In the midst of working on a new manuscript, I suddenly found myself asking a question that SHOULD have had an obvious answer—especially because the story I am telling involves manipulation, crime, even murder: WHO IS
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KEEP ON WRITING. AND KEEP ON SMILING!

Elana Johnson is a writer, teacher, tech wiz, and publishing pro extraordinaire. Today we celebrate her latest traditionally-published romance, UNTIL SUMMER ENDS, but Elana has written YA fiction (dystopians, verse novels, romances) for publishers large and

SATURDAY, May 14, 2016 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Woodinville Library 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA The next class in this FREE writing workshop series, taught by the dynamic dynamo Martha Brockenbrough, is… The Writing Business Grammarian extraordinaire,

As I look toward the end of April, my stomach starts to clench. I realize that the school year will soon be over and my big plan to finish this manuscript draft befor esummer break has

I don’t check my author email enough. Due to my techno-incompetence, I’ve got it set up in such a way that there are several steps to reviewing new correspondence. But I try. And once in awhile–sometimes

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Woodinville Library, 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA The next class in this FREE writing workshop series will be taught by the ever-charming, ever-crafty and incredibly talented Holly Cupala Here’s what she’ll

As part of the fantastic Seattle Writes Program, I’ll be teaching a FREE CLASS entitled Find an Agent and Submit Your Work: The Art of the Query and the Synopsis at Seattle Public Library’s West Seattle Branch.

It’s been in print less than two weeks and Cat Winters‘ latest, THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY, has already been named a Junior Library Guild Selection and amassed an impressive collection of starred reviews. So, I

Gretchen’s latest foray into horror, RELIC, was released just last week. And, though she’s a master of scary storytelling, the uber-talented Gretchen will celebrate the release of her first YA contemporary this spring with I’M NOT