The Last Panther

What is a species worth? *Nautilus Book Award Winner!* *Colorado Book Award Winner!* *CAL Book Award Winner!* *A “Best Book of the Year“!* *A Southern Living “Best New Books for Kids” pick!* *Recommended by Florida Teachers and National Geographic!* *Green Earth Honor Book!*              “I loved this book, and I… [read]

The Secret to Lying

What happens when your life becomes a lie?  *Colorado Book Award Winner* *Texas Library Association Teen Reading List Selection* *Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Selection*  E-book, paperback, and audiobook (read by Nick Podehl) now available! “Engrossing and entertaining…  a great read.”  —Publishers Weekly “An artful blurring between reality and fantasy, The Secret to Lying masterfully delves into one teen’s… [read]

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Backwards

Travel Backwards… *Winner of the Colorado Authors League Book Award* *Finalist for the Colorado Book Award* *Finalist for the Crystal Kite Award* *LitPick 5 Star Book Review Award* It was Saturday, November 15th, but I didn’t know that. I wouldn’t understand the strange countdown of days that formed my existence until later. All I knew… [read]

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A Flight of Angels

*A YALSA Top Ten Pick for Great Graphic Novels for Teens*  Now available in paperback, and it’s pretty flipping beautiful. Or stay classy with A FLIGHT OF ANGELS hardcover version. “Occasionally someone executes a standard storytelling device with such dazzling skill that it reminds you why that device became standard in the first place… [A Flight of Angels]… [read]

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The Namer of Spirits

 A thrilling steampunk eco-fantasy for ages 9 & up!         Amazon #1 New Release in Children’s Environment and Ecology Books! *American Fiction Awards Winner!* *A 2021 “Best Book Awards” Children’s Fiction Finalist!* ★★★★★ “The Namer of Spirits is among the best of its kind!” —Literary Titan *A LitPick 5-Star Book Review Award… [read]

The Traitor King

The Manannan family secret is about to be revealed… *Colorado Book Award Finalist* Now available on Kindle and Nook for under five bucks! Or check out the new paperback edition. “You MUST read this book.”  —TeensReadToo.com (starred) “Humor, menace, and mystery suffuse this fast-paced tale… New surprises and plot twists keep readers enthralled, because nothing -librarians, skeletal pursuers, or hard-drinking dads-… [read]

Quick Writing Tips Free Video Series

Looking for some quick, easy ways to improve your writing? Here’s a free series of short (each is under 5 minutes) writing tips videos. They focus on some of the most common prose problems that I’ve seen writers struggle with over my two decades of teaching creative writing. My goal in making these videos was […]

AI & Fiction: Limitations, How It’s Helpful, and What Writers Need to Do to Keep the Human Element Alive

Writers, if you’re curious/nervous about AI text generators like ChatGPT taking over, you might find this article helpful. My students and I spent weeks exploring ChatGPT to explore its uses and limitations for writing fiction. If you’re at all worried about being replaced by a machine, you’ll definitely want to read this.  What Writers Need […]

Broken Saviors (issues 1-4) now on Amazon

Aliens came to save us. They thought it would be easy. They were wrong.   “A playfully original beginning to what promises to be an epic alien invasion story…I like it. It’s a solid piece of work.”   —Fanboy Comics   —Issue #1 (only 99 cents, or free on Kindle Unlimited!) —Issue #2 (the invasion […]