You know Kami Garcia from BEAUTIFUL CREATURES and UNBREAKABLE. I’ll be forever grateful to her because she blurbed STARTERS long before she ever met me. This is a taste of her birthday party, hosted by her partner-in-crime, Margaret Stohl who also has her solo series beginning with the wonderful ICONS.Read More →
Found out today that STARTERS is in the 8th printing now and ENDERS is actually going into a second printing already! Thanks to you who made it happen, we’re all very grateful. That’s how happy I am! Copies in bookstores now will still be first printings of Enders. Anyone whoRead More →
A keynote address to motivated high school students who came out on a beautiful Saturday to learn about writing.Read More →
Many thanks to the lively bidders who went after my package which included a gift card to Once Upon A Time Bookstore. Congrats to the winner who helped us raise $300 for charity. Read More →
Starters was just published in Japan and author Miranda Kenneally (who wrote Catching Jordan) spotted it on in the bestseller’s section!Read More →
You might remember I participated in this last year and I’m doing it again. This auction benefits people of color by helping them get to attend conferences, where the numbers are sorely underrepresented. The emphasis is on SFF cons. I’ve donated a copy of Starters that includes Portrait of aRead More →
Something wonderful happened last week. In the midst of my disappointment at having to miss my east coast tour, a legendary author gave me an endorsement. Let me back up and explain. I am eligible to be nominated for the John Campbell Award for New Writer. This is an awardRead More →
This is the only free writing conference for high school students and I’ll be a keynote speaker! It happens Feb 22 in San Diego. There will be many talented authors and even agents there. All you have to do is email in your registration. Follow the link for all theRead More →
I don’t do these interactive Q&As often, even though I enjoy them, because they take away from the writing time. So this is the one for 2014. Come and ask a question and be automatically entered to win Starters and Enders and swag. US only. If it’s your firstRead More →
I posted photos of these free-standing mall posters in other cities but today I made it down to Irvine to document the poster here. It was huge and bright and perfectly placed. I wanted to just sit there and watch people look at it.Read More →
