Had a most excellent night yesterday, celebrating the launch of The Lives We Lost with family and friends! For those who weren’t able to make it to the party, here’s a quick reconstruction (with much gratitude to Debbie Ridpath Ohi … Continue reading
The blog tour for The Lives We Lost is in full swing! Here’s where I’ve been in the last week: -Talking with The Book Smugglers about plotting, inspirations, and character growth (plus giveaway!). -Discussing writing a sequel at Lauren’s Crammed … Continue reading
It is a truth universally acknowledged that writers get excited about different sorts of things than other people: imaginary folks who start talking to them in the middle of the night, pens, a chance to go to some exotic or … Continue reading
This blog has been pretty quiet this month, not just because of the holidays, but also because I got my editorial letter for Fallen World book 3 at the very beginning of December. So I have been hard at work … Continue reading
Yesterday at the 2012 World Fantasy Convention, I spoke on the Diversity and Difference in YA Fantasy panel with excellent company from Cheryl Rainfield, Cinda Williams Chima, E.C. Myers, and our moderator Kathy Sullivan. It was great to see how … Continue reading
I’m out in Calgary right now for WordFest, a very awesome and impressively organized book festival that I was excited to be invited to present at. Shane Peacock and I talked with a great group of teens this afternoon, and … Continue reading
…because I am about to start revising Fallen World Book 3 (the title of which has not yet been confirmed so I cannot share it). So all my writing energy will be going toward Kaelyn and whichever other characters are … Continue reading
Where’s your favourite writing space? Do you have one? I do have one main writing space. I’m lucky enough that at the moment I’m able to have a whole room of my house devoted to my work, which I generally … Continue reading
I’ve gotten a lot of new blog readers since my first book was published two and a half years ago, and I know a lot of you are writers. So I thought it might be useful if I complied all … Continue reading
When I’m getting ready to write a new story, I often have a much easier time figuring out the characters’ personalities and voices if I can form a picture of them in my head. Some characters arrive with a distinct … Continue reading
