Yesterday, dozens of us 2013 debut kid-lit authors offered writing and marketing advice at WriteOnCon. I feel like I need to expand upon th...

Over at The Lucky 13s today I'm sharing a revision tip that proved to be crucial for my In the Shadow of Blackbirds edits. I'm als...

If you attended one of my writing sessions for 5th to 8th graders at the Soar with Your Dreams Conference today, thanks so much for signing ...

I started reading John Green's new young adult novel, The Fault in Our Stars , today, and I immediately found myself hooked by his writi...

The theme this week at The Lucky 13s is What Keeps You Going When the Going Gets Tough . I responded with a song: "THE TWELVE DAYS OF...

Once upon a time, when I was a teenager and some good-looking guy named Johnny Depp starred in a TV series called 21 Jump Street , I met a w...