Do you listen to one kind of music when you write and another when you're plotting, building characters or worlds?  I do, but I'm interested in hearing if others do.

For plotting a book, just sitting back (or when exercising) and thinking about the story, characters, the world, I usually set up a book specific playlist on my iPhone.  My taste is ( Read more... )

I sent off the final manuscript to my agent today.  I can't tell you the title...because it's a secret.   I can tell you this is my sixth novel, it took me a little over three months to write, it's YA contemporary fantasy, set mostly in California--and it's very California.  Except for that bit in Nova Scotia.

I finished this book in June, put ( Read more... )