Good Grief

Has it really been that long since I posted? During that time, I have traveled to New Orleans, ran a 10k and attended a YA book festival in The Dalles.  I have also finished a book, started teaching at Portland Community College, signed up for a half marathon and...

Good Reads Give Away

To celebrate the fabulous review Kirkus gave Born of Deception, (which you can read here!) I will be giving away five ARCs of Born of Deception!   Goodreads Book Giveaway Born of Deception by Teri Brown Giveaway ends May 01, 2014. See the giveaway details at...

Interview with Wild Sister Editor and CEO

 I am a huge Wild Sister fan.  I love both the magazine and the message and when Jen “came out” with her a newly discovered  Aspergers diagnosis, I was fascinated. I knew my readers would be too, so I asked Jen if she would be interested in doing an...

Running, Writing, Life

So, I’m going to get all esoteric and shiz here on the blog. Hey, it’s my blog, I can say what I want, right? So let’s get down to it… As some of you know, I was diagnosed with a pituitary gland tumor back in 2001 or so. Treatment included a ten hour surgery and...

RIP to my Sweet Sister

I loved my sister, Donna. I love her still. The last 24 hours have been surreal and make no sense to me at all. When something like this happens, I always want to make a timeline– as if by categorization, I can make sense of the senseless. My mom called...

Continuing Education

Since I’ve finished my series on being a hybrid author, I’ve been thinking a lot about my own career. What do I want it to look like? Where do I want it to go? I love what I do. I love the challenge of writing books, creating characters, and smoothing out...