Blogfest 2009

Writing has made me push myself harder each day.  I owe telling good stories and getting better each day as a writer to the fans and readers.  I’ve got to give YOU ALL everything I’ve got!

The power to transport myself from city to city, country to country, and even back in time or into the future.  And then I’d like to have the added power of making myself invisible that way I could be in the room and no one would know I was there.  I could see and hear conversations with world leaders.  Of course I totally trust my boyfriend, but now that I think about it, having these super powers could even help me check in on him to make sure he’s sitting at home on a Friday night thinking about me and watching tv and not hanging out at the club with his boys!

The first published writing I had was my first novel, “Cosmopolitan Girls”, but I think my second novel, “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life,” really let the world know who I was as a writer and my voice.  Prior to professionally publishing anything, my “real” first writing was in my journal.

I had been a television producer for several years and I got fed up with working on projects that reflected other writers’ ideas.  I had my own, so I sat down one day and started writing.  I created a character that loosely reflected my first experiences moving to New York City after college.  Lindsay Bradley took on a life of her own and became the lead protagonist in my first book “Cosmopolitan Girls”.  Three books later I felt like my soul was calling for me to tell a story about teens.  Some of the best times in my life were high school.  There was also plenty of drama and pain, and some heartache too.  The Come Up book series has been even more challenging to write than adult fiction, because with teens it’s about “keeping it real” and connecting with the experience of junior high and high school, even post high school as you prepare for college.  I’m super proud of The Come Up and what it represents for teens.  Dreams, self-confidence, and determination mean everything to teens today!