Hey, book friends! I hope you guys had an amazing weekend 🙂 The week ahead is full of Christmas hustle and bustle for me, and I’ve loved seeing all of your beautiful holiday-themed posts on Instagram. I wanted to give you guys a little story gift, too. I had such a great time putting together …
Time for book cover magic! If you missed the last video, I gave a tour of my desk and talked about how I write novels (even while I’m working a full time job. Whew!). Today’s video–making the book cover as awesome as the shapeshifter story inside! If you like watching me draw this book cover, …
Finn was really cute and I love the name, too! —@lifeofpages_ Yes! I was so happy to see this comment in a reader’s review of Murmur. Good names are so important, don’t you agree? (Also, geez—I can only imagine what it’s like to name a real-life baby. So much brainstorming.) Here’s the low-down on how I …
Where did you get the inspiration for the Murmur books? A reader sent in the question above, and I think it’s an especially awesome question for fantasy fiction books. Where do all of these pieces come from? For me, I think the ideas for the Wildheart books draw from a couple of wells of inspiration: …
Hello, bookish friends! NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is still going strong, but maybe you’re feeling not-so-strong as you’re tying to tackle your writing for the day. Even if you have kickass characters, a cool setting, and some rad ideas in mind, it’s still very possible to start things up, get about 23 pages in, …
Hey, bookish friends! I haven’t posted a ton about myself on here yet, so here are five things about me : ) I have a dog named Rally — he is such a cuddle buddy! He’s almost 100 lbs., but he’s totally up for living the lap dog life if you let him. I …