Water Wars: Interview with Cameron Stracher

Last week I saw an online preview of Sourcebooks' new fall catalog, and when I spotted Water Wars by Cameron Stracher, my first thought ...

Vlog: The Haverford Dead Book Duo

This past Saturday, I was honored to attend a book event at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA with Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, author...

A Special Thank You

I almost forgot that next Saturday is the official release date of We Hear the Dead ! How could I possibly forget, you ask? Maybe it’s beca...

Interview with Helen Ellis

Helen Ellis, author of The Turning: What Curiosity Kills , is my very first guest blogger ever! I recently met Helen at the Sourcebooks Fir...

What a Shindig!

The Sourcebooks Fire and Jabberwocky teams really know how to throw a party! Books of Wonder was packed from wall to wall! Teen Beat was aw...

Party at Books of Wonder, NYC

I can’t believe it’s almost here – the big Sourcebooks Launch Party at Books of Wonder in New York City! Even more unbelievable is that I g...

Teen Fire and YALitchat

A couple months ago, if you’d asked me what a Ning Network was, I probably would have guessed it was a cell phone service. In fact, Ning cr...

Dianne Gets Social

Okay, the photo to the right is a picture of my ARCs of We Hear the Dead . Aren’t they pretty? They don’t have a whole lot to do with this ...

Process Writing Mirrors Publication

Anyone who is a teacher will be familiar with Process Writing as taught in the classroom. It consists of steps labeled Pre-Writing, Drafting...

The Role of an Editor

I wonder if authors appreciate their editors enough. Writing is a very personal thing, and, especially in fiction, the characters and event...

Optimism in a New Decade

All in all, I'd have to say that 2009 was a good year for me. My short story "Necromancer" was published in the first volume...