Award-winning author of Perfect on Paper, It’s a Waverly Life, and Honey on Your Mind (coming July 24!)

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PoP #2!

Perfect on Paper reaches #2 on Amazon!

The past week has been quite a whirlwind for me and my alter ego, Waverly Bryson. Last Sunday, the U.S. [...]

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My new book is here!

Today is the official launch of It’s a Waverly Life! I’ve only read one review and am going to try [...]

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Bring your characters to life with dialogue

First-time novelists often have trouble with dialogue. A common problem is that the characters all sound the same, so the [...]

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Write it down!

I took a yoga class a few days ago, and in the last (i.e. the best!) part of class, when [...]

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Author headshot: lights, camera, smile!

With everything on your plate to get the word out about your book, getting a photo taken might be pretty [...]

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How to beat writer’s block

It happens to all of us. Sometimes, no matter how motivated we are to work, we hit a wall and [...]

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It’s a Waverly Life is now available for pre-order!

The official release of It’s a Waverly Life is November 8! YAHOO!!! To order a signed copy from me, please [...]

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Just say NO to random capitalization!

I blogged a couple weeks ago about a particular grammar pet peeve of mine, and today I have a new [...]

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The plural of book is NOT book’s!

I have a new grammar pet peeve: the use of a possessive apostrophe to denote a plural. In just the [...]

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Get reviews for your indie book!

Even if you don’t know a lot about book marketing, you’ve probably heard of book reviews. What you might not [...]

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