Monthly Wrap-Ups

January Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: My book launch party! I was going to write a whole thing about it here, but I realized as I was typing that I want to write a whole post because I just have too much to say. Suffice it to say, it was beyond what I ever imagined!!

December Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: January 21st is less than a month away!!!! (That’s the whole update. It feels insane, though!) Audiobook update – I got a review copy of the completed audiobook, and I am in love!!! These narrators are fantastic. I’ve only listened to snippets so far (due to being sick and it being… Read more »

October/November Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: Guys, THE SONG OF ORPHAN’S GARDEN got chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!! This means the book will go out to quite a few libraries.

August Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: The Song of Orphan’s Garden is available to request on Edelweiss! I assume it will also be available on NetGalley soon too, but I haven’t seen it there yet. I’ll let you know! The fact that people can really read it now is both exciting and terrifying, not gonna lie. UPDATE:… Read more »

July Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: I know my last Sunday Post I was a little down about the fact that my second book didn’t get picked up, but I had a fantastic call with my editor this past week that made me feel so much more positive. She has an incredible amount of faith in THE… Read more »

June Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: My MG marketing group also officially launched our website on social media (though I showed it to you guys a few weeks ago), and we’ve had a couple of new cover reveals, so I added those to the site along with a couple of other small updates. I’ve still been working… Read more »

May Wrap-Up What I Read:

April Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: My cover reveal!! I think most of you already saw, but if you didn’t yet, go check out the cover for THE SONG OF ORPHAN’S GARDEN. It’s absolutely everything I hoped it would be, and as a reader who definitely judges a book by its cover, I couldn’t be more thrilled!… Read more »

March Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: My book has an official blurb! If you head to my entry on Goodreads, you’ll see that the book has a real, official entry now, with a blurb written by the publisher. And, wow – they made it sound really good and compared me to people I never would have had… Read more »

February Wrap-Up Book News/Progress: Preparing for a school visit: I actually have my first school visit scheduled next month where I’m teaching poetry workshops to 6th-8th graders! It seems strange to have booked a school visit before I even have a cover for my book, but I have an author friend (who’s also a teacher),… Read more »