• The Book of Dreams Cover Reveal!

    Plus a subscriber-exclusive sneak peek! Tagline: Every dream has its end. Blurb: Grief. Rory had grown used to her mother’s absence, visiting her primarily in dreams while she led a human kingdom to fulfill a magical deal. With Rory’s blend of herbs, she created a tea that gives the drinker deep, lucid dreams where they

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  • Why I Write YA

    Why I Write YA

    I teach high school. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds. My day is filled with them, whether in my high school English class, my college writing class, or even my film history elective. So from 7am to 3pm, my day is packed with teenagers. I listen to their problems and offer advice (when asked; most of the time,

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  • Cover Artist Spotlight: germancreative

    PSA: I posted about germancreative’s work on my social media accounts. If you’re seeing this twice, apologies!! But kudos for her work have to go everywhere, imo. She’s a stellar designer. Meet germancreative, the brilliant designer behind my cover for The Book of Water. germancreative has been on Fiverr since 2015 and has amassed over

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  • “I dragged myself out of hell to you.” – The Whispering Dark Warning for potential spoilers, as always. I really liked the use of ley lines and their connection Purgatory/Hell, which is something I’ve been philosophically interested in for years. The Raven Cycle is one of my all-time favorite YA series, and it touches on

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  • “A life. A stage.” – Where Dreams Descend Warning for potential spoilers, as always. Daron’s form of vampirism with her magic was an interesting spin, but I didn’t exactly care for it as the twist. I’d rather have seen it used or weaponized somehow against Jack, who remains my favorite character in the book. I

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  • The dreaded query letter. The even more dreaded synopsis. Seriously. Synopses are evil. At least queries, as explained in this great video from the BookEnds YouTube channel, are focused around the blurb. Read enough blurbs on the backs of books, as well as reading every archived entry on QueryShark, and you can study your way to a

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  • Pans in the Fire

    I’m a person who uses to-do lists. And I love them. I consistently keep several pans in the fire, as the saying goes. From writing to reading, watching to playing, I always have several things going at once. How do I keep them straight? How do I balance the time in my day to give

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