RIP Cynthia Chapman Willis
My dear friend and critique partner, Cynthia Chapman Willis died on March 3rd. I am heartbroken. For those of you who didn’t... Read More
The Best YA And MG Book Jackets of 2013
Booklist Online named THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL’S book jacket as one of their favorites for 2013! The cover artist is Timothy Decker... Read More
B&N Discovery Night Photo
Barnes and Noble kicked off the holiday shopping season with Discovery Night on November 22nd. I had the opportunity to speak and... Read More
Discovery Night at Barnes & Noble
On November 22nd, I will be on an authors’ panel with Augusta Scattergood, Nancy Cavanaugh, and Rob Sanders. Hope you can join... Read More
JESSIE PEARL IS A TRAVELIN’ GIRL
My agent, Deborah Warren at East/West Literary will be presenting at SCBWI Alaska’s Midnight Sun Conference on September 6th and 7th. As... Read More
Marketing Through Goodreads
Writing a novel is one thing and learning to promote it is another kettle of fish entirely. When THE BALLAD OF JESSIE... Read More
STUDENT HISTORY PROJECT INSPIRES AUTHOR
Thanks to Tampa Preparatory School for featuring me and my debut novel, THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL, in this month’s Tempo Magazine.
DISCOVERING A BOOK’S THEME
It all starts with the question: What’s your book about? I used to say THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL was about tuberculosis,... Read More
My Critique Group
My monthly critique group meeting was on Wednesday. Here we are at International Mall. Eileen and Joni have big news about their... Read More
A SCHOOL PROJECT USING THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL
Quinn Norris chose THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL as the favorite book she read this past school year. She designed a JESSIE... Read More