This year’s Antioch Writers’ Workshop marks the 20-year anniversary of my attendance as a participant. 20 years! This fact make me feel old. But it also makes me feel accomplished. It was a true honor to join the workshop as a seminar leader this year, taking on an afternoon session of fiction instruction. It’s amazing how close these small groups become…

It’s Official! Contracts have been signed. And I can finally announce the good news! My second title, ONE MOMENT, will be reissued in January of 2017 with Sky Pony Press. I’m to-die-for in love with the new cover design, which I’ll share as soon as possible, and beyond excited that this title will be available…

THE TENSION OF OPPOSITES has been chosen as a school-wide summer reading requirement for Beavercreek High School. Such an honor! That means every single student from grades 9-12 will read my very first novel. I’ll then visit the students at the end of August, leading large group assemblies where I’ll share my journey to publication, plus…

Because this book is happening, in spite of a very tricky road to publication. Because this book found new life after the closing of Egmont USA. Because Alison Weiss and the folks at Sky Pony Press believed in this story. Because this book will finally be available in July of 2016.     One night. Two paths.…

The news is live and finally I can share! My next two titles have been picked up by Sky Pony Press! The Details: Kristina McBride’s A MILLION TIMES GOODNIGHT, in which an Ohio teen girl grieving the loss of a friend, spends the night of her life in two alternate strands of time by getting revenge…

I love a good book festival. Books + People + Food = Fun! The Pickerington Public Library’s YA Fest on July 25th was no exception. An all-day event, the PPL YA Fest offered guests the chance to mingle and chat with YA authors from a variety of genres, attend panel discussions, as well as the…

In my life, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about my purpose. Being kind to others ranks at the top of that list. As does being a calming presence in this oftentimes crazy world. While connected to the first two, being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend, are separate and all-encompassing purposes that I am…

Sinking into the act of writing is amazing. There is nothing like hitting that zone where you’re only aware of the events occurring in your imagination. Writing is magical. Transformative. And I am so fortunate to experience that magical transformation each and every day, to be living the life I have always dreamed for myself…