Posted Nov 15 2012 in book club, Book Hungry, David Javerbaum, God, The Last Testament, What I'm Reading
1 In an ironic twist of fate, I bought this book while at the Huntington Book Revue waiting for my own book launch party to start. My son handed it to me and I started leafing through pages, giggling at some of the text… a great way to manage those public speaking nerves. 2 Written […]
Read More...Posted Nov 1 2012
Sorry for the radio silence but the hurricane interrupted services for a while here. The Goodreads Giveaway is now over and I wanted to congratulate Karla-Melissa De la Cruz and Amber Arnett — your signed copies of SEND will be in the mail tomorrow. I really hope you enjoy my book. To all others, sorry […]
Read More...Posted Oct 28 2012
All, The Goodreads giveaway ends in a few days but I wanted to take this opportunity to advise all readers that Hurricane Sandy is heading my way and to be patient if you don’t hear from me immediately. We’re expected to be without power for days at a time. I’ll do my best to get […]
Read More...Posted Sep 19 2012 in author, Miscellany, Patty Blount, suicide, teens, YA
The lovely Joy Preble – also a Sourcebooks author! — has invited me to take over her blog. Come on over and say hi!
Read More...Posted Sep 17 2012 in Miscellany
I learned I’m not a very good friend this weekend. I like to think I’m a nice person – a good person – someone who knows what’s right and what’s wrong and does her best to stay on the right side of the line. I’m sure I’m not alone. I imagine everyone thinks this way about […]
Read More...Posted Sep 6 2012 in Miscellany
My friend, Denise Grover Swank, author of the fantastic CHOSEN series and other incredible novels, interviewed me on her blog. Hope you’ll check it out!
Read More...Posted Aug 23 2012 in bullying, cyber-bullying, Kristen Stewart, Patty Blount, Robert Pattinson, teens, trampire, Will Ferrell
A few weeks ago, Kristen Stewart released a public apology to her boyfriend of three years, Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, for apparently cheating on him with a much older and married man. This unleashed the most vicious hate campaign since the last presidential election. Fans took to the internet, recording tearful editorials, posting remarks that […]
Read More...Posted Aug 19 2012 in Miscellany
Over the past few weeks, my social network feeds have been flooded with political diatribes. I watched a friendship unravel on Facebook over opposing views on gun control following the movie theater tragedy. My heart broke for a friend in deep personal agony over his relatives’ support of Chick Fil-A’s hate menu. I read arguments […]
Read More...Posted Aug 1 2012 in fiction, Release Day, Send
August 1st is finally here! SEND is officially being shipped today, though Barnes & Noble stocked their shelves a few days early. Excuse me for a moment while I bask. *sighs* I can’t believe this day is here. This is a bucket list moment — truly. I recently found a old elementary school assignment in […]
Read More...Posted Jul 16 2012 in fiction, Miscellany, romance, Stereotypes in Fiction
I had a week off from work and planned a ‘staycation’ because my husband’s parents were planning to spend the week with us. They live in Florida and we only get to see them once or twice a year now. My husband, who will hit the half century mark later this year, is the ‘baby’ […]
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