For my most recent college course, I was tasked with creating my author platform. Prior to this class, I had no idea what an author platform consisted of, much less how to start building one. For those of you who also don’t know, it involves creating an author website and professional social media accounts to… Continue reading Building Your Author Platform: Creating Your Author Website
Who I Am I’m a young adult author, reader, and public librarian who writes novels about widespread but rarely talked about social issues like drug abuse and human trafficking. Spreading awareness about these topics is important to me because they are issues many teens in American society face, but that are seldom voiced in books… Continue reading What to Expect from Me
Ever wonder whether you should add a dual narrator to your work in progress? Well, this is the conundrum I’m facing: While in a peer workshop for my Advanced Fiction Writing college course, one of my classmates suggested I add Skylar’s point of view to The Alchemist’s Ghost. I had tossed the idea around in… Continue reading And Then There Were Two: Progress on The Alchemist’s Ghost
Searching for your next YA read? Here are my top 5 favorite books: The Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterIf you enjoy urban fantasy, horses, islands, and a dash of romance, this unique standalone novel is for you! Filled with carnivorous water horses, faerie magic, broken down cars, and a deadly horse race, it’s unlike any… Continue reading My Fav 5: The Top 5 Books I Recommend
Allison Burton 