bullying

FAULTLINES excerpt

I’ve had one brand new book, one short story, and two reissues out within the past several months with two more reissues and a brand new book (Fangdemonium, the 5th and final novel in the Vamped series) coming soon. With all of that and my already more than full-time job as an agent, I haven’tContinue reading “FAULTLINES excerpt”

Release week!

I must have started today’s blog a dozen times, because it’s difficult to think of much else right now beyond concern over the direction our country is headed. (For the record, I’m choosing activism over acceptance. For those like-minded, I’m happy to supply this link of “pro-women, pro-immigrant, pro-Earth, anti-bigotry organizations” you might consider supporting.)Continue reading “Release week!”

Victimization

I was planning to write a post on victim-blaming and shaming some time soon because of what’s going on in the world and because they’re issues at the forefront of my mind and my upcoming novel. I wasn’t planning to write that post today. Until I saw the piece on MSN this morning about commentsContinue reading “Victimization”

Brace yourselves…my blog post today is about neither books nor travel. It’s about bullying. Far too many really good kids I know are getting beaten down and bullied and the schools are not getting a handle on it. Zero tolerance policy is a fallacy. But I don’t blame the schools entirely. Mostly, I blame theContinue reading “Bullying”

Dear Bully

DEAR BULLY: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones HarperTeen Trade Paperback September 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0062060983 I can barely even talk about this wonderful anthology and the terrible events that sparked it without a tear in my eyes. I’m touched and amazed by the generosity of the contributors, whoContinue reading “Dear Bully”