Recent Blog Posts

Celebrating 2 Years of The Happy Writer Podcast!

It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over 2 years since The Happy Writer Podcast debuted on March 22, 2020 with inaugural guest, Jessica Brody. Since then, I’ve chatted with so many guests, including authors-from debut to well-experienced, multi-published and award-winning, my agent, Jill Grinberg, editor Liz Szabla, and […]

My CINDER Query Letter

As promised, here is my original query letter for CINDER along with inline comments from my agent–Jill Grinberg.  Hint: click on the image to view the enlarged pdf. If you haven’t already, listen to our special bonus episode of The Happy Writer Podcast. Make sure you follow The Happy Writer […]

A New Lunar Chronicles Short Story – COVID-128

Surprise! I wrote a new Lunar Chronicles short story, inspired by the prompt from @fiercereads asking what our characters would be doing during a time of social distancing. It was really fun for me to hang out with these characters again for a little while, and I hope you’ll enjoy it! […]