I'm so excited to announce that you can now have your first look at Oasis - its exclusive excerpt was revealed this week over at The Nerd Daily. I'm beyond thrilled to see one of my absolute favorite entertainment sites host this reveal for my novel. Here's the snippet of the announcement on Twitter: You can now read this excerpt which I've personally selected for this purpose here: https://www.thenerddaily.com/oasis-katya-de-becerra-excerpt/ Like what you see? Don't forget to add this book on Goodreads . Or why not pre-order now , so you can receive it as soon as it's released AND support its author 😉(After all, pre-orders show to publishers that there's lots of interest in a particular book and that means the author's chances of ever publishing another book grow!)

I have the best of news to share! After an on-again off-again search for literary representation for my young adult fiction, I have now signed with the wonderful Amy Tipton from the Signature Literary Agency . I’m still up in the clouds in reaction to Amy’s enthusiasm for my book. From the very first email exchange we had, I’ve been blown away by Amy’s friendliness, professionalism and, again, enthusiasm! I’ll be blogging about my writing/publishing journey as things happen and as I’m allowed to reveal those things, but for now I can say that I’ve been busy polishing my manuscript to make sure it’s at its best. You can read some recent interviews with Amy here , here and here . Some backstory I’ve been writing short fiction and slipstream poetry since my early teens (though mostly not in English). During my exchange year in California I made my first serious detour into creative writing in English, but it wasn’t until 2011 that I attempted (and completed...