Author: cherylspanos

Signing Event Recap and a Review

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our book signing event at Reasonable Books on June 21st. Fellow YA author, Jill Hedgecock, and I had a wonderful time at our joint literary event: “Ancient Jungles and Urban Spells.” Jill read from her latest young adult historical fiction novel, PIZCO, a coming-of-age adventure […]

Reasonable Books Author Event

Reasonable Books presents: Ancient Jungles and Urban Spells Join me and fellow young adult author Jill Hedgecock for an entertaining literary event on Saturday, June 21st from 3:30 – 5:00 PM at Reasonable Books (3645 C Mt. Diablo Blvd., next to Trader Joe’s) in Lafayette, CA. Hear excerpts from our latest young adult releases, highlighting […]

Bedlam Bewitched Wins IPPY Award

I’m delighted and thrilled to announce that Bedlam Bewitched won a 2025 IPPY Award. My debut novel was awarded a BRONZE medal in the Young Adult Fiction – Fantasy category. For nearly 30 years, the IPPYs (Independent Publisher Book Awards) have recognized “excellence in independent publishing,” honoring newly-released titles from university presses, small presses, and […]

Witch Crafting

My critique group partner and fellow young adult author, Jill Hedgecock, has just released her sixth novel. Pizco is a teen historical fiction adventure set in ancient Peru. We are planning a joint author signing and reading event at local independent bookstore Reasonable Books in Lafayette, CA. I’ll be reading from my debut YA fantasy […]

The Raven Boys: A Review

If you’ve read my previous “Favorite Fantasy Reads” blog post, you’ll know that The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater is one of my favorites. I loved this book and subsequently devoured the whole four-part Raven Cycle series. So I was excited to learn that The Raven Boys has been adapted into a graphic novel, scheduled […]

Chapter Endings

I’ve been busy drafting my next novel and am happy to report steady progress. Not the chapter a week that I’d been hoping for, but I am cranking out chapters in time to meet my critique group deadline for review. The story muse is speaking to me again. Even when I’m not actively typing, my […]

Finding Momentum

I don’t typically make New Year’s resolutions, but come January I do think about my writing goals for the year ahead. This year, my goal is to complete at least a first draft of my next novel. I have about eight chapters of this new work drafted. But my progress stalled for most of last […]

The Doll

On the cusp of the New Year, I have a tradition that I call “shredding the old year.” I go through my files and gather old receipts and other papers that I no longer need. Then I feed them through a paper shredder and dump them in the recycle bin. A purge of the old […]