Cover Reveal: Three Left Turns to Nowhere

Brilliant cover art is, as always, from Inkspiral Design. Apparently, sometime last night or yesterday a switch got flipped and so today I have more news of the unexpected variety: A new book! Pre-order links are starting to populate, even. I found out about those links, by the way, because I woke up to awesome …

Short Stories 366:63 — “Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic,” by Nick Carr

Sometimes I hit a rut in audiobooks where even though I might be enjoying a few collections at once (as is almost always the case) and have a few full-length audiobook novels by authors I adore performed by performers I always find good I just can't quite bring myself to click the play button and …

#ShortStoryMonth Day Sixteen — “Bark if You Like Boys,” by Sam Cameron

Bark! Short fiction that's also YA isn't something I've read a lot of, once I sat down to have a think about it, so maybe hit me if you've got some I should check out. That said? "Bark if You Like Boys" by Sam Cameron is a freaking delight. Found in Boys of Summer, the …

#PrideMonth — Queer YA

It's Pride Month, and a couple of conversations I had recently reminded me of something I don't think I say enough as a queer author: thank you to the authors who came before me. Like pretty much everything else in the queer community, the present is built on the work of the past, which often …

Nervous

Yesterday I shared the awesome cover for my YA novel, Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks (which is listed on Indiebound for pre-order!). I shared the blurb, described the book, chatted about it on Twitter and Facebook, and... And got nervous. Like, super nervous. It took me a day to figure out what was bothering me, …

They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera

Before I say anything else about the book—I was lucky enough to get an ARC, along with what seems like a few hundred others—I want to say, clearly and primarily: I loved this. It was clever, and had feeling, and had me, to my core, resonating with the queerness of it all. I also want …