On rewriting, and rewriting, and rewriting

You’re not the same person you were when you first started writing your novel. I’m certainly not—I think back when I first started working on Not Your Hero and it feels like a completely different era. As a mom, my priorities are all about my family and have been for the past few years. There’s certainly a balance between being a parent and navigating your career, and I’ve just started to rebuild this aspect slowly, one page at a time. It feels very fitting to then be working on Abby’s story as she too, rebuilds.

A CLASH OF STEEL

Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island.

1826. The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Rumor has it that the legendary Head of the Dragon had one last treasure—the plunder of a thousand ports — that for decades has only been a myth, a fool’s journey. Xiang is convinced this map could lead to the fabled treasure. Captivated with the thrill of adventure, she joins Anh and her motley crew off in pursuit of the island. But the girls soon find that the sea—and especially those who sail it—are far more dangerous than the legends led them to believe.

Not Your Backup

SIDEKICK SQUAD, BOOK THREE —  Emma Robledo has a few more responsibilities that the usual high school senior, but then again, she and her friends have left school to lead a fractured Resistance movement against a corrupt Heroes League of Heroes. Emma is the only member of a supercharged team without powers, and she isn’t always taken seriously.

NOT YOUR VILLAIN audiobook now available!

The NOT YOUR VILLAIN audiobook is now available! I’m so honored that the Sidekick Squad series can be enjoyed in this medium! Produced by Tantor Media and read by JD Jackson, the second in the Sidekick Squad series follows the adventures of Bells and his friends as they navigate the growing corruption in the Heroes’ League of Heroes…

Queer Voices in YA, The Ripped Bodice

I always love being at the Ripped Bodice bookstore, and it was so much fun chatting with amazing authors Audrey Coulthurst, Amy Spalding and Britta Lundin on our Queer Voices in YA conversation. We talked about our writing process, being queer and how our identity has impacted our work, and about our upcoming books with writer and comedian Erin Judge.