Finally, some book news! So, by now you’ve likely figured out that the new book didn’t drop in the fall of 2023. These things happen. Presses are like people – they get busy. Stuff gets delayed. And sometimes, they get delayed again. Such was the fate of the new novel. However, I’m now ‘fairly certain’ …
Kids are not kids.
Because kids are not kids, let’s not write Y/A books as though youth are young — and everything else that word implies: naive, lacking in experience, and requiring a certain padded version of existence.
In the ancient fairy tale “The Princess in the Chest,” a brave soldier comes to an enchanted town. Hearing stories, he goes to the village’s small church where an unnameable creature stalks, covered in fur. As he fights for his life, the creature screams, weeps, sighs: My father has set no sentry in, War and …
Classified and shuffled into a ‘genre’, Fantasy is seen as the poor cousin to literary texts, which would make ‘Urban Fantasy,’ a sub genre of the larger, the poor second cousin twice removed. Literature and Fantasy, though, have been mingling as long as stories have been told. In fact, the division between the two is …
I have Events. I’ll be doing things this spring and summer. One of those things is today. Check out my upcoming events/readings/signings here. Continue reading
True North is getting a birthday party! I’ll be reading and signing books at Bakka Phoenix Books, April 23, 1 pm, to launch True North. Bakka Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord, Toronto, ON – Let me know if you can make it! Continue reading
It’s finally here! True North drops in stores (virtual and actual) on April 4 – just a few days away – but if you really can’t wait I’m posting the first few chapters on Wattpad. News on the Toronto reading/book launch will be posted very soon. True North can be pre-ordered from these fine … Continue reading
Tonight! March 15, 2017 — We’re painting Twitter’s toenails as #WeShipIt – don’t miss the prom photo action and more! 9 PM EST. Me and a bunch of super cool Y/A writers from Entangled will dish on book boyfriends, prom dates, movies, and more. Bring your questions to be part of our giveaways (Hint: I’m … Continue reading
Join me and my friends, including NYTimes bestselling Y/A author Brenda Drake (@brendadrake) for a no-holds barred Epic Vs. Urban Fantasy Twitterwar! Who will bring the most snark? Whose heroes are the swooniest? Whose heroines are the most kickass? Find out — Tuesday, Feb. 28, 9 pm EST Follow the action of my team: #TeamEpic … Continue reading
True North is heading to stores in April, 2017, and to celebrate, we’re throwing a cover release party! Sign up here before January 16th to join this exclusive cover reveal! Continue reading
Don’t miss your chance to win a grab bag full of YA Fantasy ebooks and a new Kindle reader! Get 45+ titles from your favourite YA authors (including an e-copy of True Born!). Contest extents only until Dec. 5th! Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I penned the last sentence in the True Born Trilogy. Now that I’ve finished a draft of the third novel (whose title I’m not sure I’m at liberty to tell you yet – but book two, True North, is slated for release in April 2017) I feel like I’ve really … Continue reading
![Eggs + Milk + [Heart] = Hero?](https://lesterling.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/blog-banner.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Eggs + Milk + [Heart] = Hero?")
There are about a million and one heroes out there – some good, some bad… some really bad. But what is it about that swoon-worthy, gives-you-all-the-feels fella that makes you tingle all the way to your spine? It seems to me that there are all sorts of ingredient that go into making the hero of … Continue reading
Ever wonder what the writers are up to? Drop in for a hang during our YA Series & Chill Twitter Chat – Thursday, June 23, 9 p.m. Follow the mayhem using hashtags #Bingereads and #YALit !! Continue reading
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