Interview: Leigh Talbert Moore

A few weeks ago, I was skiing in the mountains with my family, and I ordered up ROUGE by Leigh Talbert Moore on my Kindle to read over the ...

Themes That Call to You

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of participating in a Creativity Retreat with Susan Kaye Quinn, Rebecca Carlson, and Adam Heine. This...

The Spirit Game Film

I'm thrilled that I am now allowed to share this Behind-the-Scenes video about THE SPIRIT GAME, the short film based on my book WE HEAR ...

A Dream Contest for Middle Grade Writers

Martin Luther King dreamed of sweeping social reform. Some of us have smaller, more personal dreams, and for many of my blogging friends, it...

My First Book

Sometime people ask me how long I've been writing or what my first book was. Well, the answer is I've been writing -- or at least ma...

Interview with Sarah Fine

I've met a lot of writers through blogging, but one who continues to amaze me is Sarah Fine, author of SANCTUM (Amazon Children's Pu...

Me and First Drafts

It’s a love/hate relationship. I mean, there’s nothing like the exhilaration of completing a brand new chapter, and I’ve been known to stay ...

First Impressions: DEMONBORN

The final First Impressions post for the month of January comes from Lauren Ritz. This is the first page for D emon B orn , an adult fantasy...

First Impressions: TSAVO PRIDE

Our second submission for First Impressions comes from Laura Diamond. This is the first page of TSAVO PRIDE, a short story spin off to her Y...

First Impressions: KEEP AWAY

Woo Hoo! Welcome to 2013 everybody! I’m awfully glad the world didn’t end in 2012! There's all kinds of great stuff happening this year....