When is it YA?

I promised my friends at the Colorado Gold Conference this past weekend that I would post my presentation on When is it YA? on my blog, and I’m keeping that promise here.  Some of this may be a bit familiar, since I’ve written on the subject before, but there’s new here as well. So, whenContinue reading “When is it YA?”

Author Translations and Post on Sexism and Bias

Tomorrow I hope to be posting a write up and some fabulous pictures from my trip to Sydney, Australia, first for the Romance Writers of Australia Conference (which was wonderful!) and then from my sightseeing (amazing!). Today, I’m over at Magical Words with a post “It’s a boy thing…” on sexism, bias, fiction and frustration.Continue reading “Author Translations and Post on Sexism and Bias”

Two new vlogs

Hey, all!  I’ve been quiet for awhile because I’ve been crazy busy (all to the good).  Trying to make up for it today with TWO new vlogs, one a video interview the awesome Jean Marie Ward did with me for Buzzy Magazine. The other is Amy Christine Parker’s and my latest YA Rebels video.  InContinue reading “Two new vlogs”

YA Rebels interview with Alethea Kontis

You all may know Alethea Kontis already (or Princess Alethea as she’s sometimes called).  If not, I don’t know what you’re waiting for.  She and her books are just lovely, and the author herself is the very definition of gracious!  But you don’t have to take my word for it.  You can see for yourselfContinue reading “YA Rebels interview with Alethea Kontis”

Lotsa Sandboxes by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Today on my blog, the superlative…wait, no…the stupendous…no, no, that’s not quite it either…the, well THE Keith R.A. DeCandido, author of everything from the Serenity novelization to tie-ins for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Resident Evil, Spider-Man, etc. to original fiction, like his newly released SCPD: The Case of the Claw.  He’s talking today aboutContinue reading “Lotsa Sandboxes by Keith R.A. DeCandido”

Girlfriends Cyber Circuit presents Laurie Faria Stolarz

I’m over at Magical Words today talking about “The Writer’s Journey.” Over here I want to wish my Girlfriends Cyber Circuit sister Laurie Faria Stolarz a happy belated book birthday for DEADLY LITTLE VOICES! DEADLY LITTLE VOICES ISBN-13: 9781423131618   Disney/Hyperion Books for Children   Synopsis: Camelia Hammond thought her powers of psychometry gave herContinue reading “Girlfriends Cyber Circuit presents Laurie Faria Stolarz”