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March 4, 2014

A Blind Spot for Boys

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Published on March 04, 2014 22:35

May 28, 2013

Top 15 Tips for Media Interviews

After
being interviewed by the truly remarkable MomsRising radio show for
RETURN TO ME and WHAT NOW, here are some crowdsourced
top tips for conducting a radio interview. All of this is gleaned from working with marvelous PR experts over the years, from Waggener Edstrom to Edelman. As well, media trainer and radio personalities have added to the list. (Thank you, Dave Yewman, CJ Liu, Cathy
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Published on May 28, 2013 16:00

May 14, 2013

Modern Mom: 5 Survival Tips

After I finished writing RETURN TO ME, I
realized I had *much* more to say to women. So in three fast-and-furious
writing days, a slim self-help companion guide poured out of me. WHAT
NOW: SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE BLINDSIDED AND BROKENHEARTED is a sister-to-sister manual detailing what to do in the first thirty
days after a relationship falls apart. The survival guide is, above
all, about how
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Published on May 14, 2013 16:00

May 6, 2013

Why I Write for Teens

Writing for teens certainly has its perks...like being on panels with wonderful authors, including the likes of Stacey Jay (Juliet Immortal), Mary Lindsey (Ashes on the Waves), Jennifer E. Smith (The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight), Tamara Ireland Stone (Time Between Us).




And meeting tons of authors...




But the most meaningful interactions are with readers... Meeting them
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Published on May 06, 2013 17:00

April 20, 2013

Houston TeenBookCon

38 authors, Blue Willow Bookstore, and Houston. We're talking about TeenBookCon on April 20! I'll be speaking on a couple of panels on looooooove.








To read about the entire line-up, check it out here. And if the link doesn't work, look here: http://bluewillowbookshop.com/event/h....
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Published on April 20, 2013 06:00

April 19, 2013

Rock the Drop!

Some of my favorite Tweets from Operation Teen Book Drop 2013. How did you Rock the Drop?
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Published on April 19, 2013 09:00

April 18, 2013

The Atlantic: Rocks the Drop!

Love it! The Atlantic covered our Operation Teen Book Drop taking place TODAY, April 18, around the world. It really is one of the most "charming" ways to support Teen Lit Day. So get out and rock the drop...and leave your favorite YA novel out in the "wild" for another reader to find. For the full article, read more here. And if the link doesn't work, try this: http://
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Published on April 18, 2013 12:16

April 9, 2013

Operation Teen Book Drop: April 18!

From the readergirlz blog:

We're so excited to be rocking Operation Teen Book Drop '13! You guys
know The Drop is one of our favorite days of the year -- what better way
to get on board with Support Teen Literature
day? This year, in addition to rocking out and dropping our favorite YA
titles in public spaces for lucky readers to discover, we're also
directing supporters of teen fiction
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Published on April 09, 2013 22:39

April 1, 2013

Library Love

One of my favorite librarians announced that RETURN TO ME is a featured April pick at my local library. Let me tell you how much I love my local library: these librarians promised me that they would find any fact I ever needed for my novels. Even when I moved to China and was thousands of miles from them, they vowed to even scan pages from research materials, whatever I needed.

LOVE my library.
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Published on April 01, 2013 07:34

March 22, 2013

Blogger Extraordinaire: JeanBookNerd!

If you want to know how to interview in an engaging way, look no further than Jean Vallesteros, a devoted book review who maintains a fantastic blog, JeanBookNerd. (How would I describe Jackson in RETURN TO ME? My answer: He drives at one speed: sexy.)

Suffice it to say, I was thrilled when Jean asked for an interview. PLUS, she's giving away a few copies of RETURN TO ME. Visit her now to win your copy!


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Published on March 22, 2013 08:04