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It’s November and that means it’s NANOWRIMO. To celebrate my first Nanowrimo novel, Zero Repeat Forever being on the way to publication by Simon & Schuster I’m revisiting a few posts from that crazy month, November 2011. (First posted 11/11/29) Recently I told an editor he would have to wait for my manuscript because, in making some … More From the Archives, Nano 2011: Good Things Are Worth Waiting For
It’s November and that means it’s NANOWRIMO. To celebrate my first Nanowrimo novel, Zero Repeat Forever being on the way to publication by Simon & Schuster I’m featuring many published or soon-to-be-published Nanowrimo novels over the month of November. Today’s featured novel is A Change In Crime, which D.R. Perry wrote during NaNo in 2013. Here’s a bit about … More NANOWRIMO Books get Published and Here’s Proof! #2
It’s November and that means it’s NANOWRIMO. Nanowrimo started as a challenge to write a whole novel (at least 50,000 words) in the month of November and has grown over the years to a large not-for profit organization that benefits students and other aspiring writers all over the world. I participated in my first Nanowrimo … More NANOWRIMO Books get Published and Here’s Proof! #1
It’s November and that means it’s NANOWRIMO. To celebrate my first Nanowrimo novel, Zero Repeat Forever being on the way to publication by Simon & Schuster I’m featuring many published or soon-to-be-published Nanowrimo novels over the month of November, as well as some old posts I wrote during my first Nanowrirmo in 2011. It’s going to be super … More Nanowrimo Celebration!
As you guys might know I’m a big supporter of We Need Diverse Books and especially fond of diverse book covers! But all this enthusiasm shouldn’t be restricted to books for kids and teens, so I’m pretty excited to be part of a cover reveal for Kellye Garrett‘s Hollywood Homicide, a murder mystery set in … More Cover Reveal! Hollywood Homicide
I’ve just been cleaning out my blog a bit, deleting a few things with dead links or out of date information and such. When I got to the first months of this blog I found this post from September 2011, in which I confessed having up to seven works in progress (WIPS) going at once. Looking back … More My Hit Rate Is Surprisingly High
Happy October everyone! Just a quick post to invite you all to enter my annual Spooktacular giveaway: You’ll find it here. The prizes include Amazon $$ and copies of my two latest books. It’s part of any amazing Blog hop involving over 100 authors and bloggers, each doing their own giveaway. Click on the giveaway to … More Spooktacular Giveaway
Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, … More YA Scavenger Hunt Fall 2016
I’ll be at Chapters/Indigo in North Vancouver, signing and schmoozing with five other Vancouver area authors on August 6th. Come for a visit and enter to win a Chapters gift card!
By now some of you have heard the news that my YA novel Zero Repeat Forever earned me a six-figure two-book deal with Simon & Schuster. I don’t really know what to say about this except… As you might expect I’m pretty happy about my deal. I’m supremely grateful to my new agent, Barbara Poelle … More My Big News: Rejection, Conviction and Lots of Zeroes
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