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All the unfinished projects...
My house is full of unfinished knitting projects. At any given time, I could easily find at least a dozen different things to knit. And I have an appalling amount of yarn for projects that I've never...
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Cover Reveal: FAULT LINE
So this one time, I got this email from my editor with an idea for my cover and I freaked out. Because it was amazing and fearless and ALL the things. And I kept all my fingers crossed that they would...
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Newness
So in case you haven't noticed, I have a fancy new blog design. This goes along with fancy new website facelift that Julio did when my cover was revealed. Yay for the newness! I seriously love when I...
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Using Track Changes: Long but hopefully helpful post
So I have now been editing long enough to realize that many, many authors do not know how to format MS submissions, nor do they know how to use track changes. I'm going to try to address some of the...
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On being a dude...and what to do about rape
So a few things happened this week that are inspiring this post.First, the ridiculousness of Alyssa Royse's Nice Guys Rape article. I will not be writing a full rebuttal of that noise because frankly,...
View ArticleThis Is What It's Like Now
It took me two days to tell my 10 year old about the shootings. Two days of starts and stops. Two days of unexplained tears and irrational anger and quite honestly, bad parenting. I'm supposed to have...
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Happy Holidays
From my house to yours, may you all have safe and happy holidays! I'll see you in the New Year.
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JanPlan 2013
Good morning! Happy 2013! Hope you all had a great New Year's. This is a big year for me for many reasons, but I wanted to start the year off right by actually finishing something.As you may recall, I...
View ArticleOn Steubenville and where we go from here...
Warning: This might be triggering. I apologize in advance.So most of you know that I was a rape victim advocate in hospital ERs in Chicago for almost 10 years. The job of an advocate is to be present...
View ArticleShout Out To The Nice Guys
Do you know that when I first watched the Steubenville video, one of the first things that I noticed was the guy in the background saying, "Dude, shut up, I have a 14-year old sister." And later, "What...
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Big Mega Book Giveaway
For me, the theme of 2013 is GRATITUDE. I am so grateful for this writer's journey that I've been on for the past few years. I'm so grateful for all the people that I've met along the way. I am so...
View ArticleGiveaway Winner & my new Tumblr account...
So...first thing's first, the winner of the giant box of books is Kristen Jett! Congratulations, Kristen. I'll be in touch with you to find out where you want me to send your books.Now on to my new...
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When Hate Goes Underground
So some of my activist colleagues were on NPR's Talk of the Nation last week. If you have a half hour sometime, you should listen to what they have to say. I love when well-informed people are breaking...
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I Sold My 2nd Book!!!!
Some of your might remember me discussing the book I wrote about the boy with the nipple ring and the blue hair. The one that I called my Sid and Nancy YA story and titled BLEED LIKE ME. Well, last...
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JanPlan Round-Up
So it's the first Monday after January and I'm dying to hear how all of you did on your JanPlan "finish something" goals. As for me, I feel that my experience could best be described in a series of...
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The Next Big Thing...BLEED LIKE ME
Hello lovelies! Today, I have been tagged by the fabulous Nova Ren Suma to participate in The Next Big Thing blog hop. And since I got to announce the sale of my Fall 2014 book BLEED LIKE ME, I thought...
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The Mini-Holiday & Why It Sucks For Writers
So I was on a little mini-holiday with my kids this week to visit my parents in Florida. At first, it looked like this:But then, my parents told me I couldn't work or use my phone or computer during...
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My Workshop at Northwestern & Sabotaging Potential Readers
So two days ago, I helped run this workshop at Northwestern University for a class that is about developing programs for social justice issues. Basically, the Voices & Faces Project team goes in...
View ArticleFor Jojo and Quvenzhane
So a few months ago, I was showing Jojo (my 10yo daughter) how GoodReads works. She doesn't have her own account, but I wanted the two of us to start logging the MG books we read together on there....
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Books I've Read Recently That I Love
So Jolene Perry tagged me to write a post about books I've read recently that I absolutely love. I read manuscripts all the time (as many of you know), but I try really hard to read at least one...
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