A Blue So Dark | A Blue So Dark
Jan.25.2013
When I got my master’s, my mom invited me to stay home and devote full-time attention to my writing. It was my lifelong dream, after all—she offered me a roof, rent-free, and all the time I needed to get started. (Very ROOM OF ONE’S OWN, I know…)
I cleaned out the guest bedroom, turning...
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Mar.07.2012
We all use that word often, as writers—luck. We use it because so much is out of our hands. Because it always feels—especially during the submission process—that it takes a certain amount of luck to get a writing career off the ground.
I suppose, if anyone was ever going to say they were unlucky,...
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Jan.31.2012
My first interview (and don't miss the giveaway at the very end!) in this series is Holly Schindler, Young Adult author (author of Young Adult novels, that is--Holly herself is grown) of A BLUE SO DARK and PLAYING HURT. It's been wonderful to watch her career blossom. Which I have. From a...
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Nov.22.2011
This year, I'm just really into the Thanksgiving vibe. For those of you who follow my MG and YA author blogs, you know that both are featuring "gratitude" as the theme of the month.
Gratitude, it seems, is a little like these flowers I just found in my front yard—at this time of year, my yard's a...
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Jul.07.2011
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t writing, and I can’t think of a moment growing up when I didn’t dream of being a full-time author. I just always imagined myself making money doing the one thing I loved more than any…
But I never imagined, in all those years of dreaming, that I’d ever have...
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Jun.03.2011
Let’s face it—about, oh, halfway through the process of writing a book, when the glow of the “ah-ha!” moment of inspiration has long since died, and you’ve introduced so many subplots that you’ve begun to doubt that you’ll ever be able to tie the threads back together at the end, writing a novel...
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Jan.26.2011
Let’s face it—takes cantaloupe-sized cojones to read reviews of your own book. Blog reviews, that is—which can be far more brutal in terms of honesty than a review from a trade publication. Sure, some are more diplomatic than others, but for the most part, bloggers give guttural reactions to...
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