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skinless Celebration–Part II Cover Reveal

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skinless Celebration–Luca’s Playlist

skinless: A Novel in Three Parts is coming soon (at the end of the month! #mccauleyculkinhomealoneface), and I am so excited for you to read part two. To help get you ready for it, I want to share some of … Continue reading →

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UtopYA or Bust (Giveaway!)

UtopYA Con, that nirvana for fans of fantasy and paranormal YA authored by women, is little more than a month away, and this year it’s going to be both absolutely heavenly and divinely sinful (hotties handing out statues at the … Continue reading →

Cover Flipping Out

So yesterday Maureen Johnson wrote an article about how common “gendered covers” are in the publishing industry. In an article for the Huffington Post, Johnson noted how frequently women authors are pressured to represent their writing in certain kinds of ways and—perhaps, even, to write about certain subject matters. Apparently—and this is news to me,... Read more.

Skinless: A Novel in Three Parts~Part 1 Drops Today!

Looking at Luca, who’s just saved my life, I can’t respond. No explanation I might offer will satisfy after all of the extraordinary things he’s just witnessed. —Ankh All I can say is when the girl I like looks at me with wide, freaked out eyes and then runs away, the only thing that I... Read more.

Win Interlopers for Your Entire Class!

The other day I received a picture from Mrs. Keys, a seventh grade teacher out in Los Angeles California, whose class is reading my second novel Posers right now. That’s them below… Read More →

Skin Deep

Yesterday, on Twitter, I happened upon Kheryn Casey’s blog via a link posted by Karen Sandler, who has visited me here before. Of course, this is a topic that has always been a… Read More →

5 Simple Rules for Writing YA for People of Color (Part II) + Giveaway!

So yesterday, I gave the first two rules of my 5 Simple Rules and if you haven’t read that yet, you should start here. No, really, otherwise the whole effect is ruined. … Read More →

5 Simple Rules for Writing YA for People of Color (Part I)

So I have been writing YA for almost four years now, and Interlopers, my first book, has been available since late 2010. What that means is that I am still new to the… Read More →