For all the Brits reading this, Kepler’s is a legendary bookstore in the Bay Area of California. (That’s the region around San Francisco.) It’s a regular stop for touring authors, and everyone raves about it. Well, even though I can’t quite believe it . . . (drum roll, please) . . .
They’ve chosen FIVE FLAVORS [...]
I love children’s authors. I mean, LOVE them. Meeting them not only inspires me, it reminds me that I am freakily fortunate to be doing what I’m doing.
I read a comment by Sherman Alexie about the difference between the children’s and adult’s book worlds (I can’t find the actual quote, of course, because I’m useless) [...]
Those of you who’ve read the blurb for FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB might know that it’s narrated by a deaf high school senior named Piper, who aspires to attend Gallaudet University, an excellent liberal arts college in Washington, DC. (Gallaudet is the finest college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the world.) Well, it just [...]
See all these galleys for FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB? They arrived today, and they’re mine, all mine. And yes, they’re absolutely as lovely as they look.
Aside from the fact that the cover is just about the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen (and deserves its own blog post), the whole design is simply perfect. I [...]
Writing may be solitary work, but the YA community is fantastic. One of the coolest things about being a writer is meeting other authors and watching their progress. Seriously, when you only get to publish one book a year (and that’s being generous) it’s important to have something to cheer for in the meantime.
Well, get [...]
I’m one of those authors who works in coffee shops. You know . . . the ones who sit at the dark and dusty tables at the back, plugged into a laptop, hoping nobody notices they’ve been there FOUR HOURS ALREADY. But coffee shops are great places to work, I find. It feels like a [...]
This week I was press-ganged cajoled into starting a Facebook account, to complement my MySpace account. I’ll admit it, I was reluctant, partly because my MySpace page is pretty, and partly because there ought to be a limit on how many sites feature my ugly noggin (head, for you non-Brits). But my critics were persistent. [...]
