It’s April! It’s the month my book (finally) comes out! It’s the month Winter will (hopefully) stop being a jerk and let Spring finally have her moment! I’m super busy these days (surprise, surprise). So much so, that I’m a little amazed I’m still able to string together coherent sentences and even more amazed at...Continue Reading
Two years today, TAKEN sold to HarperTeen. Two weeks from tomorrow, it will finally be on shelves. Putting a book into the world takes not only many months, but many people, and I can sense a long-winded thank you post in the near future. But until then, I want to kick off Taken with TAKEN, a...Continue Reading
A while back I pulled aside the publishing curtain to discuss the process of revising under contract. That “After the Editorial Letter” post ended with Step 4, Copy Edits, or, as I like to call it, The last step where your book still looks like a word doc. Today we’ll take a peek at what happens next…...Continue Reading
Upfront, I want to say thank you for the support many of you have shown TAKEN so far. We’re less than a month to pub now, and all the tweets, blog comments, early reviews, and general levels of enthusiasm have been so, so amazing. You guys all rock. That said, I realize there are a...Continue Reading