Stand Alone published in Spanish (Por Mí Misma)
My first foreign-language translation is now out! Thanks to translator María Florencia Lavorato, you can now read Stand Alone in Spanish!
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Tattooed Teardrops Nominated for “In the Margins” Best Books for Teens Award
It’s all there in the title. In February, Ruby, Between the Cracks won the Top Ten Best Books for Teens In the Margins award, and now Tattooed Teardrops has been nominated as well! Can I saw how much I love the folks over there at Library Services for Youth in Custody? Between you and me, they may have asked for review copies of another book as well…
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Release of June & Justin!
June & Justin, the eagerly-awaited sequel to the award winning Ruby, Between the Cracks, is now available for purchase! It was on my production schedule for earlier in the year, but I need to remember how long it takes my beta readers and editors to review such a long book. (I have already updated my production schedule for book 3, Michelle, to take that into account…)
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Pre-release Excerpt from June and Justin
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, read the rules at A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along!
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I need your thoughts on these covers!
Okay, my friends, I need your thoughts on the three cover concepts for the novel I start next week. Young adult contemporary about a Cree girl.
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Preparing for Camp NaNo
Well, it is that time of year again! Yes, I know, I just finished running my own personal little NaNo in February (along with a few friends who joined me), but the real Camp NaNo runs in April, and I am getting ramped up for my next book. I have set up a private cabin for Camp NaNo this year so that I can invite friends to my cabin. Who wants to join me?
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Live Long and Prosper #leonardnimoy
I was saddened to hear this morning about the passing of Leonard Nimoy. I could spend hours telling you about his many qualities, many of which you already know, but I think the Times did a great job with this article.
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Ruby Between the Cracks Wins In the Margins Book Award
Way back in May, I received a request for copies of Ruby, Between the Cracks for consideration by the In the Margins Committee for their Best Books for Teens award. Then in August, I was excited to tell you that Ruby had been nominated for award. A week ago, I was over the moon to find out that Ruby won the award, landing a place in the top ten! I have had to wait to announce it, but the list was released today and I am free to spread it to the world.
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NaNo in February?
It’s sort of like Christmas in July; NaNoWriMo is just too much fun to only do once a year. Or, er, only three times per year… When I made my initial five-year plan for publishing, I decided that I would continue to write three new books per year (writing the first draft for Camp Nano in April, Camp Nano in July and NaNoWriMo in November) as well as working on finishing, rewriting, editing, and revising my backlist for publishing. It was a good plan. But my creative brain starts to itch during the long space between November and April, and my logical brain points out that I have a new writing project planned for Q2, Q3, and Q4, but nothing in Q1, which is rather unbalanced.