Rather than explain the intricacies of Pitch Wars (since most of you reading this post will be mentors and fellow mentees), I’m posting a link here. Basically, it’s an online contest for writers hosted by the fabulous Brenda Drake. Even though I already have a […]
Year: 2013
A Whole New (Adult) World
If you’ve visited my blog before, you might notice a few changes. Like the fact that I’m now labeling myself as a writer of Young Adult and New Adult. I haven’t given up on my YA projects, but I’m adding another category to my repertoire. […]
Piper Girl Illustrations!
Middle Grade Minded is a great blog run by a group of middle grade writers who offer advice, contests, and reviews. If you’re interested in writing MG, or just want some good writing tips, I encourage you to check it out. Two months ago, one of the […]
The Year of Writing All the Things
As much as I hate changing our family’s wake-up time from ‘whenever’ to six a.m. I always get excited when the school year starts. I don’t write a lot during the summer, because of family commitments, but once the entire family is back in school […]
On Trunking a Novel
As the lazy months of summer come to an end, I become possessed with a crazed urge to clean/purge/organize ALL THE THINGS before the chaos of the school year starts. Usually I focus on the kids’ rooms and their shared study area, but this year […]
On Vacation
For the first two weeks of July, our family took a much-needed vacation to the West Coast. We spent a few days in San Francisco and then rented a beach house in Oregon, where were joined by my brother and his family. The vacation was […]
Thanks, Dad
With Fathers’ Day coming up this weekend, I wanted to pay tribute to my father, Mario Luna, who died when I was in my early twenties. Although he was just as creative as my mother (his talents included painting, soapstone carving, and costume design), the […]
Inspired by Street Teams: Comic Teaser for ONE
This post is part of the Thursday’s Children blog hop. Click here to learn more about it. This spring, I got to be part of the Street Team for a self-published YA novel called ONE, by Leigh Ann Kopans, which comes out on June 11. […]
A Warehouse Full O’ Books
As the mom of two kids, I’ve put in a lot of hours as a school volunteer, whether it’s helping out in the classroom, reading stories, baking cupcakes, doing shifts at the annual carnival, or chaperoning field trips. But my favorite gig, hands-down, is working […]
Inspired by Princess Leia
Thursday’s Children – A weekly blog hop where writers come together to talk about whatever inspires them. Click here to find out more. Anyone who knows me pretty well knows that I am a major Star Wars geek. I’m talking about the first, original trilogy (Star Wars IV, […]