Posted Apr 4 2017 in book giveaways, books, Kathleen Baldwin, teen reads, YA Scavenger Hunt
update: 4/10/17: JENNIFER FRENDER is the winner of the Amazon gift certificate. I’ll contact you via email. YA Scavenger Hunt – Spring ’17 Season 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 […]
Read More...Posted Mar 25 2017
For all of you who love finding new reads, I have just the thing for you. The YA Scavenger Hunt is coming. If you’ve never heard of it, the hunt runs twice a year in the spring and in the fall. During the hunt we showcase new and upcoming YA releases, give out tons of […]
Read More...Posted Dec 27 2016
Come visit me at YA Outside the Lines, where we’re blogging about endings.
Read More...Posted Nov 28 2016 in America, athletes, election, heroes, protests, young adult fiction
Join me at YA Outside the Lines, where authors are blogging about heroes this month.
Read More...Posted Oct 24 2016 in celebrity crushes, Gilles Marini, Heughligans, Sam Heughan, social media
I have a confession to make… I, a grown woman, have crushes on celebrities just like I did when I was twelve years old. Okay, maybe not entirely like I did when I was twelve. I don’t hang their posters over my bed. I don’t doodle their last name with my first one all over […]
Read More...Posted Oct 4 2016 in Bill Cameron, Collen Houck, Kat Ellis, Scavenger Hunt, YASH
The Fall 2016 YA Scavenger Hunt is officially over now. Thank you to all who played and left me comments and entered the contests and most of all, who read our work. See you next time! Hi, book lovers! It’s that time again — my favorite time of year. No, not […]
Read More...Posted Jun 9 2016 in 20 minutes of action, Brock Turner, rape, Rape Culture, Stanford
A few months back, the internet was in a twist over the so-called Affluenza Teen, whose Mommy took him out of the country to avoid prosecution… The past week, the internet has had a collective melt-down as news of the Stanford rapist’s sentence went viral. As well it should. Arm-chair quarterbacking has always found its […]
Read More...Posted May 25 2016
Readers! You can now follow me on Book Bub. This is a great way to find out when my novels go on sale!
Read More...Posted Apr 15 2016 in compassion, forgiveness, friendship, ghosting, unfriending
Disposable is a word I’ve come to despise lately. “Discarded when no longer useful…” is how the dictionary defines it. Well, that may be fine for diapers or razors and the like, but lately, we’re applying it to people. Social media makes it far too easy to ghost people and when you’re the one treated […]
Read More...Posted Mar 29 2016 in Scavenger Hunt, YASH
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 from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from […]
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