Today is the release day for WARRIOR, the second book in the Prophecy Series. It's been an amazing year seeing Prophecy published and no...

Today I get to share with you the cutest little goblin drawing I've ever seen! This is 14 year old Sharon's illustration of Gom from...

I've said it before and I'll say it forever, the best part of being an author is FANART!!! This beautiful rendition of Nara, my ku...

The fantastic team at HarperTeen did this beautiful social media graphic for the release of Warrior! If you like it, feel free to use it t...

I did this for the Helping Hands post we did for the Friday the Thirteeners blog post. Go take a look at some very helpful and handy advice...

How did time fly so fast? Just yesterday school was starting and the day before that it was summer time. How can it possibly be December alr...

Hi everyone! So I've not been blogging for a while because I am lame. And I'm going to be even lamer and recycle a blog post I did f...

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...