 Traveling and reading are the best ways to build empathy. Last year, I designed an empathy challenge to add a zero-cost travel program to librarians' and teachers' summer reading programs.
You can read about why I created the empathy challenge at Teen Librarian Toolbox. This year, I've tweaked the sheet and there are PRIZES! If your teens or tweens complete a line or column of this year's empathy challenge, tell me how many (very) small prizes to ship to your school or library. If someone completes every square before August 31st, I'll ship an additional prize for them. Also new this year: I'm offering a grand prize. At one school or library, I'll teach a writing workshop, talk about empathy, talk about authoring, or some combination of the three...at no expense to you, no matter where you live in the United States. (The travel is on me, too!) Each school or library where at least ten students complete at least one row or column of the empathy challenge is eligible to win the grand prize. Download your empathy challenge here. To receive your small prizes or enter to win the grand prize, head to the "About" page on this website. Contact me via email, Twitter, Instagram, or the form on that page.
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I'll be talking about my books in Chagrin Falls on October 13th and in Columbus on October 14th.
You missed it! The YA Scavenger Hunt runs every autumn and spring, so perhaps you'll catch it in April!
You missed it! The YA Scavenger Hunt runs every autumn and spring, so perhaps you'll catch it it October!
You missed it! The YA Scavenger Hunt runs every autumn and spring, so perhaps you'll catch it in April!
The Internet hosts HEAPS of advice for new writers and new authors. I do not weigh in on those, because publishing is a business where your mileage may vary. I'm doing what works for me! Today, I have a single piece of advice for new authors: think carefully about your cover art. My publisher and I agreed on the cover for Life Before, and it truly fits the story, but I hadn't realized it would be everywhere. It's on my business cards, all over my website, on posters when I speak at book stores, and on name tags at book events. The cover was perfect for Xander, but I'm not really a dirty Chucks kind of girl. Next Thursday, we're revealing my new cover. It's beautiful. I'll be buying new business cards and revamping my website as soon as possible!
Photo credits for the above: Mira Thomt, Abra Johnson and Carlos Barradas
 Telling someone her writing is private and secured with a password is an agreement. If you have administrator's access to that writing and read it despite the agreement, you have gained illegal access. And lost my trust.
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I blog rarely, because I'm busy writing books. When I do blog, I focus on writing, friendship, family, and books. Because my family's best nicknames are private, I use their birth years for shorthand:
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