Last week on  Bustle.com  I announced my newest book: The Raven’s Tale , a dark and dreamlike novel about Edgar Allan Poe’s life when he...

This upcoming weekend I'll be making an appearance at Wordstock here in  Portland, Oregon. I'll be speaking on a YA paranormal li...

I'm thrilled to announce the debut of a new blog I'm launching with eight other authors of young-adult and middle-grade historic...

The year 2013 is now only six months away, so we debut 2013 authors at The Lucky 13s are celebrating with a major giveaway. Each of us will...

Today at Suburban Vampire I blogged about Gothic young adult novels coming our way...and I discussed ADR3NALIN3 , a brand-new site that cele...

My agent sent me on a hunt for author cover blurbs this week, and two generous authors responded immediately, saying they were interested. ...

I've been busy with interviews over at Suburban Vampire this month, and my two current guests are award-winning authors who have decide...

I received suggestions from another critique partner (thanks, Kim!), and now I'm back to revisions for the rest of the calendar year. I ...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again--YA cover designers create gorgeous works of art.  My favorite YA cover of the month is t...

I recently finished reading Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown's Picture the Dead , a gothic, illustrated novel set in Civil War-era Massachus...

I've been coming across some wonderful examples of publishers buying up supernatural tales set in the past, which is highly encouraging...

I met with an editor recently and mentioned I have some violence in my YA manuscript. I asked if that's a problem, and she said, "...