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Exclusive cover reveal + first chapter up on Entertainment Weekly!

I’m so excited to announce that STALKING JACK THE RIPPER’S cover has been exclusively revealed on Entertainment Weeklytoday!

That’s right…Entertainment Weekly. I’m still blown away by both that AND the gorgeous cover the art director came up with. I’ll be posting behind the scenes pictures from the photoshoot next week, but today is ALL about the beautiful final cover art.

If you’d like to see it and fangirl with me, please click on this link—

Read an excerpt fromStalking Jack the Ripper— exc...

Teaser Tuesday – Stalking Jack the Ripper; Ides of March Style

When we first read Shakespeare’sJulius Caesarin high school, one of the minor charactersI was IMMEDIATELY taken with was the soothsayer. He utters the cryptic line, “Beware the Ides of March,” and to this day I can’t help saying it in an overly dramatic/ominous tone.

It was such a small, but significant detail. And the creepy factor? My goodness. Having someone run up and saysomething awful is going down on a certain date really drums up a littleheart-poundingfear. Will Caesar heed his warnin...

STALKING JACK THE RIPPER made the 2016 BEA Buzz Panel!

We got the news a few weeks ago that STALKING JACK THE RIPPER had made this years BEA Buzz Panel, and it has been SUPER hard keeping this kind of secret from everyone. I think I might be living in a dream world and hope to never, ever wake up if that’s the case. A few titles from previous Buzz Panels include:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Room by Emma Donoghue

Everything...

Official summary + Title reveal + Giveaway!

Oh. My. Goodness. I’ve been DYING to share the new title with you. Luckily, today is that day! To make things even MORE AWESOME?! I also get to share the official summary.HUZZAH!

This much excitement obviously cannot be contained. In honor of these VERY EXCITING THINGS, I’m hosting the first ever giveaway for my book. (Details for the prize are at the end of the post.)

Now…without further ado, I present my brand new title.

OF BLOOD AND SHADOW is now called….

…..

STALKING JACK THE RIPPER

*toss...

Official release date + Teaser

Hello, lovely friends. The last few months have been a complete whirlwind of activity, and I’m sorry for being so neglectful. When my agent said to prepare for the accelerated timeline, she wasn’t kidding. BUT! I wouldn’t have it any other way. So far we’ve gone through edits and copyedits are coming at the end of the week, and cover art concepts just arrived, and interior page design flailing occurred, and the wonderful publicity team has a bunch of insanely cool events planned for the comin...

Girls Who Love Themselves.

this post is so well written and is something everyone should read. girls can be confident and strong and not apologize for seeing their strengths and standing on their own. hope you enjoy this as much as i did.

CLICK BOOM

A couple years ago, I had this relationship. I remember one particular night of it with blistering clarity: my dudefriend woke up to find me crying and shaking, my nails dug deepinto my palms. It was two or three in the morning. “Why am I like this?” I was saying.“Why am I...

dLb Holiday Giveaway!

Originally posted on dLb lifestyle:

maybe you’ve heard the exciting news and have stopped by our new location in Downtown Sweetwater, but we’ve moved into a larger and more amazing space! *tosses confetti and glitter*

we absolutely adore it and all the love we’ve gotten over it. thank you so much for your support. we are truly humbled and so darn grateful for your enthusiasm.

on top of our new store location, we’re also up for Boutique of the Year on Shoptiques.com! it’s been a VERY exciting...

5 words, 14 letters…I HAVE A BOOK DEAL!

“I can’t believe this is real life” has become my new mantra. If someone were to tell me three weeks ago that I’d be sharing this news with you, I’d think they were crazy. And clearly compulsive liars, and why the heck was I friends with such crazy compulsive liars?! I’d need to look into finding some decent friends…

I’m still shamefully ineloquent right now, so please forgive this rambling mess of emotions. This is a post I’ve been dreaming of, patiently waiting for five years (including que...

Query critique – YA commercial fiction

Hello, blog friends! It’s been a while since I’ve posted a query crit, so you’re in for a little treat today. Oh, and happy fall! Hope you all get to indulge in some pumpkin spiced goodness and read some creepy books. Have you seen Kim Liggett’s blurb for BLOOD AND SALT? (A super scary looking read that just came out September 22nd!) Yeah, you need to grab a latte, snuggle into your favorite sweater and read it.

Enough book-geeking out, here’s the query crit!

Original Query:

Dear [Agent],

Yas...

an ode to the precious and some gemma doyle fangirling

my latest book haul!

books are such magical things. we can open them and be transported to new worlds, new times, and new adventures. we can laugh and cry and shake our fists along with our favorite characters, and we can fall in love and have our hearts broken with them, too. my ya gothic horror is on submission right now, and i’m in the midst of researching and drafting out my latest project to keep from obsessively checking emails from my agent. i’m also binge-reading a bunch of books and...