BOOKS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: CROSSOVER FICTION BY YA AUTHORS YA literature is a booming market, and some YA authors have become incredibly successful as crossover authors –– authors whose books appeal to wide and diverse audiences. Don’t miss this talk with YA sci fi/fantasy authors Erin Bow, James Bow, Lena Coakley, V.S. McGrath and L.E. Sterling … Continue reading
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRUE STORM!
Today marks a milestone: today, True Storm, third and final instalment in the True Born Trilogy, officially hits stores. Yeehaaawww! So you might be wondering: how does it feel to end a trilogy? I feel like a mother whose last baby has just gone off to college, leaving me wondering what to do with my … Continue reading
The great #YAinstahunt is on!
Go Team Yellow! I’ve teaming up with eleven other amazing authors to put together a first of it’s kind instagram picture scavenger hunt. Did I mention there are prizes to be won? The full rules, how to participate, and all the prizes available right here! 1 st up: how it all works & the rules: … Continue reading
A YA Manifesto
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. Continue reading
How to write a trilogy (in three easy steps)
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
chapter 7: in which I am ushered into the world of book trailers
Okay, listen. I confess: I’m kind of a newbie at the whole “book trailer” biz. I don’t know what they’re all about – and frankly, neither do my bookish, English Lit PhD-wielding friends. (“I’ve never heard of a book trailer,” my BFF Steph wrote to me recently.) I have been trying to figure out what they’re for. … Continue reading
ASK ME ANYTHING! THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2016
TONIGHT! 7:30 PM EST – ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU CAN ASK ME ANYTHING! What can nanotechnology do in the human body? How many hours did it take for me to write True Born? Can Canadians get away with writing genre fiction? What’s my favourite yoga pose? Is it just me or does William Shatner run the world? … Continue reading
Welcome to Day 10 in Dominion City. This is the last chapter that will be posted on Wattpad ahead of True Born’s official release on May 3rd – and we’re in uncharted territory here. Read Chapter 10 here, or start at the beginning here. I hope you’ve enjoyed these 10 Days of True Born. … Continue reading
Day 8 in Dominion City
It’s the 8th Day of True Born! Thank you again to Entangled Teen for giving me permission to post the first 10 chapters on Wattpad to thank the scores of readers and fans of True Born. You can start at the beginning here, or you can go directly to Chapter 8 here. This is just a … Continue reading
Day 3: 10 Days of True Born
I’ve just posted Chapter 3 of True Born on Wattpad. Feel free to check it out here. I’ll be posting 1 chapter a day for 10 days – a thank you and sneak peek for all those readers out there. You’re beautiful. Keep reading. Continue reading