Inspire Students to Love Reading and Writing with and Author Visit and get FREE books! Dear Friends, In honor of the tremendous work teachers do to encourage teens to read, I’m doing a huge Secret to Lying hardcover giveaway to schools. When schools book a half day Author Visit with me, I’ll send them 30 […]
10 Things You Should Know About Doing a Crowdfunding Campaign
April 20, 2015 by · 7 Comments
Alternative title: All the stuff I wish someone had told me before I started my Kickstarter Campaign and nearly drove myself bonkers, put together into a nifty little list for you. 1) It’s going to be harder and more time-consuming than you probably imagine. Preparing for this Kickstarter launch took weeks, and promoting it after […]
Why You Might Be Asking the Wrong Question About Suicide
September 3, 2014 by · 11 Comments
The question gets asked over and over again in the wake of a suicide. It goes something like this, “How could he decide to kill himself?” I heard people ask this dozens of times in various forms when Robin Williams died. And when Ned Vizzini, author of It’s Kindof a Funny Story (and other fabulous […]
