Better late than never – I hope – I finally managed to coral David Albacore for a talk. He\’s the narrator and main character in the new book, PULL, being released on October 27. Now eighteen, this young man has proven himself in the schoolyard, basketball court and in a construction yard. He has agreed […]
Interview with PULLs Hero, David Albacore Read More »
Gender identity may be more than just a state of mind, but there are differences in the way the average boy and the average girl think and view the world. I stress average on purpose. Of course there is overlap. We\’re humans, not guinea pigs, and we are all unique, all fall somewhere on a
And Girls are not Boys Read More »
When you’re a female writer who ignored her younger brother and never had a son and you want to write a book that will appeal to male readers, research takes on a whole new meaning. Or maybe that was an advantage. The teenage females and males had to be realistic and they had to be
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Because my debut novel is a first person coming of age and YA romance written entirely from the male\’s POV, I am sometimes asked what the differences are in writing with a male vs female protagonist. To me this goes farther. I wanted not just to write from the guy\’s point of view, but to
No, boys are NOT just girls with a few anatomical differences Read More »
I have served as both judge and contest coordinator in numerous RWA contests for the past three years. I’ve also entered almost a dozen contests. Won two, including the one that brought with it my agent, Andrea Somberg. And was a finalist in two others, including the 2010 Golden Heart. To me, contest judging, and
Things I learned from contests Read More »
Today, I met my soul-mate. I know, it\’s an over-used concept, especially in the romance writing arena. But I\’m not talking romance. After all, I write YA and literary. And, the truth is, I\’ve known Clara since she was a baby. Watched her grow up. But today, this junior high girl and I realized we
Like I said, Life Must Go On (at least, I certainly hope so). I\’m winding down with MO1. Someone\’s critiquing it now, and I\’m hoping to find a few beta readers to look at the whole thing and give me feedback before I ship it off to my agent. Which means, I get to go
I refuse to surrender to normal Read More »
My first YA novel, Pull My String, details the story of a 17-year-old boy in Chicago\’s inner city as he tries to separate himself from the history of violence in his family and falls in love with a girl who thinks her only value is sex. Starting today I\’m working on a second. I didn\’t
Beginning at the beginning Read More »
Today I\’m going for something different. Not totally leaving the Logan family – in fact I just finished a scene where the real killer is finally revealed to the reader – but the characters in the story don\’t know that. They think their troubles are all over. Hah! Instead, I\’m going to go over the
Here\’s my top ten – or maybe bottom ten, who knows, reasons why I\’m not going to DC for the RWA Nationals in 2009. 10 – I don\’t want people to see how crappy I am at networking. (Which is almost a pity because I have some email acquaintances this year who might even know
RWA Nationals or Why I’m not there this year Read More »