This Saturday, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected the Rev. Mary Glasspool, a lesbian, as assistant bishop. Rev. Glasspool, if approved by a majority of dioceses in the church, would then become the second openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church. (The first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, was elected in 2003.) This is [...:]
This weekend kicks off Holidaze With the Debs, a series of author events across the U.S. (with a stop in Canada!) with the 2009 Debutantes.
I'll be participating in a few of the Bay Area events, starting this Saturday afternoon from 3-4 p.m. at the Borders in San Rafael, CA. We'll be signing our books, [...:]
I am so happy to announce that Ash is a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. The Morris Award is given to debut young adult novels, and is granted by the American Library Association. It is SO EXCITING to be nominated for this award!! I heard about it yesterday but it still hasn't [...:]
I'm preparing a blog post about YA books that include room for queerness, and in thinking about that, I began to think about the word queer itself. I know that for some people, queer is still an epithet, a put-down. For me, it is not. It is part of the LGBTQ acronym — lesbian, gay, bisexual, [...:]
This year's pie was made with organic fuji and gala apples, and mixed with Penzeys Chinese cassia cinnamon, a bit of lemon juice, and half a cup of sugar (most recipes call for more). The crust is the crust out of Joy of Cooking, using half butter and half shortening. Enjoy! Happy day-after-Thanksgiving pie eating!
This is part 2 of my recap of my East Coast tour. Go here to read part 1. After stops in Boston and New York, I headed on down to Philadelphia. As evidence, here I am in front of the Liberty Bell, recreating the Dalai Lama's visit.
Of course, I did not go to Philly solely to [...:]
I'm back from almost 2.5 weeks of travel/book promotion on the East Coast. It was quite an experience! Everybody kept calling it a book tour, but it didn't start out that way — initially it was just a trip to Philadelphia for NCTE, and then I decided it would be convenient to visit family in [...:]
Yes, I'm still on the East Coast! Today I was at NCTE in Philadelphia. Tomorrow night I'll be at Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia's LGBT bookstore, participating in a fundraiser/read-a-thon for the Lambda Literary Foundation and Giovanni's Room. Twenty LGBT authors will be reading from their books, answering questions and signing books, and you can see the [...:]
Back in August, I went down to Los Angeles for a photo shoot. I couldn't tell you about it then, but now I can reveal that I'm in Out magazine's 2009 Out 100! It is such an honor to be on a list with Sarah Waters (although why did they put her in a janitor's [...:]
I'm happy announce that I'm part of Holidaze with the Debs, a series of author events in the U.S. and Canada this season! I'll be part of the San Francisco Bay Area leg of the tour, participating in the following events: Dec. 5, 3-4 p.m Borders 588 Francisco Blvd. West San Rafael, CA Including: Lauren Bjorkman, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, Malinda [...:]
