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Hey, so I'm taking part in the Badass Books summer giveaway organized by lovelies Bethany Crandell and A.G. Howard, critique partners and authors extraordinaire. You should enter because you could win THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME and like a million other books. Okay,...

The blog tour for THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME is just wrapping up and here is one of my favorite questions from the tour. It's about my main character, Lucy Giordano. What are the top 5 apps on Lucy's phone? I thought this was such a great question!! It made me want...

Never begin a novel with weather. It’s one of those generally accepted taboos that most writers come across at some point or another. I’m not sure if Elmore Leonard was the first to say it, but it is number one on his ten rules for writing fiction. Irrespective of its...

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! 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 debuts...

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 get yours below!)...

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)...