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, [...]
Ana and Thea, patrons of the legendary Book Smugglers blog have generously allowed me to share my Best of 2010! It’s an eclectic mix, overloaded with angst and drama (’cause I love ‘em so). It’s also evenly split between movies and books because, you know, I’m a really slow reader. Sad, but true. Oh yeah, [...]
Free books? YES! Three books? YES! YES! YES! Last night, I discovered that no fewer than three (yes, THREE) blogs are hosting DUMB giveaways at the moment. And since many readers have expressed an interest in obtaining a free copy of DUMB (no kidding!), I thought I’d pass along the links: Mandy Hubbard (awesome author, [...]
DUMB has had a slew of new reviews recently, including these three over the past 24 hours. Piper wants to share: The Book Smugglers: “Five Flavors of Dumb is really, REALLY good, surprisingly so – even though I heard nothing but praise for the book, I still didn’t expect it to be this good.” An Avid [...]
Well, I compiled a list of all the blog and facebook comments left over the past week, and used a Random Number Generator to unveil the winner and . . . um . . . the RNG picked a relative of mine. Now, no offense to my relatives, but if I figure that if they [...]
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 [...]
First off, congrats to Ashley – my random number generator declared her winner of the inaugural book giveaway contest. As you can see, even Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are excited. Ashley will be receiving a signed copy of FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB, and an ARC of WHERE SHE WENT by Gayle Forman. Thanks to [...]
My local newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ran a column on DUMB (or me; or me and DUMB; it’s sort of hard to tell) yesterday. It’s the first time I’ve appeared in print media since I was eight and spoke passionately (and ungrammatically) on why my elementary school playground needed saving. Ah, happy memories! In [...]
