July 2009

The event in Monterey, CA with the Central Coast Writers was awesome! The meetings are held at a lovely hotel, where Shelley Adina (All About US Series) and I were provided dinner and dessert. We chatted with many of the members, who were all very gracious and wonderful. After the CCW

There’s a cyber party going on at author Stephanie Kuehnert’s blog, and it’s going on all month long to celebrate the release of her cool novel, Ballads of Suburbia. (love that title!) Here’s what Ballads is about: Kara hasn’t been back to Oak Park since

If you’re in the California coastal area, I’m giving a workshop with YA author, Shelley Adina! We’ll be in Monterey, California tomorrow, July 21st, 2009, talking YA! Emerging Genres: Writing and Selling Multicultural and Inspirational Young Adult Fiction “Toda

This weekend, I scratched out some notes on my new characters. I really don’t know them that well yet, but an image of them is in my head. Their personalities will be a fun learning experience. I sketched out the basic GMCs – Goals, motivations, conflicts. I have the gener

There is a fascinating discussion going on at Chasing Ray, regarding the lack of YA books involving, “African American, Native American, Jewish, Muslim, Asian American, Indian, LBGT and on and on.” The blogger asks the question: ” [...] are their fewer teen books pub

This is what I have to start with…a blank page. I had two complete book proposals, nearly half of two books, but they didn’t work. They were too dark, not enough feeling. Maybe no light. So now I’m back to a blank page. In a way that could mean nothing. And in anothe