• Launch Week Fun!

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    My debut novel, The Tension of Opposites, launched exactly one week ago – on May 25th, 2010. It was a crazy whirlwind of a week, and I could hardly catch my breath. But it was good. Oh, so good! What did I do? The normal stuff a mother of two pre-schoolers must do – laundry,…

  • Lindsay Eland – Egmont USA

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    Today is the final day for the Egmont Blog Tour. Last, but never least, is Lindsay Eland! (How totally cute is she, anyway?) Lindsay Eland lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, their four kids, one dog, three rats, and the various other foxes, bears, and elk that venture into their backyard. The…

  • Bree Despain

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    It’s day four of the Egmont Blog Tour. Today I’m featuring Bree Despain! Bree rediscovered her childhood love for creating stories when she took a semester off college to write and direct plays for at-risk, inner-city teens from Philadelphia and New York. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband, two young…

  • Kay Cassidy

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    It’s day three of the Egmont Blog Tour. Today I’m featuring Kay Cassidy! Kay Cassidy is the author of teen fiction she wishes was based on her real life.  She is the founder of the national The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest™ reading program for kids and teens and the host of the inspirational Living Your…

  • Coincidence or a Sign?

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    You know what today is? May 25, 2010: Launch day for my debut novel, The Tension of Opposites. *Excuse me for a moment while I swim in some YAY* But today is also something else. Something that neither my publisher, agent, nor I knew about until way after the launch date for my novel was…

  • Chelsea Campbell – Egmont USA

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    It’s day two of the Egmont Blog Tour. And today I have an interview with YA author Chelsea Campbell, who I personally think is made of some super cool awesomeness. Chelsea Campbell grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains a lot. And then rains some more. She finished her first novel when she was…

  • Kristina McBride, author of The Tension of Opposites, Destination: The Three Sisters

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    Today I’m celebrating the launch of my debut novel The Tension of Opposites. (Can I just take a moment to swim in a little YAY?) It’s a very exciting moment in my life, as I’ve dreamed of becoming published since I was a young child. In my novel, 16-year-old Tessa McMullen has spent the last…

  • Alexandra Bracken – Egmont USA

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    Today starts off a week of interviews with authors from Egmont USA! I am so excited and proud to be part of this wonderful family of authors, and can’t wait to introduce you to several talented authors over the next five days. Today’s feature is the lovely Alexandra Bracken! Alexandra wrote Brightly Woven as a…

  • An Ode to YA Book Bloggers

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    As I approach my launch week (next week!) I am finding myself feeling all kinds of love. Which is a wonderfully overwhelming feeling. My family and friends have been super supportive. But, let’s face it, they kind of have to be. Plus there are all the booky people in NYC (who I have never met –…

  • An Interview with Rocky Smith of ROCK IV Productions, LLC

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    People have been asking all kinds of questions about the trailer for The Tension of Opposites, so I thought I’d go right to the source for the best answers: Rocky Smith, of ROCK IV Productions, LLC. First, I must say that Rocky is a former student of mine from way back when I was a…