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HELP WANTED

Posted on December 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Yup. I finally caved and admitted I am juggling way too many things to keep up with my social media . . . which is where YOU come in. Details are below, but basically I need a mini-me. And because I get many kids asking me if they can volunteer to do XYZ for school […]

Undertow Series Farewell Part 1

Posted on March 8, 2018 1 Comment

I’m posting a series of YouTube videos about the Undertow series. Below is the first one. Enjoy!

Writing Tips from the Trenches

Posted on December 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

Writing Tips from the Trenches Recently, I was asked how I write my characters and what is the trick I use that makes them “live beyond the book.” Honestly, I kinda got stumped when the question was asked of me. At first I wanted to blurt out, “Uh, I’ve no clue” and to be fair, […]

ELEVEN DAYS!

Posted on September 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

ELEVEN DAYS until Eila and the crew are back in action! Have you missed them? Wanna sneak peek? The prologue is HERE! Are you a reviewer? You can request an ARC HERE. New characters! New twists! New love affairs! A heart-stopping bad-dude and a fanged kidnapper with a donut truck! Blood bombs, flying desks, dangerous […]

Writing to Distraction

Posted on June 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

“I set a goal for myself everyday when I write – 10 pages a day – and it’s much harder because I’m too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it’s always on and it’s a real distraction. It’s a major distraction.” – R.L. Stine I’ll be honest: even at my […]

Hall High School’s Epic Student Storytellers

Posted on April 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

Dear World: This past week I was able to crash the party at Hall High School in West Hartford Connecticut for two days straight. If you are a parent reading this, and your child is suddenly writing until their fingers bleed and daydreaming on a whole new level, that’s probably my fault. Not only were […]

#IGAuthorLifeJan – Day 20 Currently Reading

Posted on January 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

#IGAuthorLifeJan – Day 20 Currently Reading I always have books piled on my nightstand and I’m usually in the processing of reading at least one all the time. I just finished Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, which I did enjoy, and I ordered the next book, Scarlet (I’m waiting for it to arrive at Titcombs Bookshop). I […]

#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 14 – National Vision Board Day

Posted on January 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 14 – National Vision Board Day I’d like to start this post by saying I had no clue what the Vision Board Day thing was. I actually thought is was like, a vision test. You know? Read the letters on the board a mile from ya? Yeah – I’m outta the loop, […]

#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 12 – TBT

Posted on January 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 12 TBT In the Summer of 2013, before Undertow even came out, I had the honor of working with some very talented Cape Cod teens – all of who looked like the characters from Undertow. They were bold enough and brave enough to be the faces of a book that had yet to […]