December 10, 20150Comments

Plot lesson now available

The fourth installment of my Creative Writing Workshop is up on Teachers Pay Teachers. Lesson four is about plot. What drives a plot and keeps the reader engaged? Students...

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December 1, 20150Comments

Third Creative Writing Lesson Plan Up

And the third lesson plan from my Story Writing Workshop is now available at Teachers Pay Teachers. Lesson three is about characterization. Students learn the tips and tricks...

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November 10, 20150Comments

Second Creative Writing Lesson Plan Is Up

This past July, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded on them for other teachers to...

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October 27, 20150Comments

Free Lesson Plans From My Summer Creative Writing Camp

This past July, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great stories! After the camp, I...

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October 26, 20150Comments

How I Came to Write Midnight Thief

Midnight Thief is Tome Society’s November book of the month, and I made an introductory video for their blog. In it, I talk about how I came to write Midnight Thief, as...

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October 1, 20150Comments

YA Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material...

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September 10, 20150Comments

MIDNIGHT THIEF is 99 cents. Spread the word to win prizes!

Daughter of Dusk, the sequel to Midnight Thief, launched on August 4th. A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who’s taken the time to read and share Kyra’s...

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August 10, 20150Comments

Calling All Bloggers, Booktubers, Instagrammers, Tumblrs

Update 8/14/15: And the winners are…. Emily from Bibliobibuli wins the signed and annotated copy of Poison Dance. Frannie from Instagram wins the signed and annotated...

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June 15, 20150Comments

Preorder DAUGHTER OF DUSK for swag and a free POISON DANCE paperback!

Daughter of Dusk, the sequel to my YA fantasy Midnight Thief, launches on August 4, 2015! If you’re familiar with the book industry, then you probably know that...

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April 28, 20150Comments

The Quest for Queena Auction

There’s a great charity auction going on right now that I’m happy to be part of. Reposted from NA Alley: Back in 2008, Queena was a vibrant eighteen-year-old with...

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