It's been nearly a month since my last blog post and I have a very good reason for the long radio silence! I caught a bad case of summe...

  I did this post for Write on Com . Figured it would be worth sharing here also. Diversity in Writing Recently, I was part of a conve...

And I'm so behind! I have to post my trip to NYC and my Library of Congress event, but the summer has killed my brain and the posts are ...

Do you ever get something unexpectedly that chokes you up and makes you a bit weepy from happiness and absolute gratitude? I had that mom...

So my friend Renee sent me this GIF and I have been dying laughing over it for hours now! Also, as an FYI - this is the best and spiciest ra...

Warrior ARCs are here!!! They are so pretty! I can't believe that I'm holding book 2 already. I am in awe!

This has to be one of my absolute favorite video clips from a television talk show. I want Retta to live with me and be my best buddy. I w...

I originally had written this post for the lovely Lili over at Lili's Reflections for her blogoversary. But I thought it would be good ...

My two older children are quite musical. The oldest plays piano, guitar, violin and sings. Extremely talented. And my middle child plays pia...

When I do my diversity presentation for high schools, I open with this chart: It's an immediate attention grabber. Why? Because this...

So now that my exclusive cover reveal has gone up on YA Book Central, I can now share it on my own blog! But I also get to share with you...

Is not here. It's over at YA Book Central!!! Take a look and enter for a chance to win my ARC and my friend Megan Shepherd's ARC o...

I apologize for not blogging more frequently! It's been a crazy busy month! I had a fabulous time at the Gaithersburg Book Festival wi...

Tomorrow - Saturday, May 18th - is the Gaithersburg Book Festival! And I'm so proud to say that I'm going to be speaking there! I...

Ok so I blogged earlier this year about going to meet this awesome kids book club called the YOUNG CRITICS CLUB at the Perrot Memorial Lib...

Today I'm really happy to host my dear friend J.R. Johansson for the debut of her fantastic thriller INSOMNIA. I've read this book a...