


Don’t believe me? Here’s a list of recent offenders: Chicken nuggets (this is what death feels like), Diet Coke (sinus douche!), a tiny shard of a tortilla chip that defied gravity and leaped from my lips straight up my nose (moment of silence for his courage), bread pudding (I was really worried the raisins were going to be permanently lodged …), and wasabi (spontaneous combustion starts in the sinus cavity, I always say). I can snort just about anything up my nose on accident. And it’s decorated with puffy rainbow stickers because apparently 9-year-old C.J. My boxed set of The Chronicles of Narnia. And I always use a playlist developed specifically for that one story so that as soon as I hear those songs in that order, I’m instantly transported to the story’s world. I use a notebook and Pilot gel pens for plotting, world building, character development, and fix-it notes. I write either at my desk in my office or at the little back corner table at the coffee shop in my local bookstore. Where do you write, and what tools do you use? It’s the story of a fugitive princess who has become a fierce warrior, a wicked queen who is the most powerful sorcerer the kingdom has ever seen, and a desperate dragon shape-shifter prince from a neighboring kingdom who makes a deal to become the queen’s huntsman to save his people from destruction. THE SHADOW QUEENis a dark epic fantasy inspired by the Snow White fairy tale. It’s due this coming Monday so it’s basically all I’m doing with my life right now. I’m working on the next book in the Ravenspire series. Now that we’ve set the mood, what are you working on today?

She’s proof you can have it all – and I predict more great things to come. conducted an interview with me several years ago, which was possible the most fun I’ve ever had answering questions – from Captain Jack Sparrow, of course. Her writing is fierce, fantasy-laden, and tough (I mean, really, how can you not a love a trilogy named Defiance?). As a huge force on the Nashville YA-writer scene, she juggles some hefty deadlines with her multitude of kids, biological and adopted from foreign countries.
