Monthly Archives: March 2012

Subtext–When Your Characters Don’t Say What They Mean, or Mean What They Say

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

There’s a concept I’ve mainly seen in screenwriting called “on the nose” dialogue. That’s dialogue in which there is no subtext, in which a character baldly says exactly what they’re feeling inside. What’s the problem with this? First, in the … Continue reading →

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RTW – Favorite Book in March

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

This week, YA Highway asks, What was the best book you read in March? I’ll make this quick and easy–it was Jasper Fforde’s One of Our Thursdays is Missing . If you haven’t read any of Fforde’s wacky literary-based fantasies … Continue reading →

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Why Writing Multi-Culturally is So Much Fun

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Today, my guest blog post went up over at Ellen Oh’s blog, Hello Ello. She’s doing a series on What Diversity Means to Me. As I was brainstorming about what I wanted to write in answer to Ellen’s questions, I … Continue reading →

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Old School Reading: On Paper

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

As a Kindle devotee, I’ve been reading e-books nearly exclusively since December 2010 when my husband gave me one for my birthday. Even before that I was happily using the Kindle app on my little iPod because it was just … Continue reading →

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RTW: Favorite Literary Moment

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Today’s Road Trip Wednesday on YA Highway asks us to relate our favorite literary moment–a long-awaited kiss, a surprise ending, a character’s decision. As with all the prompts that ask for my “favorite,” I find it difficult to pick just … Continue reading →

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Tankborn Outtakes

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Back around October 2009, I finished work on a manuscript titled GENeration, a young adult science fiction book. I knew it wasn’t finished finished. I didn’t yet have an agent or editor for the book, but I knew that when … Continue reading →

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Tankborn Sequels!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

I’ve finally been given my editor’s blessing to announce my good news. There will be two Tankborn sequels: Awakening, which is scheduled for release in Spring 2013 and Revolution, scheduled for Spring 2014. I’d been working on Awakening these past … Continue reading →

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