Kicking Off Prom Season, A Podcast About My Prom Novel

It's May and that means prom season is in full swing. So for your listening pleasure, Simon & Schuster has a podcast on YouTube that I did a few years ago about my debut novel A REALLY NICE PROM MESS. This is my first novel for young adults which tells the story about a gay couple who goes on a secret double date to the prom which doesn't stay secret for long and then complications/chaos ensue (see police, drug dealers, strippers, et al). The book was nearly banned in 2009 by a library in Wisconsin just because there were gay characters in it. Anyway, the podcast is about 4 minutes long and, in it, I talk about about the book and my prom experiences, as I went to a few! You can purchase the paperback on Amazon and I guarantee it makes for fun summer/beach reading.

Everything I Know I Learned In Band Camp

That is a summary of my life in 8 words that I was recently asked to create for my new author page on Simon & Schuster's website. I also had to answers tons of crazy/embarrassing questions about everything from my greatest fear to my pet peeve. Actually, my pet peeve was answering questions about myself. (ha) But I have to say, it was prettty fun filling it out, though it did take a while. There were something like 30 questions and I still have a few more to get to. There is also an "author doodle" which I need to work on with something other than my laptop. If you're interested, some other S&S authors have done some nice artsy work w/their drawings...you can check them out on the main author page.