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...

Author Cynthia Toney shares about her two young adult novels, the important issues included in them, her passion to rescue shelter dogs...

Interview with Diana Sharples Today Diana Sharples, author of Running Lean, joins us to talk about her book, her motorcycle, her faith...

Children first entering school are usually anxious to read, but sometimes that enthusiasm ends by mid elementary years. Reading is...