I’m excited to announce I’m a mentor for the WriteMentor summer program once more! My introduction to this wonderful UK-based mentoring program came in 2019 as a mentee for a young adult novel I’ve since tabled. I truly believed in that novel, and the confidence my mentor had in me helped inspire me to persevere …
I’m humbled to announce that HarperCollins publishers has acquired my children’s novel SHAD HADID AND THE ALCHEMISTS OF ALEXANDRIA! The Publishers Weekly press release is above and the link to that is right here. Additionally, the Publishers Marketplace announcement is below. It is a bit surreal to see my face associated with a publishing juggernaut …
Update! I’m mentoring for a third time in 2020 (and, technically, the first time in 2021), for the highly regarded Author Mentor Match program!
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be a 2020 PitchWars mentor! Like the WriteMentor program I mentored for this summer, PitchWars is a mentorship opportunity for up and coming writers, and probably the highest-regarded such opportunity of its kind. That’s why I’m thrilled that I was chosen to mentor this year. Last year, I was …
I’m officially going to be mentoring for WriteMentor, a UK-based writing competition! I’ll be working co-mentor Sabrina Prestes (who happened to be my mentor when I was selected to participate as a mentee in 2019). Together, we’ll select one manuscript in the Young Adult science fiction, fantasy, or thriller genres to work with. Read more …
Recently, I signed with a literary agent for my middle grade novel. It’s been nearly four years of daily writing, and several manuscripts, but I’ve finally accomplished a major long-term goal! My agent is Jennifer Azantian, of Azantian Literary. She and I clicked from the very first message, and she resonated with my novel on …