March 7, 2018March 7, 2018Books, Contests, Historical fiction, Reading, Writing, Young Adult Marketing for Authors There are a lot of obstacles that stand in the way of getting your books into the hands of readers. For many […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
February 23, 2018February 23, 2018Books, Historical fiction, Teens, Young Adult Gold Mom’s Choice Award for Leaving Kent State I’m happy to report that Leaving Kent State has been chosen for a Gold label designation in the Mom’s Choice Awards. You […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
January 2, 2018January 2, 2018Books, Contests, Reviews, SCBWI, Writing My Year as a Debut Novelist I was waiting a long time to get my first “yes” on a novel. Now, a little more that a year past […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
October 5, 2017October 8, 2017Books, Contests, Historical fiction, Reviews, Teens, Writing Leaving Kent State Wins Gold I’m feeling a little Olympic today, as yesterday it was announced that Leaving Kent State has won a 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Award Gold […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
August 21, 2017Books, Reading, Romance, Teens, Young Adult Young Adult Romance – Is the Crush Over? YA Romance– For several years now, I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about YA romance, as if the whole idea of […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
June 22, 2017June 22, 2017Books, Reading Learning to Read in College and Beyond This morning, Thomas L. Friedman had a truly insightful piece in The New York Times asking Where Did ‘We the People’ Go? […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
March 17, 2017May 22, 2017Books, Parenting, Reading, Teens, Uncategorized The Art of Radical Acceptance Radical acceptance is the psychological term for learning to live with sorrow we cannot change. It’s not a new concept, and it’s […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
February 14, 2017February 11, 2017Books, Middle Grade, Picture Books, Young Adult Valentine’s Day Reads for Kids I love holidays, and Valentine’s Day in particular is a good one because what’s not to love about love, right? Here are […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
January 29, 2017April 29, 2017Books, Historical fiction, Reading, Writing, Young Adult Resistance and the Main Stream Media As we enter a dark period in our country, where our new President is signing executive orders to ban certain immigrants from […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...
January 21, 2017Books, Historical fiction, Teens, Young Adult My Latest Review Thanks to Isla Mcketta, I have a new review which you may check out here. When I was writing LKS, I was really struck […] Share this:EmailTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestMoreTumblrPrintLike this:Like Loading...