Yeah, Meredith Grey might be a little crazy, but when I’m on submission, I get how she feels: Up until a few months ago, the last time I went out on wide submission (to multiple editors) was back in April 2008 for Saving Maddie. For four months, my phone was my best friend. Where ever… Read more »
Saving Maddie
The Saving Maddie Blog Tour, Day 5
For the final stop on the Saving Maddie Blog Tour, I’m hanging with Edi at Crazy Quilts. A few excerpts: “Also, my characters feel like my children at times—I don’t want all of these bad things to happen to them. I want someone to swoop in set them on the right path (I especially felt… Read more »
The Saving Maddie Blog Tour, Day 4
For today’s stop on the Saving Maddie Blog Tour, I’m hanging with Melissa at Book Nut, where I say things such as: “And while Saving Maddie isn’t an autobiographical story, I very much felt like Joshua when I was a teenager—I felt like everyone was trying to force me to be this two-dimensional person. I… Read more »
The Saving Maddie Blog Tour, Day 3
Today, I’m at Gwenda Bond’s Shaken and Stirred, where I’m talking about the writing process for Saving Maddie. A few excerpts: “There was only one thing I knew when I started working on this book—that it would be from a male’s POV.” and “There were some things I did right in the manuscript, but there… Read more »
The Saving Maddie Blog Tour, Day 2
For today’s stop on the Saving Maddie Blog Tour, I’m at Reading in Color, where I’m talking about the Saving Maddie Playlist. Here’s an excerpt: “As this book is all about love (and lust), many of the songs on my playlist are love songs—though I wouldn’t consider them happy love songs. Like Joshua and Maddie’s… Read more »
The Saving Maddie Blog Tour, Day 1
For my first stop on the Saving Maddie Blog Tour, I’m hanging with Melodye Shore in The Authors’ Tent. Here are a few snippets of the interview: “At the beginning of the novel, both Joshua and Madeline’s actions encourage others to see them in very confined, two-dimensional ways. It isn’t until we see Joshua and… Read more »
The Saving Maddie Blog Tour
In just a few days, my third novel, SAVING MADDIE hits stores. To celebrate, I’ll be at five great blogs next week: Monday: I’ll be discussing religion, stereotypes and cover art with Melodye Shore in The Author’s Tent. Tuesday: I’ll be debuting the Saving Maddie Playlist at Reading in Color with Ari. (This is also… Read more »
Kirkus, Covers, and Giveaways
So last Saturday, I saw that Saving Maddie had been reviewed by Kirkus. I waited patiently–waited for my editor to send me a copy, waited for the review to be posted on B&N (PW and SLJ are already there), waited for the issue to be available via the online journal database at my university. On… Read more »
Finally
An updated Saving Maddie page, including review blurbs, my thoughts on the book and…Chapter 1!
Playing Catch-up
It’s been a busy month. In addition to the usual (including, among other things, writing a new book) I’m also teaching a course on children’s literature at a small liberal arts university here in Austin. So far, the class has been great—I love my students, I love talking about books, I love it all, period… Read more »