Covers!
While my new book, Violet’s Mountain, is being beta-read (by Mara, Mel, Melissa, Isobel, and Fiona, thank you!!!) I took a few moments to work on the cover. I have been posting the results on my...
View ArticleViolet’s Mountain
Violet’s Mountain tells the story of Violet, a mysterious young woman who lives atop a giant mountain of hoarded things. By day she is a heavy machine operator, piling more things up and up and up. By...
View ArticleFly is for ages 8 and up.
I realized the other day that Gail Carson Levine’s books Ella Enchanted and Ever are listed as for ages 8-12. I have changed Fly’s listing to the same. It’s perfect for ages 8-12. It’s romantic. It’s a...
View ArticleBook Club Questions for Fly
Will your book club be reading Fly this year? Would you like a list of good questions? Does Amelia view her constant flying as a curse or a gift? How does her view change over time?...
View ArticleViolet’s Mountain and Bleak, or Dark or What is it called?
I’ve got a final read through happening of Violet’s Mountain, but then it’s ready. I’ve decided to pre-order it for release on November 22. If you’re looking forward to seeing it hit the best seller...
View ArticleCover: Beyond (Book Two of the Estelle Series)
I didn’t have to ask which one was better, because I knew exactly how I wanted it to look and got it first try!
View ArticleBeyond…glimpses
Estelle and William, speaking in Beyond (Book Two of The Estelle Series): “I hate talking at these things. The low-key ones are bad enough but with all this hoopla, yes, I’m nervous.” I took a deep...
View ArticleBeyond (Book Two of the Estelle Series)
This book wasn’t easy to write. I was nervous. I wanted to know where Estelle went next, what she dreamed of, who she dreamed with, and yes, does she get to keep kissing the hunky William, but I was...
View ArticleBelief (Book Three of the Estelle Series) and Leveling (a novella) are ready...
Pre-ordering helps me, because all the sales for the entire pre-ordering time period load onto Amazon on the same day. Might I be catapulted into best-seller land? We can only wait and see. And...
View ArticleBright, Beyond, and Belief, a dystopian future that seems, um, plausible.
When I wrote the first draft of Bright the biggest issue in Estelle’s world was the unrelenting Light Pollution, but the story grew, the issues deepened, and by the Trilogy’s last page, Estelle became...
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