Coming Fall, 2006!  Click here to read an excerpt

Sometimes, the only one a girl can confide in is her blog!

Subject:  Fresh Start

Listening to: Medea (the opera named for the mythological woman who killed her kids just to bug her ex-husband.  …Reminds me of my mother.)

Feeling:  Anticipation

Weight:  112 lbs.

For most people, the word "diva" means brilliant, talented, over-the-top and glamorous. I, otoh, seemed to be trapped in the not-very-glamorous life of a cheerleader wannabe with serious ex-boyfriend issues and a permanent yo-yo diet.  At least until the day I auditioned for Miami High School of the Arts and-- got in!  All I had to do was convince my mother, the cosmetics salesperson with mythically bad taste in clothes and men, that going downtown to hang with the music geeks was a good idea. I had to blackmail her to do it, but I'm here, a diva wannabe and not so sure I can cut it.

Now, what?

Click here for Why I Wrote Diva.

"Satisfying . . . [Caitlin] sets an excellent example of someone who follows her dreams, despite other people's opinions."  -Kliatt

"Realistic and thoughtful." -Kirkus Reviews

"Flinn turns a fine eye on the seemingly never-ending mother-daughter dance, in which someone is always out of step. A fast read, but there’s meat here, too." -Booklist