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Dani's Journey Around The World Started With the Click Of A Mouse... When I began to write the second book in my YA series, THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART I felt a little bit like a fish out of water. After all, I’d spent seven years writing my first book, RISNG STAR.  I’d become… Continue reading How I Researched Relatable World Tour Stops for My Popular Young Adult Fiction Book About A Rising Pop Star

Summers provide a special challenge as a parent.  I want to spend as much time as I can with our son, soaking up every minute of fun and freedom as I can because, let’s face it, in a few years he isn’t going to want to hang with his mom at the beach.  And rightfully so -… Continue reading The YA Author’s Summer Juggle: Writing and Water Balloon Fights

Today I’m taking a day off from blogging.  It is our son’s tenth birthday and we’re out celebrating his first day as a double-digit kid! Being a mom is the best thing that has happened to me, next to meeting my husband.  It was a long struggle for us to become parents and while we both wish… Continue reading Happy Birthday!

“This is just what it is? Well, that sucks!” That was my reaction to a friend when she told me she’d read an interview of Harlan Coben, a prolific writer and New York Times best-selling author. Coben stated,  “I always think the insecurity is going to away, but it’s always there. Only bad writers think they’re… Continue reading When Does This Young Adult Fiction Writing Thing Get Easier?

It might just be one of the least offensive pick-up lines out there, but it also happens to where I am with the last book in my YA series.  Currently I’m getting to know a new character and it’s a fun, but time consuming task. Creating a character involves building a backstory and more often than… Continue reading Tell Me A Little About Yourself… Getting To Know My New Young Adult Fiction Character

Like most sports fans, athletes, gamblers or anyone else who is pushing for a certain outcome, I think most writers are a little superstitious.  Many of us have a routine or certain things we do that we feel, based on no factual evidence whatsoever, help us succeed while we write. A favorite pair of sweatpants, a… Continue reading The Very Superstitious, Secret Lives of Authors

Even though it was chilly and gray for much of the holiday weekend where I live, summer has unofficially rolled into town.  Here’s a quick list of what I’m looking forward to Longer days–Living in California, we have no weather to speak of, only fire season and a smattering of earthquakes to break up our sunny… Continue reading Summer Is Around The Corner! What I’m Looking Forward To

May 25, 2021 - I received a letter from the Orange County, CA Library informing me that they are going to add RISING STAR to their system. Now readers across Orange County, CA have the opportunity to reach RISING STAR for free. I'm very grateful to the Orange County, CA Library system for adding the… Continue reading RISING STAR Will Soon Be Available in Libraries Across Orange County, CA

The past few months I’ve found myself down a rabbit hole of book marketing.  Do you know what I’ve discovered?  No matter how much marketing you do, there always is something more to be done – it’s never ending!  It’s like pouring water into a sandy hole you’ve dug at the beach…no amount of water seems to fill… Continue reading In The Vortex Of YA Book Marketing