December 1, 2011
Catching Jordan
Read an excerpt from my YA romantic comedy, Catching Jordan. What girl doesn’t want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn’t just surrounded by hot guys, though – she leads them as the captain and quarterback on her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that’s just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there’s a new guy in town who threatens her starring position on the team… and has her suddenly wishing to be seen as more than just a teammate.
CATCHING JORDAN film deal news!
October, 2012
Upcoming Books
Read an excerpt from Stealing Parker, coming in October 2012. Companion to Catching Jordan. This book is about a girl named Parker, who has a crush on the 23-year-old coach of the school baseball team. Parker goes to the same school as Jordan Woods and Sam Henry, so you *might* see some familiar faces in my second book. 
Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her.
Now Parker wants a new life.
So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three? Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty?
But how far is too far before she loses herself completely?
Random Thoughts and Resources for Writing
I often get emails about queries and writing, and while I try to answer all of them, here are some of my general thoughts on writing and the industry:
Writing is hard, hard work. It takes a lot of time and practice to write a book. Trust me, I’ve practiced my ass off. 
My editing process is this: Write something, have people read it, make edits based on what people say. I stay true to myself, but seriously consider everything I’m told. If I disagree, I don’t take the suggestion. If I do agree, I implement it. I find that I write well-rounded books that way.
Some books that’ve helped me learn to write are:
Randomness
- Read my original query letter at Guide to Literary Agents
- Think your First Draft Sucks? Don’t Quit! Read this First
- Querying Isn’t Algebra: There’s No Set Formula
- The First Draft vs. the Final Manuscript of STEALING PARKER
- The Importance of Being Ridiculous When Writing YA
- My Thoughts About Sex in YA
- Interview with my Agent, Sara Megibow
- How My Books are Born
- Writing Can Be Very, Very Lonely
- What’s in a Title?
- Read about The Continuing Evolution of My Writing Abilities (or lack thereof)
- Don’t Give Up on Writing!
- Influences & Favorite Books
