ASK ME ANYTHING #AMA @REDDIT BOOKS – WEDNESDAY, MAY 9TH, 5 – 7 PM E.S.T. Bored? Looking for something to do tomorrow afternoon/evening? Well you can always stop by REDDIT BOOKS and chat with me live between 5 and 7 pm E.S.T. I’m answering questions on books, writing, the True Born Trilogy, future … 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
Chapter 23, in which I have Events.
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 Launch Party & 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
#TeamEpic V.S. #TeamUrban: Fantasy twitterwar – Feb. 28
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
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
Afterglow
Writing is courage. There is first the courage of facing the blank page, and by extension, your own true self. The second is the bravery it takes to share that multiplicity of selves with others and the world, knowing that your book-selves will likely face endless rejections. Then there is the courage you need in … 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