In 2009, I left my job as a high school English teacher and ran right smack dab into the Great…
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On May 1st I entered a diagnostic imaging center to undergo a biopsy. For the procedure, I had to lie…
Before I begin, let’s get something straight: there’s no “typical path to publication.” There’s only what happens to you, when…
I arrived at the book fair exhibit hall of AWP, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference hopeful that…
I’m beyond thrilled to introduce you all to your new Friday blogger, Amy Klein! Amy is the author of The…
In many ways my debut year was full of surprises. I received so many wonderful gifts that I hadn’t…
I considered not having a launch party for my book. I’m not a big fan of being the center…
I am beyond thrilled to be hosting my agent sister, YA author Lana Wood Johnson, on the ball today! Lana…
Stephanie Jimenez’s astonishing debut novel follows the evolution of a friendship between Maria and Rocky, two seventeen-year-old students at…
I have two manuscripts in the drawer. Although they’re not actually in a drawer, and I have no…
