My first YA novel was Freerunner. It was a tough story to write. I wanted to cover the issue of molestation, but in a way that would be...

Does your mind never quit? Umm. The answer is no. Or not often. Even when I'm asleep, my mind is processing. Last week Jasmine was...

Freerunner and Catching Hope are getting updated looks. The very talented Diana Sharples is designing new covers and is also giving the...

I had the awesome opportunity to spend some time with the Freerunner cover model and her family in North Carolina last week. It was an...

Freerunner won second place in the YA catagory of the Selah Awards Wednesday night at the Blue Ridge Christian Writer's Conference. It...

Preparation for the blog tour actually begin back in November. We had scheduled it for the last week in February, but we cut it a little...

Catching Hope is on blog tour for the next 13 days. I was a bit nervous about this due to the reactions to Freerunner on blog tour. Both...

The cover models for both books are amazing young women, but have very different stories, backgrounds and families. Today I'll talk about...

My second teen fiction book is now available through amazon and Good Reads as well as the publisher, Elk Lake. Here is the back cover...

As I mentioned in my last post, almost every review mentioned that Freerunner was a hard book to read. Thankfully overall the book seemed...

#teenbooks #teenfiction #hopeandhealing #blogtour #issuebasedfiction Freerunner is on Day 10 of a blog tour. It has been both hard and...

My book teen fiction book Freerunner is, obviously, set against the backdrop of freerunning. I'm not sure when I first thought of writing...

Freerunner is the story of a 15-year-old who freeruns to escape the memories of abuse/molestation she suffered as a young child. So many tee

Larissa, the cover model for Freerunner, shows off her Freerunner wristbands.

In doing my final edits, some of my main character's words/thoughts stood out to me more than others. Here are four of my favorite...

In the past I've written preteen/young teen devotional or interactive non fiction books. But I've realized that sometimes a story is the...

A few years ago I felt a real need to write books for teens who will not pick up a typical Christian book. I wanted to reach the teens...

Jean Ann Williams, author of Just Claire, enjoys digging into her fascinating childhood to create stories for children. Having written...

Author Sherrie Giddens has written a variety of books including children's books, teen books and adult books. Today she talks about...

Review: All the Bright Places This is my review, my own thoughts. You don't have to agree with me or my opinions. All the Bright Places...