Just for Fun

Getting the buzz going about your book isn’t easy — especially when it’s your first! I owe a debt of gratitude to all the bloggers who have helped to get the word out thus far about Blind Spot — from the WOW picks to the debut features and reviews — you’ve all helped so much. I am especially thankful… Read more »

As a member of the fab group of authors and teens we lovingly call ‘TeamTeenAuthor’ I am required, as the author of an October release, to perform a dare! The dares are mandated by our teen members, The Perfect 10. They gave me a choice of three things: 1) Cover my face in either peanut… Read more »

Author Laurisa White Reyes is hosting a Super Swag Sunday giveaway! SUPER SWAG SUNDAY is a celebration of the best in new kids and teens literature. What is swag? Swag is all the fun stuff authors giveaway to promote their books: signed bookmarks, postcards, tattoos, stickers, pins, magnets, pens, frishbees, rubber bugs, origami, guitar picks, fortune cookies,… Read more »

Welcome to my stop in the YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes! How are you feeling? Revved up? Excited? Is your brain full of lots of books you can’t wait to read? AWESOME! If you happened to pop by here and are wondering what all the whooping and hollering is about though — let me explain. We’re doing a… Read more »

Would you believe, I have NEVER played Truth or Dare? I know! Crazy, right? But now as a married, mother of three, I am about to play. Why? Because I was dared to by Julie Cross author of Tempest as an initiation into the super cool “Team TEENauthor” — an awesome network of soon-to-be or already published Young… Read more »

#1  5 Tips for the Apocalypse As a 2012 debut YA author, I belong to the Apocalypsies – a group of YA and MG authors whose books are all coming out in 2012. As part of our bio on the website, we are all listing five things in relation to the Apocalypse such as the… Read more »

#4 Putting the ‘creep’ in Creepy Photo by Brenda Mihalko In his vlog post ‘Who’s This Guy? Why Does He Write Weird Junk?‘ Daniel Marks mentioned how the king of horror, Stephen King, uses kids to put the ‘creep’ in creepy in his classic Salem’s Lot. King knows that when readers pick up a book… Read more »

#5 What I’ve Learned About Writing from Watching Project Runway I’m guilty. I watch reality television. Not all of it; some shows are simply a flimsy platform created for idiots in search of quick fame. I do have my favorites though, like Survivor, Amazing Race, and Project Runway. My husband rolls his eyes when I… Read more »

“Tis the season for countdowns. My personal favorites are the top 100 songs of the year or decade — especially when the radio station playing the countdown is mostly commercial-free. I also enjoy countdowns of top books because usually I haven’t read most of them — which is why I am NOT doing a ‘top… Read more »

In the words of Staind, a favorite band, It’s Been A While. I am slowly getting a handle on all this book writing stuff. The journey has been so fun, but I am finding it hard to keep up sometimes — especially now with the holidays barking at my heels. As a result, I have… Read more »