

Graduations, Turtles and Breakin’ Boards

I’ve never been a front-and-center kind of a girl. Edges and corners have always been more my scene. In high school, I wasn’t a cheerleader or majorette. I seriously lacked the skills to be either, but even still, I preferred the anonymity of the color guard. With my...

Authors for Oklahoma Disaster Relief

The Lucky 13s have partnered with the Friday the Thirteeners and the Enchanted Inkpot to help those affected by the tornado in Oklahoma. Some amazing prize packs are being given away including signed copies of YA and MG books, swag, and critiques. Check out the...

HOW MY SUMMER WENT IN FLAMES in TeenVogue

Thank you TeenVogue for naming HOW MY SUMMER WENT UP IN FLAMES as one of “four must-read books to start your summer off right”!!! http://www.teenvogue.com/entertainment/books/2013-05/young-adult-books-for-summer/?intro

Sam Meet Rosie, Rosie Meet Sam

NOTE:  This post first appeared on MacTeenBooks on May 6th. Since then, Jennifer Ann Mann, a fellow author and “Jen,” hooked me up with a way better title! I’m less than twenty four hours away from the publication of my first young adult novel, HOW MY...