I had really big news last week: I got my first-ever starred review, and it came from Kirkus Reviews, for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart! Woooot! I am so happy about this. Kirkus called it "A gloriously fresh story to be read with a steaming cup of chocolate at hand" - and you can read the full review hereThere was a LOT of happy-dancing in our ( Read more... )

Wooot! I just finished a new draft of my MG dragons-and-chocolate novel and emailed it off to my agent for the very first time. Hurrah! Needless to say, I immediately made myself a strong, dark hot chocolate in celebration ( Read more... )

I'm just in the middle of getting the house ready for visiting relatives (YAYAYAYAYAYAYYYY!!!!! We have been counting down to their visit for so long!), so this has to be quick, but:

1. My flash-fiction story "Foxwoman" (fox-magic! marriage! and the surprises that come with both of those!) has just been re-published as an audio podcast at Toasted ( Read more... )

Today Stolen Magic is finally out in paperback in the U.S. and Canada! If you've been waiting to read it until it was in a cheaper edition (and oh, would I understand that!), now is your chance. And if you've already read it, I would SO appreciate any online signal-boosting, shout-outs, or reviews left on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or elsewhere! ( ( Read more... )

I had two pieces of really good news this past week! First, my short story "The Wrong Foot" just sold again - this time to the fabulous PodCastle as an audio podcast! They're hoping to put it up online in March, and I can't wait to hear it read by their narrator.

Second - guess what I spotted on Goodreads???


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It's been a really good week since I hit my last big deadline. I've been reading through my WIP (Family Magic), catching up with it again after my five weeks off, and - yay! It still makes me really happy. (My personal key to writing happiness: write only about characters I love! Then I'm genuinely thrilled to spend time writing about them ( Read more... )