The official cover for Spirited has arrived. The ebook releases October 31. The print book won’t be available until March 28, 2012. All proceeds from the project from the project will be donated to 826 National. And check it out! Even John Otte has a short story included in this book! I’ve read it, and… Continue Reading
Test Your Ghosthunting Skills and Enter to Win
Leap Books and Bridge Social Media are giving you a chance to figure out which authors will be featured in Leap Books’ latest release, SPIRITED–Ghosthunter style! This hauntingly good anthology stars some of the best young adult authors to die for. Your mission? Use your paranormal spidey senses to decipher the information. Each week they will feature clues about the identity… Continue Reading
The Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson
Review by Jill Williamson Janner and his family settle into life in the Green Hollows, but people don’t really accept them, especially the furry Kalmar, whom they think is a Fang. Janner must step up into his role as a Throne Warden to keep Kalmar from getting into a fight that could destroy their entire… Continue Reading
Special Pre-Order Sale on Replication, the ebook!
Zondervan is running a special ebook promotion from now until December 31st for my next book, Replication: The Jason Experiment. You can pre-order the ebook today for only $3.99 and receive it on your ereader on December 20th. After December 31st, the ebook will go up to the full price. Click here to pre-order on Amazon.com Click… Continue Reading
The St. Louis Report (ACFW conference and booktrailer filming)
I just returned home from an eight-day adventure in St. Louis, MO. This year’s ACFW conference was located there, but I went a few days before and stayed a few days after to help Nightwing Studios film the book trailer for From Darkness Won. Not that they needed my help. By the time I arrived,… Continue Reading
Filming the From Darkness Won Trailer
I’m in St. Louis at the home of a very kind and generous family. This is the home base for filming the book trailer for From Darkness Won. We’ve filmed scenes in a vineyard, a cave, a field of horses, a park with a castle in it, a green screen room downstairs, and more. I’m… Continue Reading
My Eowyn/Duchess Amal Gown… So Far
I’ve been sewing a gown to wear for the upcoming filming of the From Darkness Won book trailer. I get to play a small part in this trailer as Duchess Amal, Vrell’s mom. So I needed a dress. I had already planned to try and make Eowyn’s green dress from the Two Towers movie. I had… Continue Reading
Pitching my novel: What I should have done
Many writers stink at the novel pitch. I am one of them. I practice and practice, but when I sit/stand in front of an editor, I babble, I ad lib, my mind blanks and I say things I never meant to say! It’s so frustrating! In September of 2010, I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers… Continue Reading
Fun to Look at Old Emails
As I was searching for something in my email archives, I found this old message that I had written to my critique group. It was dated Monday, December 17, 2007. In this email I had just started to write Bloodvoices, which became By Darkness Hid. And to do so, I had put aside writing Jason Farms, my… Continue Reading
Oregon Christian Writers and Vacation!
I have been gone, adventuring, hanging out with authors, playing. It was a nice time away. First I went to the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference. I attend this conference every year. I sold my first book there, met my agent there, taught my first writer’s workshop, and sold my newest book to Zonderkidz there too.… Continue Reading
My Story
I was writing the world’s COOLEST book. It was about a spy kid. And I was convinced it was the Next Best Thing. I had done some research about getting published. I knew that attending a writer’s conference would be the best way to meet editors and agents. So I went to a little day-and-a-half… Continue Reading
Just Found Replication: The Jason Experiment for PreOrder!
Replication: The Jason Experiment is now for sale! Pre-order, that is. But if you want to preorder a copy, you can save some $$. The book is going to be $15.99, hardcover. Here’s where you can pre-order the book: BarnesandNoble.com: Sale price $10.79 ChristianBook.com: Sale price $11.99 Amazon.com: Sale price $10.87