Saracen Heart

I wish my news was exciting. It's a day job. I'm back to the daily grind. I'm determined to make this work/writing ...

Maupin House Last week a member of my SCBWI critique group sent out an email, wondering how to deal with the stress of submissions. I wr...

My manuscript, MIST OF KAVALA seems to be harboring a  village idiot. But don't we all need a little levity? The comic relief can ...

Josh Adams, Lisa Williams Kline and Betsey Thorpe at the Women's National Book Association Some days I'm social media savvy, be...

My critique partner is at it again with her new YA contemporary release. Check it out! A companion to The Truth About Faking (link)  (no...

  That rusty nail may look useless, but it's a helpful reminder of  opportunity cost - also known to many writers as the Stephen King m...

Grafting Trust Dream Promise I've found these three important manuscript components, once broken, can never be fully restored. B...

My total reads for 2012 image credit Looking back on 2012, I can say one thing: Thank goodness for Goodreads! I'd never be able ...

An M or an upside down W? Once upon a time, I fell in love with my villain... I wrote pages and pages from his perspective, and my wh...

NaNoWriMo YWP If you think writing a 50,000 word novel in a month is hard, try NaNoWriMo as a 6th grader. For homework! Granted, the g...

Minestrone Recently, I spent a week in manuscript therapy at  Your Best Book , surrounded by the brilliance of: Lorin Oberweger and B...

ROUGE via Leigh T. Moore Just look at that gorgeous cover! My critique partner, Leigh T. Moore , is doing it again. Her YA contemp, TH...

Elizabeth George Speare I'm in the Your Best Book writing workshop this week, where  Tracey Adams of Adams Literary  is discussing ...

Frankfurt Book Fair, 2008 What to blog? It's Friday afternoon (as I'm writing this) and I have NO IDEA! Duh! Read the news. S...

Coney Island Cyclone I'm fresh off the roller coaster that was the SCBWI Carolinas conference. I have a few things to say. 1) Go...

LeighTMoore Lots of bloggers know Leigh T Moore  , but I'm sure many don't. She's a great asset to the writer's bloggi...

Route 27 This is my route back to a regular writing schedule, because the 27th is the first day of school for the boys. (Cheesy, I know,...

www.WriteOnCon.com I'm over in the forums at WriteOnCon today. The schedule this year is chock full of YA information. Ninja Agen...

Fermata I used this F word in a yahoo writing group and it caused an uproar. Apparently, I've stumbled upon something interesting an...

The Raven Boys I noticed a lot of the good books I've read lately have really, really long titles- with acronym aliases. The Girl o...