Mary E. Pearson's Blog, page 17

I'm yakking about books . . .

and libraries going paperless over at Tor today. 

Hope you'll come by and share your thoughts on the advantages (and disadvantages) of traditional books.

Bells, Whistles, & Books:  Going Paperless

Walking for cures and more . . .

Lots of catch up today.

First and most important,  I want to bring to your attention that author and editor
more news . . .

The...

I Believe in Lambadoodles . . .

My latest post over at Tor.com is up!  

From ruby red slippers, to spelling spiders, to honking fail, to yes, even lambadoodles, I share some thoughts on 
Suspending Disbelief. 

Please, come share your thoughts with me! 

Mission Viejo Readers Festival

Mission Viejo Readers Festival
Saturday September 12


Ack--I know this is late notice if you live in, say New Jersey, but if you are in the Orange County area come by Mission Viejo's Reader's Festival tomorrow.  I will be on a panel, Teens and the Other Side of Reality,  with YA Authors, Alyson Noel, Jennifer Kogler, and Marlene Perez, aka marperez. Our panel is from 2:30-3:30 in the Jacaranda Room.  Details and directions are here.

And hey, the Bronze Fonz--oh, I mean, Henry Winkler will be ther...

Yammering about YA Lit

My post over at Tor today is about What YA Lit is and isn't--at least to me. 

Come on over  and share your thoughts and your latest teen read.

I'm still recovering . . .

from a fancy-schmancy party I gave this past weekend. As you can see, I went all out on the centerpieces . . .



And the door prizes were WAY classy . . .

 

Wouldn't you love to have a Garden Gnome Monkey Pirate on your mantle? I know.  Me too.

The rest of the pictures shall remain hidden to protect the nutcases guests.  Like I said, still recovering.  Hope you had a fun weekend too.

Arghhhh.

 

Obsessed

Blogging today over at Tor.com about everyone's obsession with the future (yes, even you!) 

Hope you will pop in.  

Drawing names . . .

for The Miles Between  2009 Summer Arc Tour from our many road trip bloggers, and here are the winners!!

Patti in CT

Chaney in TX

Jeannine in MA

Melodye in CA

Jody in MO

Erika in FL

Sherwood in CA

Lisa in WI

KT in Chicago

Kristine in OH

Congratulations all!!  Now all you need to do is:

  1. Send me an email at:  mary AT marypearson DOT com

  2.  Tell me who you want it personalized to.

  3.  Give me the address of where you want it sent!

And voila!  It will be on its way!

Happy Friday all!

I'm rocking . . .

Wow, thanks for all the cheers yesterday.  And songs!  What a fabulous car song playlist I have now.  itunes here I come!

I also wanted to say I am going to be a guest blogger over at Tor.com for the month of September.  I will be posting two or three times a week over there and mostly be talking about the writing process, and some of the surprises and pitfalls I have encountered when writing my own books.  And who knows what else.  They said I could write about anything.  I felt like a teenager

Pub Day!

At last!  And for two books!

The brand spanking new:



And also the paperback for:



Not sure how I should celebrate.  Maybe a day of indulgent reading is in order. Or . .  .

Yesterday when I posted the final ARC tour pictures in New York  , in the comments newport2newport  suggested creating a playlist of car tunes to celebrate.  Her contribution was Baby You Can Drive My Car by The Beatles.  I added Fun, Fun, Fun, by The Beach Boys.  And I seem to remember that writerross suggested Thunder Road by Bru