In elementary school, middle school, and high school, I wrote a lot of supremely crappy poetry. Most of it consisted of me being a smartass (“Ode to Yassir Arafat” and haikus about Star Trek), but I also wrote poetry about how I felt like my guts had been ripped out by friends and boys and […]

Guys – Sourcebooks has already started working on the cover for my book SCORE, which is coming out in December of 2011! They’ve posted three images and would like you to comment on what you like best. Check it out here. If you comment at the Sourcebooks site, you’ll get a chance to win an […]

Today at the YA-5 blog, I get all rebellious again and talk about walking on eggshells in publishing. All the time. Read it here. Have a nice weekend, everybody!

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