Dear Teen Me, Please, please, stop thinking about becoming a drug dealer. I know you’re thinking about it because your scumbag father became a pathetic cliché and left you and your mom for his secretary. I know you’re thinking about it because you’re so poor that you sometimes have to…
Year: 2014
Dear Teen Julie, I know what you’re thinking. Why the ominous letter of warning from future you? What the hell is about to happen? Relax. This isn’t a life or death visit. Today I’m here with a tiny piece of insight and wisdom. I know about the Math teacher that…
Dear Teen Shannon, There are many kinds of bullies. There are the boys on the bus. The ones that form a gauntlet of grabbing hands that you are forced to press through getting to and from your assigned seat. The taunting boys that make you wish you were invisible. The…
Did you catch the first excerpt from our upcoming release, Love and Other Unknown Variables? If not you can check it out here. Here is another glimpse inside the story… Excerpt I should let her walk away and be thankful she didn’t punch me, but without thinking, I touch her…
Dear Teen Anna, To this very day, I’m proud of you. Remember riding the bus in middle school? Sweaty Augusts, football players who hadn’t yet learned about the magic that is deodorant, and that one kid Adrian who always tripped you as you walked by? Good job on spraying him…
Dear Teen Me, This is a hard letter to write because I know perfectly well you never listened to anyone. At age sixteen, you knew everything and nobody could tell you anything, not even older, time-traveling me. But I’ll impart my wisdom nonetheless, just as if you weren’t a cynical…
Dear Ellen, You’re hurting right now, and not just emotionally, but physically, too. What kind of person jerks back your chair in language lab, just as you’re sitting down? There isn’t enough room in the cubicle for you to completely clear the seat, so before your butt can hit the…
Whatever Life Throws at You by international bestselling author, Julie Cross, releases on October 7th, 2014. In less than a week you can hold this amazing book in your hands!!!! In the meantime, if you’d like more information about Whatever Life Throws at You, and want to swoon over the…
I have a teensy fixation with Halloween. I start decorating in September (because it takes that long to haul out all my decorations). I usually read several horror-romance novels *cough, DEAD OVER HEELS, cough*. And I always set aside a weekend to watch spooky movies. Here, in no particular order,…
Dear Teen Me, Funny story. Some really amazing, good things have been happening to us lately… …and it’s been making our life hell. Here’s the deal: You’re used to really shitty stuff happening to you. After all, you’re currently living with a monster right now. In a few years you’re…