Daisy Whitney

I love happy agent stories! So I thought I would share one with you from a blog reader of mine. I’m SOOOO thrilled that L.R. Giles just landed a terrific agent from the Andrea Brown agency for his young adult novel WHISPERTOWN so I did a quick interview with him on the query process. I hope this helps other writers also looking for agents. And I always… 

How could I resist this?

I did it again. The same thing I did with my first novel, my second, my third, my fourth, my fifth and my sixth. This time with the seventh, I convinced myself my first draft was actually good. That it was showable. That it was not an embarrassing steaming pile of doo. Guess what? I WAS WRONG. First drafts are never good. But yet because I was working off an… 

What does a writer need most? An idea, sure. A word processing program. The discipline to write it down. The caffeine to keep going. And? Critique partners. They are absolutely vital. I have a close group of writing girlfriends and I can not imagine surviving this business without them. We share each other’s work, offer feedback at the right times and… 

I left some “The Mockingbirds” graffiti at YouTube headquarter this week. Don’t be surprised when the company’s employees buy my book in droves (which you can do by pre-ordering here!)

As promised earlier this week, here are my FOUR PAIRS of blue shoes! I know, I know. It’s completely excessive. It’s completely unnecessary. But it’s totally fun!

Secrets. They are the fuel of conversations, of trouble, of conflict, of novels. That’s why when debut young adult author Holly Cupala reached out to me about her book TELL ME A SECRET (released last week!), I jumped on the chance to do a vlog interview with her. What did we talk about? Why, secrets of course! Why they are so compelling, why she was drawn… 

What’s better than one book from an author you like? Two, released simultaneously! Kind of cool, huh? That’s what Jenny O’Connell’s publisher is doing with her new young adult series “Island Summer.” The first two books “Local Girls” and “Rich Boys” were recently released and I’m excited to tell… 

Bonjour! I know this may sound a bit excessive but I have FOUR pairs of blue shoes from Paris! I’m not sure how this happened, other than that I love blue and I love shoes! Here is one of the pairs and I’ll take more pics of the others to share soon. Vive les chaussures!

When it comes to the kitchen, I am good at cooking anything that has a button for it on the microwave.