Introducing SQUAD!
I am so excited to get to talk about this now! I’m working with the hugely talented LISA STERLE and brilliant and insightful editor MARTHA MIHALICK on this teen graphic novel! It’s as the announcement promises: a girl gang of werewolves targeting and eating the Brett Kavanaughs of the world. When rifts in their own […]
So No One Came To Your Bookstore Event
Ouch. Firstly, I’m sorry. That sucks for everyone involved. There’s no worse feeling— as a bookseller or an author— than sitting with a bunch of empty chairs, watching the minutes tick away as no one walks into the store. Or worse, they walk in, but with complete disinterest in the event. Authors and booksellers both […]
Stay Outta the Wardrobe
In reading for an agent as well as slush for a publisher, it was just a normal day to find a handful of submissions that listed The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as a comp title. Without having ever read it, I saw this as indication that the author did not have much contemporary […]
Middle Grade Vs. Young Adult
I was born in 1984, so when I went to the bookstore as an eleven year old, I went right to Young Adult section. On the shelves there were Judy Blume, RL Stein’s Fear Street books, Madeleine L’Engle, and Lois Duncan. I’d grown out of Goosebumps (shelved over in the Chapter Book section) and was […]
So you want to write a kids’ book? oh no.
As a human person who has been a children’s book professional for my entire career (really: Children’s bookseller with a focus on school programming and events, children’s book marketer, eBook person, read for children’s agents, interned in children’s editorial, am now an author with books coming out for young adults, little kids—fiction and nonfiction—, and […]
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Let’s Not Panic on NPR!
Trumpets blaring! We’re so excited to have been guests on NPR’s THE BIG LISTEN, with a real focus on that time a llama stepped to Adam. Have a listen for some great interviews with adventure podcasts of all stripes!
Looking Back…
Adam and I have been gone for a year now, the bulk of of which was spent in South America. We’ve launched a YouTube Channel that supports our podcast, and this is definitely my favorite video within it. It’s basically a million snippets of video I took on my phone throughout our time, and it […]
Short Story on the Rumpus!
I love The Rumpus, and am very excited that a short story of mine, Mustard Seeds, has been published there! It’s a retelling of a Buddhist story, with witches and pot and comic book stores and stuff.
Also, Podcasting.
Writing, and now podcasting, too! Ever wanted to quit your job, hit the road and chase some adventure? Well, that’s just what my husband, Adam, and I are doing. Follow our travels and travails from San Francisco to Patagonia (and back again!) on our podcast, available on Apple Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice. Listen […]