Monday
Super busy these days trying to finish the first draft of my WIP. The guilt of taking off a couple of weeks over Christmas eats away at my soul. Yes, I am largely motivated by guilt. Aren’t you?! Anyway re. […]
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The Film of the Book
Isn’t this a crazy dream that most crazy authors share? It means you have arrived somehow. You have been validated by the machine that is Hollywood and all those marketing people who spot trends and decree fashion. And decide what […]
Ringing in the new year
(These are not my kids. They are facsimiles. Also, though we wished very hard, we have had no snow.) After three weeks with both kids home from school… a state that filled their wee hearts with joy and mine with […]
Ho Ho Ho
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL FROM SANTA AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Baby Steps
I have the tendency to look forward to all the things I am hoping will happen. This means I exist in a state of anticipation rather than just sitting back and enjoying the good things that come to me. I […]
ARCS!!!!!!!
ARCS! ARCS are advance reading copies. They have nothing to do with Narcs. Or arks. They are exciting things because they go to reviewers and they are the first proof that in fact one is not dreaming and that there […]
My 10 Best YA Picks of 2010
1) Mockingjay- Suzanne Collins 2) White Cat- Holly Black 3) Wasted- Nicola Morgan 4) Behemoth- Scott Westerfeld 5) Will Grayson Will Grayson- John Green & David Levithan 6) Before I Fall- Lauren Oliver 7) Going Bovine- Libba Bray 8) Seth […]
Tomayto. Tomahrto.
My mum is a Brit but I mostly grew up in the States. She says ‘tomahrto’. I say ‘tomayto’ unless I am visiting the UK and then I make a special effort to say it their way. Now, having also […]
Ashes, Ashes is on Amazon.com now!!!!
The official publication date for ASHES, ASHES is June 1 2011 but it is finally (and with the fabulous final cover) up on Amazon.com. Don’t Lucy and Aidan look great! You can check out the link here
Nostalgia or something like that
It’s the day before the 1st of December.Tomorrow the kids get their advent calendars (the German kind with chocolates behind each window, of course).I almost bought a box of Xmas crackers this morning. I was supposed to be buying photo […]