by Shonna | Sep 23, 2016 | Fairy tales
Grimm’s fairy tales continue to inspire today’s fairy tale authors. My book Spindle is a continuation of the Sleeping Beauty story, exploring the idea of what would happen if the spindle that pricked Briar-Rose was still cursed? Check out my video to see...
by Shonna | Sep 20, 2016 | Fairy tales
We are two weeks out from the October 4th pub date for Spindle. Enter the Goodreads Giveaway for your chance to win a copy! Enter Here
by Shonna | Aug 30, 2016 | status update
In this week’s Creative Penn podcast Joanna Penn challenged her listeners to review their past career leaps based on the four-year Olympic cycles, then project our goals into the future. What a fun challenge! Year to year changes seem small, but when you look at...
by Shonna | Jul 13, 2016 | Teaching Writing
For the rest of July and August, I’ll be the writer in residence at the Mesa Public Library. I’ll be teaching four workshops and holding one-on-one appointments with other writers. I’ve added a tab to the menu above (one on one appointment) where you...
by Shonna | Jun 20, 2016 | Books, Random fun
My publisher is giving away a series starter kit. Here some info on what they’ve got planned these next few weeks: Have you had your eye on at least one – if not many – of our TEEN series? Why not put your steaming TV and movie nights on hold and, instead, binge...
by Shonna | Jun 2, 2016 | Fairy tales, Random fun, Youtube
I loved today’s Google Doodle so much I had to share it here so I’ll remember it! and the behind the...
by Shonna | May 28, 2016 | Teaching Writing, Youtube
I’ve recently wrapped up an editing marathon and my right hand/wrist ended up pretty sore. My friend Melody made this video this weekend so I’m posting it for future reference and to help anyone else who has this same...
by Shonna | May 24, 2016 | 1800s, Around the World, Liz and Nellie
The Idea Liz and Nellie, the historical retelling of the dramatic race around the world in the late 1800s started out as a research rabbit trail. I was working on a YA novel set in the 1890s, and while I was studying this time period, I read about a young woman named...
by Shonna | May 5, 2016 | #atozchallenge, 1800s, Around the World
This was my third year blogging A to Z. Year 1: Learned about the challenge a few days before it started and thought it would be fun. I blogged each day with no real plan other than to make it to the end. My theme was random. Year 2: From my first year, I’d...
by Shonna | Apr 30, 2016 | #atozchallenge, 1800s, Around the World
This year for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, I’m writing about the 1800s in celebration of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s race around the world in 1889, the subject of my new novel based on this adventure: Liz and Nellie. Goodreads Book Giveaway Liz and...
