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Today on the blog I’m thrilled to be featuring THE SUMMER I BECAME A NERD by my new author friend Leah Rae Miller. Her amazing novel has all the elements I love in a great story—summer, music, comics, a smart female protagonist, and loveable nerd boys. Oh and when I...

Summer always begins and end for me at the New Jersey shore. The real one. Come Memorial Day, that line from the song “Jersey Girl,” written by Tom Waits and released as a b-side by Bruce Springsteen in 1984 inevitably pops into my head. “`cause down the shore...

  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...

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...

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...

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

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 SUMMER WENT UP...

My second novel, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, will be released on July 2, 2013. Stop by Amazon to check out Chapter One, and put your pre-order in while you're there!...

My debut young adult novel HOW MY SUMMER WENT UP IN FLAMES (Simon Pulse) officially launched on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. To celebrate, the next few days will include interviews, guest blog posts, and giveaways. Here’s a list. Tuesday 5/7 The awesome Bethany Crandell,...

Note: This post originally appeared on MacTeenBooks.com   There’s something to be said for doing something badly. Like writing with your left hand when you’re right-handed. Your script might not be pretty, but the exercise is good for your mind. Of course I have...