Today my editor is supposed to be dropping revisions in the mail for me to get cranking on. So I thought it was a good time to do something fun--here are some of the first lines that CANDOR has had since its birth (as you can see, I monkeyed with the first few chapters a LOT... too, too much in fact):

Thunk-thump. Push. Thunk-thump. Glide. (very ( Read more... )

Today's post launches what will be a regular feature on this page: 5 reasons why, as a writer, you should read a particular book.

First up: Neal Shusterman's Unwind. Pubbed in late 2007, Unwind is a dystopian YA set in a future where abortions are illegal. But when your kid is between the ages of 13-18, you can sign the papers to have them " ( Read more... )