Source We all live in glass houses in this digital age. I write about this loss of privacy in my YA fiction, and the idea just won’t stop cropping up in the real world. Athletes and celebrities seem to take the brunt of the public eye, but they’re not the only ones anymore. It spans...

I had this great conversation with a teenager a few weeks ago. He was a stranger to me, and circumstances just happened to have us sitting next to each other. He started by asking me what I was reading. (It was Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo.) I gave him a quick summary, and he...

How is it possible that this is my first post of 2012? Is it just me, or is this year already flying by? I don’t want to talk about reflection on the past year (been there, done that) or resolutions for the new one (already broken). Instead my first post of the year is about...

I’ve been a little absent from the Interwebs recently. It’s easy to click and read with one hand, but more of a challenge to type comments or posts. I’ll be back soon, with a slew of end-of-the-year book reviews, but I’m muddling through this post left handed to give a little personal update. I am...

Nothing makes me feel older than technology. Don’t get me wrong — I love it. I love unlimited information at my fingertips 24-7. I love my iPod, my phone, and my laptop — I don’t go anywhere without them. But I can remember what life was like before, and it seems like that wasn’t very...