Emerald City Comicon kicked off in Seattle this past week, signaling that con season is well and truly underway. Even with snow still on the ground in much of the U.S., we geeks are finally ready to celebrate the coming of spring…by cramming ourselves into cramped, lightless convention halls with a few thousand of our closest friends. […]

Confession: contemporary young adult romance has the most special place in my heart of all YA genres. It encompasses so much of what I love about reading (and writing) young adult as a whole—all the experiences of “firsts” and all the ups and downs that come with them. Some of them are sweet, some are […]