Pride’s Run is up for Best Book and Cat Kalen is up for Best Author.  YAY.  If you agree, I’d love you vote.

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Pride’s Run is free today at Amazon.  Please share and let others know to go download a copy today!

This is what a young adult book should be. YA authors take notes. You don’t need to dumb down a story that’s addressed to a teen audience. You can have a compelling story that doesn’t have to focus on two people wanting to jump each other’s bones. The main female doesn’t have to be a supposedly every girl character who is actually a Mary-Sue, and the main male does not have to be a controlling stalker. In this book there is no real romance. Sure there are hints of a developing romance but that’s all because the hero and heroine … Read More »

I’m so excited to announce the Pride’s Run is a finalist in the Silken Sands contest, YA category!  Winners will be announced next month!  Keep your fingers crossed for me!

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Seeking revenge, Pride is headed back to the compound where she was once nearly broken to the will of an evil master. She’ll stop at nothing to free the enslaved wolves still caged in the estate’s underground prison. Knowing there is only one way back inside the fortified mansion, Pride allows herself to be captured.
Armed with a plan, she finds herself back in her cage but when things begin to unravel, she once again finds herself at the mercy of her former master. This time, however, she knows she has two wolves on her side, Logan and Stone—powerful alphas … Read More »

Well, it’s that time of year again when the teens come home from school with the blahs, otherwise known as winter blues.  Part of that—besides … Read More »

Gifts and Talents

Thanks for inviting me today, Cat. I thought I would talk to your readers about the importance of giving our characters gifts and talents. How do we come up with the superpowers our characters possess? And why is it so important to choose the right one? This doesn’t just apply to paranormal and supernatural beings. Even in contemporary YA fiction, the gifts and talents of our characters speak volumes about who they are.

When I created Jordie Dunn, my heroine from Heaven Is For heroes, I wanted to make her a strong, kick-butt girl that readers could … Read More »