I just learned that Backwards was selected as a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category by both these outstanding award committees. For a complete listing of the Colorado Book Awards finalists, click here. And for a complete listing of the CAL (Colorado Authors League) finalists, click here. These are two great lists of excellent books […]
For the last few years I’ve taught a sold-out Novel Writing Class through Northern Colorado Writers. Every year, participants have requested that I offer an intensive workshop structured around the problems and questions participants are encountering in their own work —a Novel and Memoir Problem Solving Workshop. This spring, it’s finally happening! Maybe you want […]
Recently, I saw Catching Fire and greatly enjoyed it, which might be part of the problem. I liked Catching Fire even more than the first movie, which is saying a good deal, since I also enjoyed that one. So far, the Hunger Games franchise has the best film adaptations of young adult books I’ve seen. The […]
