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What to expect from me and my books…
If you've been around for awhile, you've probably heard that I write gripping, whimsical YA. My books fall under a lot of categories. But none of them can fully explain my mission. I write books to fill your life with light. Please don't mishear me: not all my books...
Disappointment is like a Popsicle stick…
I stood alone on my porch on the 4th of July, listening to the boom, crackle, pop of the firework displays surrounding my house in a sort of trapezoid. The sound was as close as bacon sizzling on the frying pan of my stove. A boom would come from the show behind my...
New High-Art Magazine Named After a Snail?
I'd never heard of abalones, a type of sea snail, until my friend Lucy Grecu announced the name of her new magazine. The Abalone is a high art magazine...named after a sea snail. Honestly, that sounds kind of incongruent to me. High art? Doesn't that mean snobby?...
I’m Nothing Without You
Dear Reader, I don't know if you've realized this, but you hold all the power in our relationship. When I put my heart out there, it's in your hands...on your bookshelf I am accepted or rejected. If you like my books, you can leave them five stars on Amazon. If you...
I’m turning down a book award?
There are a LOT of bad deals aimed at authors. Awards, book club features, fake publishers. It takes so much time and energy to sort through the noise. A few months ago, I entered Beyond the Mirage to the Christlit awards. I’d seen authors touting the Christlit...
Book Festivals, Conferences, and More
After I spoke underneath the World's Largest Mailbox, I wasn't sure what could top it. Was that one of my career goals? No. Was it extremely fulfilling? Yes. Luckily for you, that won't be the only chance you get to meet me, either online or in-person. I'm...
How The Place I Grew Up Shapes My Writing
I grew up on the edge of a rough neighborhood. Sometimes there’d be gunfire so close it sounded like it was in the backyard. One time, a police squad with K9s and a chopper were out looking for a wanted criminal in the creek about fifty feet from my backdoor....