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I WILL HOLD YOU UP

August 31, 2016
Personal

SMA AWARENESS MONTH I don’t stand up for a cause often enough—so I’m dedicating my August blog post to SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY. It’s an insidious disease that has affected people I love, and it needs to be talked about. Back in 2011, my band 7k recorded our final song, “I Will Hold You Up,” in honor...

STRAIGHT CISPEOPLE RETWEETING RAINBOW FLAGS: A CONFESSION

June 28, 2016
Personal, Writing

This post centers around three facts: It’s LGBTQIAP+ pride month. Two weeks ago, fifty people were murdered because they were in a gay club. I’m a straight cismale who wrote a book from the POV of a gender fluid teenager. So the question I’ve been asking myself is: What, if anything, do...

A Post(card) from the Trenches

May 25, 2016
Personal

Disclaimer: This post is apt to be random and is likely ill-advised. But I doubled my word goal today, and I feel compelled to share things. So here goes something. Body: I’m rewriting my next book. Revising? Rewriting. I’m taking the seed and growing a new tree. It’s terrifying and liberating and...

Signing books at Barnes & Noble Chino Hills

March Events Wrap-Up

April 7, 2016
News, Personal

March was an amazing month for this debut author. After the madness of launching Symptoms of Being Human in February, I had a full month of events–two book festivals, a library appearance, and a panel and signing at my local Barnes & Noble store. So this post is a digital scrapbook of sorts,...

On Being Afraid in the Bathroom

April 3, 2016
Personal

The impetus to write Symptoms of Being Human came in late 2013. I was in a car with some friends and acquaintances when the driver–let’s call her Jane–brought up a court case pending in my county. A transgender student was suing the school district for the right to use the restroom/locker...

YA Scavenger Hunt Spring 2016

March 29, 2016
Fiction

YA Scavenger Hunt Spring 2016 has ended! Thanks so much for participating, and congrats to Ashly H from New York for winning my giveaway of a signed copy of Symptoms of Being Human plus a copy of The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner! Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt Spring 2016! Greetings. I’m Jeff...