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I’m currently working on a new project that I’m super excited about, and I’m hoping to have more news to share soon. In the meantime, the best place to find and connect with me online is Instagram.
02
Dec

Question Friday: Fictional Boyfriends

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1. I’ve been crazy finishing up Book Two this week, but I really do want to get on a proper blogging schedule, and be better about replying to comments Right now. I’m thinking  I <3 Mondays, a writing/book post mid-week, and a Question Friday, with the Thrice Interviews scattered throughout on Apocalypsie release dates. Is there anything else you’d like to see on my blog? Let me know! 2. I turned in the rough draft of Cahill Witch Chronicles Book 2 yesterday! Well, technically today at 4AM. I’m so happy! It’s by far the fastest I’ve ever written (I started it in mid-August, and wrote 35k in November alone). I worked really, really hard and I’m pretty proud of it. Current stats: 255 pages, 75000 words, 19 chapters, lots of kissing and arguments and magic fights. My beta readers have been very kind, including The Playwright (my toughest critic), who...
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02
Dec

Thrice Interview Series + Giveaway: CATCHING JORDAN

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Today I’m interviewing friend, fellow DC writer, and fellow Apocalypsie Miranda Kenneally about her wonderful debut, CATCHING JORDAN. About the book:  What girl doesn’t want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn’t just surrounded by hot guys, though – she leads them as the captain and quarterback on her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that’s just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there’s a new guy in town who threatens her starring position on the team… and has her suddenly wishing to be seen as more than just a teammate. “Whoever said football and girls don’t mix hasn’t read CATCHING JORDAN! I stayed up all night reading – I couldn’t put it down!” ~Simone Elkeles, New York Times Bestselling author of the PERFECT CHEMISTRY series “I...
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25
Nov

Question Friday: Pie Edition

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Now that I have Pinterest to share my fashion favorites, I’m reintroducing an old Friday feature. I hope you’ll play along! Leave your answers in the comments. 1. Pumpkin pie OR pecan pie? 2. Berry pie showdown: blueberry OR raspberry OR blackberry OR strawberry? 3. Lemon meringue OR banana cream OR key lime? 4. Chocolate-peanut butter OR chocolate chess? 5. Cherry OR apple? Did I miss your favorite combination? Tell me about it in the comments!
24
Nov

Thanksgiving 2011

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This year, I am thankful for: Cate — my stubborn, brave, flawed little witch. I have never heard a character’s voice so strongly before. Plot knots, worldbuilding questions — I struggle with those sometimes. But Cate has been gloriously Cate from the very beginning. The book deal that enabled me to become a full-time writer, to work from home in my pajamas with The Playwright and Monkey and my own giant mugs of tea. That let me call myself an author. That made a childhood dream into something real, tangible, stressful, glorious, mine. My Amazing Editor, Ari Lewin, who is brilliant and generous and makes me laugh. I can’t wait to send her this new draft. I hope she will love it, but I know she will help me make it better. I am almost past that stomach-dropping fear when I see her number on my phone, that tiny bit...
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18
Nov

November Contest Winner + Links

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Hi everyone! I’m crazy-busy working on Cahill Witch Chronicles book 2, and I just found out more today about my upcoming tour! I’m SO excited — I can’t wait to be able to share dates and cities (and amazing fellow authors — like, seriously, how did I get so lucky?) with you! Anyway, I chose a winner for the one-of-a-kind BORN WICKED and a finished copy of BETWEEN THE SEA AND SKY. Congratulations to Kaye M. from Watercolor Moods!  Here are some of the sketches Jackie drew (click to embiggen). We have: Cate, cloaked, walking through Chatham; Elena, the governess, arriving at the Cahill house; and Finn, in all his freckled, messy-haired glory. Also, a few things going on around the internets: The Story Siren has launched her 2012 Debut Author Challenge! Basically, the goal of the challenge is to read and review as many books by debut authors as you can...
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