Category Archives: epic-ness

Ten years, one regret

  Time goes amazingly fast, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s just me. My first novel, The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind, came out in September 2009. My kid was 11. I’d been at my job for 10 … Continue reading

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When art creates art, and YOU MEET THE ARTIST (omg!!)

    The title doesn’t make it clear, but the book does: the title of WRECK is inspired by “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a song written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976, about the shipwreck of the … Continue reading

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Hello! This is not a blog post. This is a declaration of no more blog posts. Welcome!

Nine years ago today (May 1), I found out SKY was going to be a Flux book. Suffice it to say (cheesy but true) my life changed that day. Writing young adult novels has been one of the best, hardest, … Continue reading

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School friends! Back-to-school BOOK GIVEAWAYS!

  Like it or not, summer is over.  Some school folks are YAAAAAAAAAAAY, some folks are BOOOOOOOOOOO, and some folks are, “Well, my favorite parts of school are students, reading books, and listening to music in my office.” Or maybe … Continue reading

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