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2011 is here, and I’m excited because it’s a big year for me. Of course, one of the highlights of the year is that my first novel will be published in May of this year. Back in 2009 when I first learned my book was going to be published, 2011 felt like an eternity away. So the fact that it has finally arrived is pretty cool. Even cooler is that already some fellow 2011 debut authors are welcoming their babies into the world. Julia Karr’s XVI is already showing up on bookstore shelves and Terry Lynn Johnson’s Dogsled Dreams is mushing its way to eager readers. I’m so happy to be in such great company with this year’s exciting crop of debut YA and MG titles. Here’s a teaser glimpse of what we have to look forward to in 2011...

The Elevensies group which I am proud member of has begun a new ask the writer feature in which someone asks a writing-related question and all of us writers throw in our two cents. This is a Tuesday feature, and since today is Wednesday that means I’m a day late and a dollar short. (Actually, I’m 50 cents short thanks to the vending machine that refused to give me my change yesterday, but I digress.) This week’s question is: What do you wish someone would have told you when you started writing? Here’s my answer: I wish someone had told me to stick to one thing and see it through to the end. It’s lot easier to finish something if you aren’t constantly getting distracted and starting new projects. Cruise over to Elevensies and...

I’m not here today. I am over at the Elevensies sharing the fascinating true story of a day in the writing life.