Thoughts on becoming a YA author, part 1

As we slowly approach the Sept. 13 release of After Obsession, the book co-written with the awesome Carrie Jones, I'm seeing an increase in hits to my Web site and am getting a few messages from new readers. This is great. Mostly.

I've looked forward to this, believing that readers who like After Obsession will want to read more of my books, so sales of my werewolf books will pick up. But I'm not so sure that's a good thing. Keep in mind that I was a teenager during the splatterpunk movement i...