What if there were a place where you could… ...access an entire website full of clean YA books that are actually appropriate for 12-18...

Hi, everyone! I am working on... a secret project. But for the website portion of it, I need some help from people who have read my...

So, I'd seen a few other of my author friends do this, and it seemed like a good way to take stock of what I'd accomplished this year,...

YA Clean Reads Book Review for The Uncertainty of Fire by Stephanie Daniels

Episode 20 of Macchiatos, Faerie Princes, and Other Things That Happen at Midnight just went live on Kindle Vella today! I've been having...

The final segment of MJ's and my "Brooding Heroes" Trope Talk series is up, and this time we're discussing how brooding heroes have...

My first professional short story sale I announced a few months ago is now PUBLISHED, and my story is live and out there in the big, wide...

Today is book release day for Evernigh by M.J. Padgett! I beta-read this book prior to its release, and it's such a fantastic,...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to my very first YA Clean Reads Book Review post! I'm starting this project as a way to help parents find...

Welcome to another one of my random late-night entertainments: making satirical magazine covers based on book tropes!

Learn to make your fiction writing more powerful!

Find clean/sweet romance serials on Kindle Vella with the "Just Kisses" tag!

"Overly Serious Twilight Essay" #1 -- Ravioli with a Side of Existentialism: The Symbolic Meaning of Bella's Mushroom Ravioli in Twilight

Kindle Vella launched a few days ago, and I've been testing out the platform, checking out stories, and closely watching the forums and...

...And so is my brand new story! ​ I'm thrilled to announce the first publicly-released portion of the Leyward Stones universe: my brand...

There's a new readership platform launching... it's coming very, very soon... and I'm going to be a part of it! So, what is it? I explain...

New Patreon tiers...with even more perks!

A new Trope Talk video is up! This month we're chatting about the absent or clueless parent trope found in many young adult books. What...

Grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and join us as we chat book tropes! I just launched a fun, new thing on YouTube: Trope Talk with MJ and...

Note: This is the first post in my new "Coffee and Cats...and Other Life Things" category here on my blog... a new category for blog...