Celebrity memoirs can tend to be a hit or miss with audiences. Some have two-hundred plus pages of repetitive anecdotes of little interest to the readers while others dig deep, profoundly revealing the secret lives of those we see on both the big and small screen. Tan France, star of the Netflix series Queer Eye, […]
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you tell him, “thanks for letting me know, sir,” then you amble your way off the table still chewing your crackers. you got them at the back of the fridge this morning, the holiday’s leftover. stale like the lips of an indulgent lover. you’re so cool when you play pretend, and even you know it. […]
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What first inspired you to write historical fiction, specifically for young adult audiences? YA and historical fiction are a perfect fit because so much in life depends on the experiences we have when we’re teens, and this includes historical figures. People who end up doing amazing things often do them in response to their childhood. […]
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My second love, a Cuban boy with skin as white as paper and curly charcoal hair, adored me from the ends of my nappy braids to the tips of my caramel toes. Growing up in different neighborhoods, fate spiked with dumb luck brought us together in high school. I’m still unsure what the attraction was, but I couldn’t […]
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Cyndy just escaped the clutches of Straight Inc., an organization claiming to help teenage addicts recover while secretly brainwashing and abusing them. But now she has to return home to her judgmental mother, her edgy friends, and her complete confusion after the horror within Straight Inc. In the second true to life story from Cyndy […]
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I awoke to the smell of her cheap perfume filling the air. “Mom?” I asked confused. “Get up,” she growled, scratching the skin of her neck. “Get dressed. I’m taking you somewhere.” She never stayed long unless she needed something, and the previous night she had been in a fight with my stepdad, because […]
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“I didn’t recognize you at first.” I had just walked into my first period when I was greeted by the confused stare of a classmate I’d known for over a year. He, apparently, didn’t recognize me without makeup. “Are you sick?” In my natural state, I look ill. I am pale, and I am veiny. […]
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I was always a little plump. Plump meaning “having a full, rounded shape: slightly fat.” As a child, people referred to it as my cute, little baby fat, but when you’re a socially awkward sophomore in high school, the title changes. Up until the previous year, I had not given much thought to my shape […]
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The sunset reflected on your brown eyes. The air was cool, and there were many people around. But somehow, I only saw you. We were fooling around, and you kicked a ball at my sister. I laughed, so did you. Your laugh filled the cool air surrounding us, wrapping around my mind and calming me […]
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