Cover Reveal + Giveaway!

I’m giving away an ARC of BLOOD ROSE REBELLION over at Mundie Moms, as part of my cover reveal for my debut! Guys, I am so excited for this book–this is a dream that has taken years, and the cover reveal makes it that much more real. I love what Knopf has...

ARCs are coming!

My lovely editor (Michelle Frey) and her lovely assistant Marisa DiNovis sent me a copy of the ARC for BLOOD ROSE REBELLION. In a convoluted turn of events, I’m stuck 3 hours away from home waiting on a car part (don’t worry–it’s not too...

RT Booklovers Convention

This past week was my first time attending the RT Booklovers Convention–this year held in Las Vegas, NV. I’d heard that the convention was a great place to meet writers and readers–and that proved to be true. What no one warned me about was how...

A retrospective on 2015

Sometimes in publishing I think it’s easy to look at how far you are from others, how far you might be from your own goals, and forget to appreciate how far it is that you’ve come. I know I’m often guilty of that. So I’m grateful for a little...

Strong female heroes

A lot has already been written about the importance of strong women in fiction, particularly in young adult fiction. I don’t mean to add to that–I think it’s a given that as we read we want to see characters like ourselves, who are a mix of strength...

YA Historical Fantasy: 2016 Debuts

One of the best parts of being a debut author is getting to meet lots of other new authors. I’m much more attuned to the new books coming out than I have been in the past, and I have to say that the next year or so promises to be a banner year for books in...