For a second week in a row I'm happy to bring you another clean, contemporary YA novel. I requested The Next to Last Mistake by North Carolina author Amalie Jahn from the publisher, Light Messages, because of the racial themes. It was interesting to see how Jahn handled interracial friendships since that is a theme in my… Continue reading The Next to the Last Mistake: Review and ARC Giveaway
Congratulations to the following readers who won books: Linda Townsend won Strange, Unusual, Gross & Cool Animals by Charles Ghinga Kathleen Burkinshaw won Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Hackl Jane Leah B. won Nature's Friend by Lindsey McDivitt Mary Housel won The Extraordinary Ordinary Moth by Darlin Gray Thanks to all… Continue reading Behind These Hands: A Review and ARC Giveaway
Since Carol already covered the path to publication of my second book (Light Messages/July 2018), we thought it would be fun to go into detail about the cover development process. First, the title has been changed from Heart Behind These Hands to Behind These Hands. Here is the blurb: Fourteen-year-old Claire Fairchild has always… Continue reading You Heard it Here First: Cover Reveal for Linda Phillips Second Book!
As many of you know, I enjoy featuring my fellow writers' accomplishments. In that vein, I bring you news from my dear friend, Linda Phillips. Just for the record, Linda and I met 18 years ago when Fran Davis, the regional advisor for SCBW (there was no I back then) asked us to put together… Continue reading You Heard it Here First–Linda Phillips' Second Novel Finds a Home!