For anyone wondering what life is like four months after the release of FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB, the answer is, uh . . . chaotic. 1. For a start, I’ve had a few school visits recently, which I adore. Today, I met with the students at Marquette High School in Chesterfield, MO. A couple of weeks [...]
A couple of weeks ago I went back to college, although for once, I wasn’t after another degree (you can breathe again, Mum and Dad). My hosts were the faculty and students of Connecticut College, an extraordinarily beautiful campus nestled against the River Thames in New London, CT. In case you’re wondering how on earth [...]
1. Next Tuesday, January 18th at 6PM, Jody Feldman, Cole Gibsen, and I will be presenting a YA books panel at the Buder Branch of the St. Louis Public Library. We’ll be talking about our own roads to publication, and how we write. But we’ll also be offering advice to emerging authors of all ages, [...]
Tomorrow evening (Friday December 10th) at 7PM, I’ll be signing books at the Barnes and Noble in Fenton, MO (721 Gravois Rd). Please come along if you live within 100 miles (or 200, if you’re super keen)! A big thanks to the Northwest Vallyet 7th and 8th Grade Center in House Springs, MO, for being [...]
Tomorrow (Thursday, December 2nd) I have an event at the Central West End Left Bank Books in St. Louis. It starts at 6PM, but please come along any time between then and 7:30PM. The really cool thing about this signing? I’m giving all the royalties from books sold to a local fund. Oh, and President Obama’s [...]
This evening, I’ll be heading to Chicago. Late. If traffic is light I should be there by midnight. If not, I might just drive straight to the high schools tomorrow and give my presentations unshaven and smelling slightly. It wouldn’t be the first time. The schools, by the way, are Plainfield South High School and [...]
I must be one of the first authors in history who didn’t get around to announcing a book launch on MY OWN BLOG. How lame is that? But enough of that, there’s much to report: 1. Although I didn’t mention the launch, it seems that everyone else did. And the reviews have been pouring in, [...]
Uber-awesome Heather Brewer and I will be chatting about writing and all things YA, and YOU should join us! Please come along to the Middendorf-Kredell Branch of the St. Charles County Library on Saturday November 12 from 6-8PM. Better still, register here, because seating is limited and there are only 12 openings left. There will [...]
That’s right, the launch party for DUMB is tomorrow, Saturday November 6th, 7PM at Pudd’nHead Books (37 S Old Orchard, Webster Groves, MO). You should totally come, because . . . Local band The Slots will be performing live! There’ll be cake! Now that my laptop computer has endured liquid destruction (thanks, son), audience members [...]
Hard to believe that in a little over a week, FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB will be hitting the shelves. While there were still 100 days to go, I felt pretty comfortable about things. Now that we’re down to 11, much less so. But hey, reviews have been awesome (more will be posted soon), and the [...]
