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July 8, 2019

Summer in Gotham City!

Happy Summer! I hope you’re all having a great time. I’ve been in New York City since May and it’s been a blast. I got to meet some GREAT people at BEA, ALA, and ABA. I hope I didn’t infect any of them with the cold I picked up at BEA that is only just now going away.

Fortunately, I brought Allie Cat along and she has been a source of great comfort even though she clearly wants to go back to Florida where it is 100+ degrees, the preferred temperature for old cats.

I’m here for a few more wee...

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Published on July 08, 2019 09:09

May 10, 2019

BEA, Book Con, Bridal Boot Camp, And Royal Baby!

So much is going on that I don’t even know where to begin: New royal baby (in no way affects my life but: HOW CUTE)! New books! Book Cons! I guess I’ll just dive in….

So obviously we all know there’s a new royal baby, Prince Harry and Meghan’s son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. YAY for good news for a change!

OMG HOW CUTE

Next, I have new books coming out!

OMG HOW CUTE

The first debuts on May 24! Bridal Boot Camp is only a novella, and only available as a 99 cent e-book, but IMHO it’s...

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Published on May 10, 2019 11:24

February 16, 2019

Princess Diaries Rumor Control

So some rumors have been going around about a possible Third Unauthorized Bio Pic of Princess Mia’s Life (aka third Princess Diaries movie). “Is this really happening?” people like the Dowager Princess of Genovia keep asking me. As Princess Mia’s royal biographer, all I’m permitted to say is that a script has been written, the cast seems willing, and so does Disney and Debra Martin Chase, the same producer who spear-headed the first two films. But so many factors need to come togethe...
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Published on February 16, 2019 09:37

January 5, 2019

New Year, New Books

Happy New Year! I hope you got to spend some time during the holidays curled up with a book. I know I did…I was finishing two that will be out in 2019!

That’s right! I have a new full length novel coming out later this year (as well as Black Canary: Ignite, of course), and a cute little novella – both for adult readers. The stories are about completely different characters, but both take place in Little Bridge Island, Florida — a fictional town that’s SLIGHTLY based on the island on which I c...

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Published on January 05, 2019 10:53

December 3, 2018

Happy Holidays!

It’s that time of year again! If you’re thinking “the holidays,” you’re almost right . . . .

Throw in “deadlines” and you get 100%!

I’m busy finishing up the manuscripts for books I have coming out next year (more on those below) but ALSO finishing (okay, starting) my holiday shopping. How about you? Have you, like me, not even started your holiday shopping yet?

If so, allow me to help. Here’s a super easy and practically FREE gift idea for the book lovers in your life:

Send a self-addressed...

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Published on December 03, 2018 12:01

September 26, 2018

What I Did For My Summer Vacation

Hi! When you’re an adult you don’t really get summer vacation, or at least you don’t when you’re a writer, because you usually have a book due, as I did this summer . . . a book that I still haven’t quite finished. But it’s ALMOST done!

With luck, it will be out August 2019 . . . which I realize is before Black Canary: Ignite, my middle grade graphic novel, which will be out in October 2019.

I do have a title–and even a cover–for this new book, which is an adult contemporary, but I’m waiting...

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Published on September 26, 2018 08:27

September 10, 2018

9/11

This year is the seventeenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93.

Every year in remembrance I post this essay about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11.  I think that now more than ever it’s important we don’t allow the memories of those we lost (or the brave acts that so many men and women performed) on that day be forgotten.

So if you have a few extra minutes in your day, please r...

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Published on September 10, 2018 08:35

July 19, 2018

New Look, New Book!

Hi! If this isn’t your first time visiting my site, you might be noticing it’s got a new look! I decided to update things a little, and Janey, my longtime friend and site admin, plus her team, have done an AMAZING job.

(No, I didn’t do this all myself. I don’t even know how to do my own nails. I’d never try to design my own website!)

One of the reasons I wanted to give the site an update is because I’m going to be trying some new things creatively in the next few months/years. You already kno...

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Published on July 19, 2018 15:57

June 18, 2018

Summer Events

Well, summer is here which means that SUMMER BOOK FESTIVAL/CONFERENCE SEASON IS HERE!

I’m lucky enough to have been asked to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans this week (where the guest of honor is Michelle Obama. I’m dying – DYING – of excitement).

Oh, but wait. What will I be promoting at #alaac18? Um, only my new graphic novel from DC Zoom, Black Canary: Ignite! Black Canary: Ignite won’t be out until October 2019, but this week at...
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Published on June 18, 2018 12:29

June 13, 2018

It’s Going To Get Better

So I wanted to take a break from our regularly scheduled programming of princesses and super heroines to talk about depression and suicide.

I know these aren’t the most pleasant topics to discuss, but I feel like there’s been a lot of judginess and disinformation floating around out there, and I want to see if I can to change that a little.

This is the only trigger warning you’re going to get on this post. Discussing suicide in a thoughtful way doesn’t trigger it, but if the subject is an esp...

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Published on June 13, 2018 12:42