How to Get Your Favorite Authors to Write More Books
Readers frequently ask me when I'll be writing sequels for my books. While there aren't currently plans for sequels for All Your Twisted Secrets, These Deadly Games, or Lying in the Deep, I do have...
All Your Twisted Secrets Cast as Sims Characters
When I sold All Your Twisted Secrets to my first publisher, I was elated. Finally, after years of trying to get a book published, my dreams were coming true! So what did I do to celebrate? I played...
Which Thriller Should You Read Based on Your Mood?
Now that I've published several thrillers, readers often ask me which book to start with. Since they're all standalones, you can read them in any order you'd like, so instead I thought it’d be fun...
My Plan for Using Social Media as an Author in 2023 & Beyond
Things are pretty bleak out there. The Musk man is destroying Twitter, the algorithms on TikTok and Instagram are unpredictable and, frankly, toxic, and Facebook HAHAHA. A dozen new platforms have...
Lying in the Deep is Featured in People Magazine!
MY BOOK IS IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE!!! 😱 I've been subscribed since high school, so this is an exciting moment and a tremendous author milestone. If you’d like a copy, make sure grab the June 5th edition!...
Announcing the Stunning Preorder Gift for Lying in the Deep
Today I’m thrilled to show you the absolutely stunning preorder gift for Lying in the Deep, a romantic, stabby stabby thrill ride where a girl is trapped on a Semester-at-Sea style cruise with a...
How I Took the Plunge to Become a Full-Time Author
I’m now officially a full-time author! Last week I left my job at BookBub, where I’ve worked for 7 years to become a full-time author. I’m thrilled to take this step in my career, but it’s...
Pitch Wars 2021 Wishlist
Hi Pitch Wars hopefuls! I got my first agent basically a century ago (okay, it was 2014) thanks to #PitMad, and now, after admiring the Pitch Wars mentorship program from afar for so long, I’m...
The First Two Chapters of All Your Twisted Secrets
All Your Twisted Secrets is a locked-room thriller R.L. Stine called “a frightening page-turner” that's a cross between The Breakfast Club and an Agatha Christie mystery. Six teens are locked in a...
What It’s REALLY Like to Go on Submission to Publishers
A note to fellow authors: Friends, thanks for visiting my blog. Before you read this post, please note that I wrote it pre-pandemic. Times have changed and submission wait times are generally longer...
How I Decluttered Social Media to Cut Stress (and Spark Joy!)
Over the past few years, social media has ruined my life. Okay, that’s probably an overstatement. But social media has given me tons of anxiety, at times even triggering bouts of depression. And I...
What it Was Like to Take a Sabbatical to Write Full-Time
From January - March 2019, I took a three-month leave of absence from my day job to write full-time. I’m so grateful to my employer BookBub for giving me this opportunity. And while the experience...