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At one time, I hated to travel.

When I was a wee boy (like 30-years-old), I couldn't stand traveling.  When I'd travel, I'd constantly worry about what I should be doing at home (working to better my life, I suppose).  Yes, that's it.  I constantly thought I was missing valuable work time.  I couldn't enjoy myself on a trip unless I was [...]

It Is This: Nothing Special Cover

I haven't been entirely sure that this cover would stick.  I like it a lot.  So, I hoped.  It's Felton's little brother Andrew, with his glasses removed, trying to look like a philosopher and sort of mimicking his piano hero Glenn Gould. Andrew's a funny kid.  Andrew's maybe sadder than he seems.  The cover is [...]

Pirates Steal Stupid Fast And It Hurts

I don't make a lot of money.  I just received a google alert for Stupid Fast.  I have very little money.  Publishing for most people produces very little money.  Every little bit that comes in matters a lot.  The google alert was for a free download site.  This single site has distributed, as of 10:45 [...]

4. I have to be thankful for Steph

Why?  You could throw us in a ditch and we'd have a good time.  We could be stuck in a heavy rain, in a big dank puddle, wearing leather sandals and we'd have a good time. I like watching her make dinner.  I like her watching me wash dishes.  I like going to the grocery [...]

3. Thankful: @sourcebooks @sourcebooksfire You know it!

I'm really happy at Sourcebooks.  I'm hugely, dorkily in love with Sourcebooks, actually. Yes… Yes… I love my publisher, because they are smart and right and human and excellent. You know what I like? Emailing the publicist, Derry Wilkens, at Sourcebooks Fire and getting a reply.  That doesn't happen at all publishers (true story).  Publicists [...]

Thanksgiving 2. Leo

I'm a little like a Jewish mother with the bragging, but that's what I got. Of course, this is the time of year to be thankful.  In February, during my winter festival of bitching, I'll reveal all of the stuff that's crap.  Today, however, I give thanks again. My son, Leo, is almost 14.  In [...]

1. Thanksgiving Mira

Every year around this time I think, I'm going to take this business seriously. I'm going to get all thankful all over it.  Usually I post something or other about being filled with gratitude and then I'm done because other crap gets in the way  and I miss mentioning about a thousand things I'd like [...]

You want to write? Don't blow the easy part.

So, I'm teaching an undergraduate screenwriting class.  It's at night (undergrads have a hard time at night).  It's in a computer lab (terrible place to hold a creative writing class).  Still, it's a screenwriting class.  At the very least, it should be of mild interest.  These are the stories we're surrounded by in this culture.  [...][image error]

Nothing Special

I just delivered Stupid Fast's sequel, Nothing Special, to the publisher. I'm pretty excited about it.  Felton becomes an absolute monster on the field, a mega-player.  He loses his balance, though, and loses Gus, Aleah, and Andrew, his poor little brother.  To be the kind of dude he really wants to be, he will have [...][image error]

Slacker!

Steph and I are in Austin, TX for Austin Teen Book Fest.  There are a wagon load of excellent authors here.  But, what am I most psyched about?  Taking pictures of Steph that look vaguely like Slacker, a movie that nearly caused me to drop out of life entirely and stay in my dirty apartment [...]