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Bookish names THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY “Must-Read YA for Spring”

Bookish, the book recommendation engine launched byHachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster (none of whom are my publisher) today listed THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY in their “Must Read YA for Spring” list subtitled “Immigration, Supervillains and Fairy Tales.” (I’m the immigration, peeps! Way to own the subtitle!). It’s an awesome […]

Three Things I Could Live Without This Week

Perhaps I’m just feeling extra cantankerous this morning, but I have a few things that are bugging me more than usual. In no particular order, here they are, the Three Things I Could Live Without This Week: 1. Articles with the title, “His Sad Final Days.” Whenever there is a drug-related celebrity death, you can […]

The joys of dissatisfaction

A month from today, my biggest life goal will be realized: I will be the author of a book in stores and libraries and in the hands of readers. The journey has been magical and improbable. And it’s just one calendar sheet away. I have been careful to mark the joys of it, often here […]

Upcoming events

The other day I went to visit my website and the browser just sat there, spinning its wheels, taking forever to load the site. I ran a quick site speed test, which let me know that a bunch of things were slowing down my site. One of the chief issues was the WordPress calendar plugin […]

Reader Reviews

Writing is a predominantly solitary activity. You sit in front of your screen, spinning words and thoughts, and wonder if they touch anyone but you. The publishing world is not great for feedback either, because mostly what you hear about your writing is “no,” especially early on. That’s why starting to hear readers’ thoughts on […]

Publishers Weekly Review

In the “wow, this is really happening,” category of this whole experience, The Secret Side of Empty has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly! I was shopping for bedding in preparation for house guests when the Google News alert came in. Needless to say, the sheets had to wait a bit while I read the review. […]

Available on Kindle and Nook

If you’re not a paper-carrying type, you’re in luck! The Secret Side of Empty is now available for pre-order on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Pre-order today and your copy will be delivered to you instantly the day of the book’s release, March 11th. Now just a little over a month away! You’ll be […]

My Facebook movie

Facebook is like a boyfriend who is thoughtless and self-centered a lot of the time (my specialty) but then every once in a while does something so charming you just can’t leave him. Today Facebook did one of those charming things: it made me a movie. Oh, it wasn’t just me, of course. It made […]

Naughty things I can’t write about anymore

This morning I read a fascinating article about a certain thing that people did after the Super Bowl and I thought, “I have to write a piece about that!” It was so devilish and delicious that I started to compose the whole piece in my head. Then I thought, “I am a teen writer now. […]

The snowfall and reasons to not say you’re old

Yesterday, my New Jersey town (and surrounding areas) got blanketed by a gorgeous, sparkling snowfall. I watched it happily all day from the comfort of my living room. I cleared the steps a bit in the middle of the day, to no avail. Within a few minutes it was all white again. I decided to […]