Category Archives: Writing

Books: A Love Letter

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

I’m going to put on my serious hat today, which is a hat I do not often wear. It’s very dusty and has no googly eyes (not even one!). Oh, I’ll take it off and replace it with a sombrero … Continue reading →

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Book Three, In Index Card Form

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

And laid out across my dining room table. That’s chapter by chapter, scene by scene. Of course, five minutes after this was taken it was no longer accurate, as I’ve been cutting and pasting and taping and stapling and deleting … Continue reading →

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Interview with the Agent: Tina Wexler of ICM

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Back in the days of endless research into how write a query letter, how to get an agent, how not to snap and become an axe murderer on the road to publication, etc., I read a lot about how your … Continue reading →

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Interview with the Editor: Julie Tibbott of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

It may shock you to learn this, but I am not in fact sitting in a warehouse somewhere, painstakingly writing each and every copy of Croak by hand. There is a whole team of people who have got my back, … Continue reading →

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Craptitude: a perfectly cromulent word

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

I’m currently in the middle of copyedits for Book 2, Scorch. Much to my absolute delight, they arrived with a style sheet, which is basically a big list of the made-up words, titles, and general nonsense that maniacally spewed forth … Continue reading →

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Writesgiving

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Look, I’m obviously thankful for family, friends, my catfighting cats, the wonderful people and humbling fortune I’ve met in this burgeoning writing career, and cheeseballs. But what about the unsung heroes that I couldn’t have put two words together without? … Continue reading →

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