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Social Media for the Genre-Conflicted, Part 1

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

In a previous post, I described how my husband and I designed my new website to encompass all three of the genres I’m published in–science fiction (YA), romance, and mystery. I have a great landing page that directs visitors to … Continue reading →

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New Website! A Solution for the Genre-Conflicted

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

So what do you do to promote yourself when your published work spans three genres (romance, speculative fiction, mystery) and two markets (adult and young adult)? This wasn’t a huge issue when I initially sold my first YA science fiction … Continue reading →

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Stick to One Genre, Or, Ignoring Perfectly Good Writing Advice

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Back when I was starting out as a novelist and I was flitting around from genre to genre, I was told to pick one and stick to it. I was told I shouldn’t write one book that’s romance, another that’s … Continue reading →

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What’s Science Got to Do With It?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Last Thursday, #MGlitchat’s topic of the week was science fiction in middle grade books. I write YA rather than MG, but I was kind of jonesing for a writerly discussion (and science fiction is a subject dear to my heart), … Continue reading →

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When Fiction Becomes Future…or Present

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Science fiction is a funny genre. There are those (like me) who devour it, who sometimes feel there’s something missing in a book that doesn’t include at least a little imagined science. Then there are those who just don’t get … Continue reading →

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