Posts that deal with Young Adult novel topics.
On Friday, I gave two weeks notice at my office job. I will be pursuing writing full time. I won’t lie. It was difficult to walk away from a paycheck. It was the first job I have ever quit. However, everything else about the decision was easy and the reason why might surprise you.
For my first novel Tied, I reserved my writing time for weekend mornings. I got up at 6am on Saturday and Sunday and wrote for a several hours. My first draft took eight months. For my second novel, Vermin, I’m doing it differently.
As a new author, nothing so far has been more elusive than the all mighty review. Or should that be the sale?
Welcome! Thank you for reading Chapters 1-3. Note: Please be aware that this preview contains strong language and gang violence. FOUR –Â Lamâs Grocery Dahn Lam stood outside his grocery store, moving an extended squeegee attached to a hose across the storeâs sign, Lamâs Grocery, Est. 1976. His trademark whistle hung loosely around his scrawny neck.…
Welcome! Thank you for reading. Note: Please be aware that this preview contains strong language and gang violence. ONE – Purple Fingernails This wasnât the first time Jess had snuck a peek at the gun, but it was the first time she aimed it at someone. She looked across the small, cramped room to her…
Last week, I ran a free promotion on Tied. I did a lot of preparation and had high hopes. As promised, here are my results.
Well, soon it will be on. At midnight tonight, my first free giveaway for Tied will go live. And there were a lot of details to arrange.
I wrote back in November 2015 that I don’t like free promotions. Well six months later, I’ve changed my mind. Here’s why.
What new novelists (and seasoned ones too, I’ll bet) haven’t thought at least once how nice it would be to have their newest book become a bestseller right off the hop? I know I have.
She would kill for a better life… Rejected by her older sister’s gang, a teen-aged girl from a troubled home joins a rival gang and fights for her own place on the streets of South Los Angeles.