So I'm struggling here.

I don't know how to blog.

I mean, I know how to blog about writerly things - about word counts and agents and revisions and character arcs - but I do that all the time, on this blog and on YA Highway. Sometimes, writerly posts just don't seem like enough. Sometimes there are other things going on in my brain and my heart, and ( Read more... )

So, because I'm an attention whore, I have started up a formspring account - which basically means that y'all can ask me questions and I can feel important.

I'll try to answer these questions publicly on the blog once a week - so make sure they are all funny / interesting / thought-provoking. No pointless questions allowed. NONE.

I'm just kidding. I ( Read more... )

You know, I totally agree with Hannah Moskowitz - blogging is really hard.

I don't always feel like I have much to offer my readers, but I want to offer you something. I started this LJ to kind of chronicle the trials and triumphs of an aspiring author...but there's only so much I can say about that. Queries. Agent. Revisions. Word count. And then ( Read more... )

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS to my critique buddy Kody who just signed with a fabulous agent at a major literary agency. This girl is seventeen, and therefore joins the ranks of Crazy-Awesome, Mind-Bogglingly Ambitious Teens. I'm starting to feel like a slacker.

In other news, I have Freaky Questions to answer. (And yes, Freaky Questions are ( Read more... )