$2.99 on sale for $0.99 I’m running an ad [now live] with the absolutely delightful folks at Kindle Fire Department – seriously, the lady who runs their customer service is named Gadget and looks like this: How can you not love her? Since I’m running an ad (for Open Minds, but also Closed Hearts), I’m temporarily dropping the price of… Read More
My friend and fellow Indelible, Heather McCorkle, is stopping by today, touring her new release, To Ride A Puca (ancient Irish Druids = awesome; just sayin’). Take it away, Heather … It’s the last leg of my tour and I’m dropping by to celebrate the birth of my new book, To Ride A Puca. *waves to Susan and all her… Read More
Most of the time, I talk about young adult or middle grade books. But my SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) writer’s group includes a fair number of picture book writers and illustrators, who awe me with their skills. I’m one of those people who thinks picture books (and poetry) are the hardest to write of all children’s… Read More
One of the great pleasures of being part of the writer community is getting to meet amazingly talented people – and not just writers! Turns out these talented people I get to call my friends are also artists and musicians and creators of all stripes. My friend Vic Caswell has started her own freelance illustration company, Sketcher Girl Studios, and… Read More
I recently had a wonderful, erudite email discussion with my writer friend Bryan Russell about self-publishing, traditional-publishing, craft, marketing, and a zillion other fascinating things. Bryan is almost painfully brilliant, so I love engaging him in witty banter (wherein he provides the wit and I try to banter). One idea that lodged itself in my brain was that self-publishers may… Read More
Surrender by Elana Johnson is out today (the sequel to her debut novel Possession)! About SURRENDER: Forbidden love, intoxicating power, and the terror of control… Raine has always been a good girl. She lives by the rules in Freedom. After all, they are her father’s rules: He’s the Director. It’s because of him that Raine is willing to use her talent—a… Read More