Jun 26th, 2010 | 13 Comments
I felt the earth move!
Everyone who is at the ALA conference is about to miss the earthquake story I am about to tell and I bet they are so jealous right now!
HAR HAR HAR!
So guess what Internet! Most of you know this because ... READ MORE ›
Jun 19th, 2010 | 13 Comments
release dates & delicious food
This always happens: every time I say more news will be forthcoming, I write it under the assumption that news won't be forthcoming until like many weeks later, and then the NEXT DAY it forthcomes. Book news is determined to ... READ MORE ›
Jun 15th, 2010 | 18 Comments
seeing the world (kinda)
This is one of the coolest things that's ever landed in my inbox. A few months ago, awesome reader Sarah D. was in China and sent me some photographs of Some Girls Are at The Great Wall. She kindly gave ... READ MORE ›
Jun 4th, 2010 | 24 Comments
recently hearted books & movies
Now that I'm between books I have some LEISURE time!
But not as much leisure time as I would like, sob.
But still.
Leisure time for me is spent reading books and watching movies and trying not to move around too much while ... READ MORE ›
Jun 1st, 2010 | 32 Comments
grief & writing
My grandfather has this sweater he'd wear constantly. Blue with black patterning. It's hard to conjure up a memory with him not wearing it. He had it so long, the wrists wore through and my grandma had to sew ... READ MORE ›
May 16th, 2010 | 29 Comments
I’m Alive! Or: Fall for Anything! Or: Festival of Trees!
So yesterday night, I was sitting at my computer when a daddy long-legs descended from the ceiling and landed DIRECTLY ON MY KEYBOARD, wandered off my desk and crawled under my bed.
It was pretty exciting.
But it was not the most ... READ MORE ›
Mar 25th, 2010 | 33 Comments
An Interview with Anna Jarzab (And A Giveaway!)
(Hey... psst! Wanna win a copy of Anna Jarzab's spectacular debut, All Unquiet Things? Boy, are YOU in the right place!)
Is there nothing sadder than a book that has a beautiful cover and is lame on the inside? I ... READ MORE ›
Mar 22nd, 2010 | 12 Comments
some things to know
Last week totally got away from me! AND ALL THE REST ARE ABOUT TO. The winner of the Teri Hall giveaway was Jess and she was notified last week. Congrats, Jess! I hope you enjoy The Line as ... READ MORE ›
Mar 8th, 2010 | 34 Comments
An Interview with Teri Hall (& A Giveaway!)
It will probably not be long (read: it's going to be EXTREMELY SOON) before I'm disappearing to do some intense work on Book 3 (and I mean I will really be disappearing... more), so I thought I would pre-emptively make up for ... READ MORE ›
Feb 15th, 2010 | 26 Comments
Re: The Cybils
Wow, I did not expect to be updating my blog before my next book was in my editor's inbox (gettin' close!), and also before I could catch up on eleventy billion emails and blogs, but something very unexpected and also amazing happened ... READ MORE ›
