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In Burning Bright, the second book in the popular YA series, The Rise And Fall of Dani Truehart, teenage pop-singing sensation Dani Truehart jets around the globe on her first world tour. Grab a cuppa and check out some of the best things to see and do in London: The London Eye Located near the O2 arena where Dani is… Continue reading All Aboard! Dani Truehart’s World Tour Travelogue Part 1: London

If you met me on the street, I’d be the last person you would think who has a TikTok account. I’m not an influencer, young or remotely good at dancing and I hate being on camera.  But my books aren’t going to sell themselves and the short-form video platform is a great marketing tool for indie… Continue reading How TikTok Saved My Book: Young Adult Author, Michele Kwasniewski, Found Inspiration To Keep Writing The Final Novel In Her Trilogy

I know traveling seems like a crazy idea these days as we come out of the pandemic, but before we know it we’ll all be back to vacationing like the old days. In the second book in my popular young adult book series THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART, the main character Dani Truehart… Continue reading Pack Like A Pop Star – Travel ‘Must-Haves’ I Discovered While Writing My Popular Young Adult Book Series

One of the challenges I have while writing my debut young adult series, THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART, is telling an engaging and exciting story while not putting my character in age-inappropriate situations that parents will find objectionable. My series centers on a teenager who becomes a world famous singer. It’s a challenge… Continue reading When Writing Young Adult Novels, How Far Is Too Far? 

Summer might be drawing to a close on the calendar as children head back to school and bags of Halloween candy magically pop up on the endcaps of supermarkets aisles across the nation. But here in California, summer weather lasts a little longer than other parts of the world (curse you global warming!) and so… Continue reading What I’m Reading Right Now: This Young Adult Fiction Writer’s Top Reading Picks for Summer 2021 (Or What’s Left of it)

TikTok, BTS, coloring books, skinny jeans – so many things aimed at young people are  also big hits with adults.  The same goes with YA novels  - The Sun Is Also A Star, One Of Us Is Lying, The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games – adults around the world are reading these and many more books aimed at… Continue reading YA Novels Aren’t Just For Young Adults

By the time I started kicking around the idea around of writing a series about a teenage pop star, Britney Spears’ roller coaster of public scandals had come and gone and she already had settled into her conservatorship.  Back then mental health was only mentioned by the media in the most scandalous or ominous of terms.… Continue reading I Wrote a Young Adult Book About A 15-Year-Old Pop Star Who Went Viral. Here’s How I Feel About #FREEBRITNEY

Fresh off the debut of her EP, sixteen-year-old Dani Truehart is flying high on a string of number one hits.  After locking down her first full-length album in record time and furiously preparing for her world tour, Dani is torn between leaving her loved ones behind and embracing her burgeoning stardom. Dani’s fame and fortune,… Continue reading Introducing BURNING BRIGHT, The Second Title In The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart YA Book Series