Susan Beth Pfeffer's Blog, page 36

Metamorphosis Scooter Style

Most of the day he looks like this.At 6 AM, he looks like this!

And What A Mom Joan Crawford Would Have Made

I get asked on a regular basis if there are any plans for movie versions of Life As We Knew It, the dead and the gone, or This World We Live In, and the answer is no.

It's not like there's a law against it, and I'd certainly be thrilled if the answer were yes, but as of this moment, there are no plans.

However, since my life is currently a giant blob of rewrites on Blood Wounds and taking care of a variety of elderly mother issues, I'm more than happy to indulge in a little career fantasy.

So I'...

The Empire Expands And With It The Waistline

I knew I was going to have a wonderful time at the Missouri Association of School Librarians Spring Conference and I did.

Of course, having Life As We Knew It be the first winner of the Truman Readers Award didn't hurt.

I got home to a series of mini-crises, none of which have been resolved, so I'm simply ignoring them. Instead, I rearranged The Wall Of Ego. I think it looks unusually fabulous.

Before I left, I got the German version of Life As We Knew It. And yesterday, I got the audiobook...

Blame It All On Those Pesky Volcanoes

In this case, "It" refers to the total incoherence of this blog entry.
Tomorrow, volcanoes permitting, I'll be flying to Missouri to attend the Missouri Association Of School Librarians Spring Conference. I'll be doing a couple of presentations (on my favorite subject- ME!), autographing books, and receiving the very first ever Truman Award for Life As We Knew It. And I'm going to get to see my incredibly nice friend Beth, who moved to Missouri a few years ago and is driving a great distance t...

More Reasons To Celebrate

Just a couple (if you don't include Evan Lysacek doing the tango and the Yankees winning their home opener and the upcoming appearances of Adam Lambert on American Idol).

I was too tired yesterday from The Great Scooter Battle to announce that we have sold the Brazilian rights to Life As We Knew It, the dead and the gone, and This World We Live In to Editora Bertrand Brazil. This is the first time any of my books will have been published in South America and the first time any of my books will...

He Favors His Wah Wah Fresh Flushed

I took Scooter to the vet today for his annual checkup. Scooter's, that is. I have no idea how often the vet gets checked up.

It took fifteen minutes to get Scooter into the carrier. We reenacted much of The Miracle Worker during that time. He was Helen Keller and I was Anne Sullivan.

Scooter screamed all the way there and all the way home. At the vet's though, he didn't make a sound.

For those of you keeping score at home, Scooter weighed in at 13 pounds 4 ounces. His stool sample was negative,...

Here's A Little Excerpt From ThIs World We Live In Audiobook

Google, which loves me like no other, sent me a link to the Fairfax County Public Library, which has a tiny excerpt from the beginning of the Listening Library version of This World We Live In, read by Emily Bauer, who did such a wonderful job reading Life As We Knew It.

Since I haven't gotten my copy yet, this is the first I've heard any of it.

I want to hear more!

But in the meantime, if you feel like visiting Fairfax County for a tiny taste, here you go.

I Visit Whatever With My Big Idea

John Scalzi, a science fiction writer famous enough to have a very long Wikipedia entry, has his own blog called Whatever. On occasion he shares his space with other writers, even those like me who aren't famous enough to have any kind of Wikipedia entry.

He calls the visiting writer entries The Big Idea, and I was fortunate enough to be allowed to write one. In it, I tell the completely unvarnished true story of how I came to write This World We Live In.

I'm most grateful to Mr. Scalzi for let...

The Last Survivors Have Survived

I got all three of the Marion Lloyd Books/ UK Scholastic versions of Life As We Knew It, The Dead And The Gone, and This World We Live In in the mail today. They look very different (on the outsides at least) from their American cousins. When the German version arrives, I'll have a family reunion. Don't worry. I'll be sure to bring my camera!

Happy Official Publication Date Of This World We Live In!

It's kind of a strange Official Publication Date, because This World We Live In has been out for weeks now. I quit posting blog reviews at number 35, but my guess is there are 50 or 60 of them by now, plus some magazine and newspaper reviews.

I have a particular fondness for the favorable ones.

Scooter, always eager for a cause to celebrate, woke up at 5 AM to play a rousing game of Let's Knock Over The Bud Vase. It roused me to hide the bud vase in the bathroom sink, which led to Let's See If ...