Today is the Kick-Ass Girls of YA Blog Hop, where we’re talking about pretty much anything involving strong female characters in young adult books. But strength doesn’t always look alike. And strength isn’t the absence of flaws (perfect characters are boring). In my 1918 mystery, I have two awesome girls who demonstrate two different kinds of strength. They’re so different… Read more →
New Series Starter: The Orchid Caper, Now on Pre-order
Everyone says you’d have to be bonkers to write more than one series at a time. You’ve just split your writing time, your marketing time and dollars. And while some fans will come over from the previous series, especially if you’ve changed genres, you’re sort of starting over. Well, I’m just that bonkers. Introducing The Orchid Caper, a humorous upper-YA… Read more →
Snag Some Discounted Ebooks–Historical Fiction and Nonfiction
Hey, guys. Just a heads up that the The Poison in All of Us and You Can Love Writing are each featured in one of Ryn Shell’s Mid-Month (14th and 15th) book promotions. It’s a great chance to check out new authors with discounted or free ebooks. There’s the historical fiction promotion: And a nonfiction promotion, highlighting books on writing… Read more →
The Golden Snitch–A Doodle
Just a quick picture post this Monday. This week’s theme for the 52-Week Illustration Challenge was “Ode to Favorite Children’s Book.” Like a lot of folks–especially those of us in our preteens or teens when the first book came out–the Harry Potter series was a big influence for me. I even stood in a few midnight release lines. Kids actually… Read more →
Marches, Tornadoes, and Seadragons
It’s been a heck of a weekend. It started off with some fantastic marches all around the world, some so big, they couldn’t even move. I wished hard I could have been there, but I’m pregnant. While everything went smoothly, you never know what could happen with huge crowds like that. It would be one thing for me to take… Read more →
Art Markers and Feathers
This week’s theme was feathered animals. This was also the week in which my Prismacolor art markers came in the mail. Hooray for starting a new medium! Much as I love watercolors, I’ve been wanting to try art markers for a while and I find them much more convenient for life with a toddler who interrupts me a lot, as… Read more →
Join us and make art!
Hi, there! I haven’t used this blog much, but for 2017, I’m making it a goal to post regularly. For a long time, I enjoyed podcasting as the regular stuff I put out into the world, but as a work-at-home mother of a toddler (soon to be a toddler and a newborn!), finding time to record, i.e. getting the house… Read more →
New Year, New Reads, 99 cent Books
Hi, everybody! Thanks for stopping by on the New Year, New Reads blog hop. There’s a lot of great books available for 99 cents to celebrate New Year’s and mine is one of them. If you like mystery, an adventure in the past, and teen girl protagonists who don’t let things get them down, The Poison in All of Us… Read more →
Book Release: The Poison in All of Us
Publication day has come at last! My YA historical mystery novella and the start of a new series is now available in ebook from Amazon, print availability to follow. Check it out and dive into the world of December 1918, in a small town full of suffragists, do-gooders, lawbreakers, doomsday preppers, a heroine who doesn’t know when to keep her… Read more →
YA Novella: Cover and Preorder Now Available!
At last I can share the cover for my young adult historical mystery novella, the Poison in All of Us. And the ebook is now up on Amazon for preorders. The book will be released on November 17th, so if you preorder now, it will download to your device then. Without further ado…. Tada! And you can find it on… Read more →