Delilah S. Dawson Is Right But also, she is wrong. On April 13 an author (whom I do not know) named Delilah S. Dawson wrote a post that went viral. It was called Please shut up: Why self-promotion as an author doesn’t work. She even says it only works if you have a time machine (so…
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Brain Burps About Books Podcast #174 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts programs in creative writing: BFA, MFA (writing for adults), and MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. The deadline for application to July residency…
Dancing With the Devil comes out today. After so long, I’m thrilled, and yet sort of in shock. I’m frozen, waiting to hear how teens will react. I’ve never not cared about trade reviews before; all I care about are my teen readers. I want them to take Mackenzie––my kickass survivor heroine––into their hearts, as I…
Steven Parlato invited me into this very cool blog hop. I’m admitting I am not quite sure how it works, but if you have ever wanted to market your book with a group, it’s a pretty great way to do it. However, don’t do what I did: I missed my date (SO sorry! I was traveling that…
New format starting this week! 30 minutes divided into two parts: First, a themed talk, then Q&A (Please keep the questions to the theme). This week’s theme: how to make a splash at an event when there is so much competing “noise.” What am I doing at #TLA14 next week to get librarians to notice my debut…
This is my first blog hop experience and I thank Steven Parlato for letting me um, hop on in on it. On April 14th will be my turn, so stay tuned! Now you should go check out Steven’s post here. The Namesake Here’s his bio and his handsome pic: Steven Parlato is a writer, illustrator…