Celebrate Valentine’s Day by entering for a chance to win FIVE romantic reads. FAMOUS LAST WORDS is being included in the MacTeenBooks Valentine’s Day Giveaway along with four more awesome reads!!! Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block Bubble World...

Today on the blog I’m talking to author Patty Blount. A self-confessed chocoholic, Patty is the author of the young adult novels SEND (Sourcebooks Fire 2012) and the forthcoming TMI (Sourcebooks Fire 2013). Talk a little bit about your journey toward becoming an...

Today on the blog I’m featuring a Q&A with my awesome agent Kerry Sparks and Miek Bruno, her talented co-author and colleague at Levine Greenberg, Inc.  The duo came up with an ingenious take on the baby naming book, Hello, My Name Is Pabst, subtitled Baby Names...

It’s Writer 2 Writer Wednesday and today it’s all about Gene Barretta, the author and illustrator of Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin and Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci. He is also author and illustrator of Dear Deer, which...

The next big thing! This wonderful meme is allowing authors to write about their latest project in this fabulous blog hop.  I’ve been tagged by my new writer friend Jody Casella, author of THIN SPACE, a YA novel I cannot wait to read. I'm counting the days, along with...

This week’s Writer 2 Writer interview is with Ohio-based author Jody Casella. Her debut novel THIN SPACE is a paranormal YA mystery about a boy coming to terms with his twin brother’s death. It sounds amazing! I can't wait until it's published on Sept. 10, 2013...

One of the best parts about being writer is that I get to meet authors! I love to hear about their processes and what they’re working on. This week, I interviewed author Jennifer Mann. Not only do she and I share the same awesome agent, Kerry Sparks, we share a name,...

I woke up this morning with the first two lines of Thunder Road in my head. I wasn't sure why then I remembered the vacation photo my friend, Michele, sent me. It reminds why I love both the song and road trips.

Today I'm kicking off what I hope will be a new and continuing feature -- Writer 2 Writer Wednesday, whereby I interview authors about their books and their process. Jenny Torres Sanchez writes young adult novels. She is the author of The Downside of Being Charlie and...

My agent, Kerry Sparks, is awesome! She sloshes through my first drafts, sells my finished novels, listens to my mini-melt downs, and writes books. Happy book birthday to Kerry and her co-author Miek Bruno.  Hello, My Name Is Pabst: Baby Names for Nonconformist,...