YA Excellence with Lammy Finalists

Last Thursday some amazing books landed on the finalists list in the LGBT Children’s/Young Adult category for the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. I wanted to take a moment to give shootouts to these books. Of the ten finalists, I’ve read three and have...

RainbowCon: Panels, Readings, Q&A = fun!

Will and I are doing two conventions this year, and RainbowCon in Tampa is the first one on the schedule–April 17-20 in Tampa. RainbowCon is significant for me because it’ll mark the first time I’m going to one of these cons as an author. At GRL last...

Hat Trick Becomes a Best Seller

So much great stuff has happened since Hat Trick was released. I’m thrilled with how the book has been received and the feedback I continue to get from readers. This past week I found out Hat Trick was the #1 best seller for both Queerteen Press and JMS Books in...

My Verse…

Dead Poets Society is my favorite movie. Its resonated with me since I first saw it in a movie theater in 1989. I had an extraordinary English teacher when I was in the 10th grade. Janice Winokur gave me a love of Shakespeare and of writing. Certainly Robin...

2014: Off and Running…

New Year’s Day morning, 6:45, and I’ve spent about 90 minutes reconfiguring the Hat Trick section of the website so the next book in the series is represented. I’ve worked out too. It’s been a fairly regular weekday morning, even though...