Hi all! I’m thrilled to announce that Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins is going to be publishing my next middle grade spooky book in the Summer of 2022! It’s called THIS APPEARING HOUSE and for maximum effect, say it outloud. Cool, right? I’m really excited about this book, friends, because not only do I love a… Continue reading News! Publication set for THIS APPEARING HOUSE
Tag: Writing
World, meet GHOST GIRL
So it’s been….sometime. It’s not that things haven’t been happening, because they definitely have it’s just, well, I couldn’t talk about it. Do you know how hard it is to keep a secret for four months? Pretty darn hard. So back in January I had a really good day. It was January 29th and I… Continue reading World, meet GHOST GIRL
Our Faultless Stars: What John Green Got Wrong
So I finally did it. I read The Fault in Our Stars, easily once of the most beloved novels by one of the most beloved novelists. I didn’t read it earlier because I feared that my own cancer story would make me biased. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to give it a fair… Continue reading Our Faultless Stars: What John Green Got Wrong
To NaNo or not to NaNo
Isn’t that the question? Unless, of course, your question is “what the hell is a NaNo?” NaNoWriMo, as it’s awkwardly and affectionately called, stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is billed as a competition – something you either win or lose – to push people to write a 50K word novel in 30… Continue reading To NaNo or not to NaNo
Van Gogh Painted the Sky Last: Thoughts on John Grochalski’s Winedrunk Sidewalk
So that’s a photo of a van Gogh painting that hung in the recent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new location, MET BRUER, called Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible. The whole exhibit was really fantastic but this painting really floored me. Because van Gogh painted the sky last. Last. Something about this strikes me… Continue reading Van Gogh Painted the Sky Last: Thoughts on John Grochalski’s Winedrunk Sidewalk
Ally Malinenko 