Random Rantings of Jordan Drew

I got my ABNA reviews for Impact! I didn’t make it through to the quarter finals, but I did get this from one of the Amazon reviewers: What is your overall opinion of this excerpt? Overall, this is a strong excerpt, with believable characters that young people will be able to relate to. It’s a [...]

Impact, my YA paranormal, made it through the first round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award! :cheer:

My short story Infected has been published in the Dark Eclipse e-magazine (issue #7) by Dark Moon Digest. I’m sooooo excited and grateful to the folks over at DMD! Infected tells the story of Laney, a girl who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Annnnnnnnnd – How freakin’ awesome is this cover

A little over halfway through NaNoWrimo. I’m working on something a little bit different than I normally do, but NaNo is sort of the best avenue for that kind of thing, isn’t it? For now, I’m calling it The Underground. Six friends made it through the apocalypse… now they just have to make it throug

A little over halfway through NaNoWrimo. I’m working on something a little bit different than I normally do, but NaNo is sort of the best avenue for that kind of thing, isn’t it? For now, I’m calling it The Underground. Six friends made it through the apocalypse… now they just have to make it throug

So I got together with Elysabeth Williams and we decided for our last 13 Stories ‘Til Halloween post, we’d write something together. This is what we came up with. This wasn’t right. Something had gone horribly wrong and he didn’t know how to rectify the situation. Was this truly all there was? When

So I got together with Elysabeth Williams and we decided for our last 13 Stories ‘Til Halloween post, we’d write something together. This is what we came up with. This wasn’t right. Something had gone horribly wrong and he didn’t know how to rectify the situation. Was this truly all there was? When

“Midnight?” “Yes. Not a minute later or the window will be closed, and Mr. McIntyre… a little faith, would be wise.” – Jordan Drew, Saying Goodbye http://13storiestilhalloween.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/saying-goodbye/

“Midnight?” “Yes. Not a minute later or the window will be closed, and Mr. McIntyre… a little faith, would be wise.” – Jordan Drew, Saying Goodbye http://13storiestilhalloween.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/saying-goodbye/

Peyton was tired of playing perfect. Teenagers across the world were known to make mistakes, why should she be all that different? If she went for a little while and came home before midnight, it couldn’t even be considered breaking a rule, anyway… more of a slight bend, really. A little teaser for