A blurb from Ellen Hopkins!
(or a note from a fangirl) “Ellen Hopkins blurbed my book! Ellen Hopkins blurbed my book!” It’s a song I’m singing, shouting. Don’t care if it turns into an earworm. Ellen Hopkins blurbed my book. I...
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Cover reveal!
So incredibly excited for the cover reveal of my YA debut, Freakboy! The designer, Colleen Venable, is a genius! She managed to highlight so many of the book’s key moments in such a brilliant,...
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I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand those little posts that go around Facebook. You know the ones I mean. “A mother is the one who will love you even when your house is a mess and your sweatpants...
View ArticleLoving Life, and the Shout Out!
Today is an excellent day! I had a mango for breakfast, my dog didn’t bite me, and I received confirmation that I’m going to get to present at SCBWI LA this summer. Oh, and I got a huge shout out in...
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I went to Graceland! Not the one where you can see legions of fans poking around the grounds to see if maybe Elvis Presley is still alive and disguised as a groundskeeper – I went to the...
View ArticleIn Which I am Guest Poet at Gotta Book
One of the most fun things about getting involved in just about any community is getting to know other people who share your interests. Unless it’s a community with a one sided interest like say… a...
View ArticleIn Which I Talk Verse Writing (in a silly way) at Mac Teen
Check out the blog post I wrote for Mac Teen Kids. It’s about the knock down, drag out fight I had with Verse. Read it to see who won....
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There are a few things that make me shake my fist at the radio, or at my computer screen if I happen to be reading news online. I know it looks stupid, but outrage overcomes decorum at certain times....
View ArticleNew Post at Mac Teen Books
I admit to being challenged when it comes to blogging on my site consistently. Good thing the people at Macmillan give me deadlines and such; check out my latest post for them!...
View ArticleSomething pretty SWELL – First Trans High School Homecoming Queen
Go Marina High School!
View ArticleIn Which Ellen Hopkins and I Discuss the Torture of Revising in Verse
I realize I am an inconsistent blogger, and I’d like to say that it’s because I’m too busy, ya know… writing books. The great thing about having chatted with Ellen Hopkins for School Library Journal is...
View ArticleIn Which I Reveal Five Things I Learned While Writing Freakboy
Many, many thanks to Malindo Lo for letting me drop by Diversity in YA http://tmblr.co/ZX8F1tzf5Ujj
View ArticleIn Which I Present 5 Tips for Writing Outside Your Own Cisgender Experience
Recently at a writer’s conference I spoke about Social Justice and Diversity in writing for YA. Considering that I was addressing a room full of individuals, mostly white, mostly straight, and I’d...
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