Stairway to Stupid

When I first met my husband, he was the bassist in a local band called Love Gas. He also booked bands at a corner bar called The Budapest Cocktail Lounge, and produced comp discs featuring bands from the scene. This was back when comp discs actually needed producers,...

It’s the Summer Reads Blog Hop!

It’s the Summer Reads Blog Hop! All week long Sourcebooks pub sisters Janet Gurtler, Juliana Stone, and I will be answering questions about our favorite summer songs, books, moments, and more on these fantastic blogs! Check it out! THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME...

Going Hybrid with author Holly Schindler

I’m so pleased to welcome the fabulous Holly Schindler to the blog today on this, the book birthday of her new adult novel FIFTH AVENUE FIDOS — her first independent release. (I just bought my copy and can’t wait to start reading. Find out where to...

The Countdown to Summer Giveaway!!!

Sunday marks exactly one month until my next YA, THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME, hits shelves. It will also be 50 days until Memorial Day weekend—the unofficial start of summer Know what that means? It’s about time to begin the countdown to summer (reaches for sunscreen)...

That Time I Became Santa Claus

Every Christmas when I was little, my parents would host a neighborhood party with the highlight being Santa’s arrival. Somewhere between dinner and dessert, we’d hear jingle bells ringing, heavy footsteps on the stairs, and then he’d burst into the family room...

Cover Reveal! THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME

COMING SPRING 2015!   Sunbathing, surfing, eating funnel cake on the boardwalk-Lucy loves living on the Jersey Shore. For her, it’s not just the perfect summer escape, it is home. And as a local girl, she knows not to get attached to the tourists. They breeze in...