🎉Drumroll please! 🥁Writing folk of Twitter, we are excited to announce our new competition! It is for anyone who is unpublished, unagented & writing fiction for MG or YA readers. Please help us spread the word! 🤗 Full details can be found at skylark-literary.com/competition-20…

Maeve has insisted on a blanket fort in the bathroom, so we are weathering the fireworks with many comfy pillows and the Classic FM pet playlist. This is actually the most zen I've seen her around 5 Nov!

After a grueling, hallmark-channel style fight to get home for Christmas, I was shocked to find my boyfriend already here. He had a particular question to ask. (I said yes.)

A lot of books close with the wedding, but it's just the start of the next chapter. I am very much looking forward to continuing this story.

My article "Dissociation and Embodiment in Young Adult Literature: What Authors Need to Consider in the Climax" has been published on Leaf Journal, on Writing for Young People! Check it out to get a tiny look into my PhD studies (and hopefully learn a bit about writing!). rb.gy/zdd6d4

After almost 15 years, the remains of my sister's friend have been brought home. It's absolutely surreal. But I am grateful she can rest in peace. nytimes.com/2024/01/23/us/…

I can’t believe I won the Footnote Press and Counterpoints Arts Writing prize for my family memoir, Wait for Her. I am over the moon, but it’s hard to celebrate while my people are subjected to a genocide. May this book be a way to keep talking about Palestine. tinyurl.com/3tkfc545

Watch closely, this woman's words are power.

I'm speaking at Story Embers Summit! It's an online conference about faith and storytelling. My event is about trauma, character development, and balancing real-world consequences with God's astounding hope. You can register here (closes soon!): storyembers.org/summit/ref/42/

My sister is running a big sale on eBay. Items include original art, prints, copies of The Eleventh Trade, a signed Sarah J Maas poster, velvet cloaks... Check it out: ebay.com/usr/thesilvere…

I got the fancy hat! Also you can now read the academic portion of my dissertation (Breaking the Curse: Retelling a Folk Fairy Tale to Explore Trauma and Healing in Novels for Young People): researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/16240/ (You'll have to wait for the creative portion 👀)