Carrie Ryan's Blog, page 17

Happy Birthday to me!!!

I'm pretty terrible about remembering birthdays (except my own) and am always feeling terrible when I forget to call or email someone to wish them the best.  My grandmother used to say that if anyone forgets your birthday it's your own fault and after pondering that for a while, I agreed with her.  Since then, I make it a point to announce my birthday loud and clear :)  I know some people are more demure than that but they all must have a better memory than I do!

New years and birthdays tend t...

Signing Saturday, December 12 at B&N on Haywood Rd in Greenville, SC

Hey Y'all!

I'm doing a signing in my hometown this weekend!  Just in time for the holidays!

When:  Saturday, December 12th from 2pm-4pm
Where:  Barnes & Noble on Haywood Road
What:  me signing, perhaps reading from The Forest of Hands and Teeth and The Dead-Tossed Waves (I'll have the ARC of DTW there if anyone wants to flip through it), and of course giving out zombie finger puppets and candy!

Stop by and say hello!  And if you don't live anywhere near Greenville and would still like to purchase ...

Won't someone please think of the children?

I'm so proud and pleased to live in a world where young girls are never sexually abused.  Where women in high school or middle school aren't raped.  Where teen boys never contemplate suicide (or, heaven forfend, actually attempt and accomplish it).  I'm blessed to live in a world where there's no bullying, no cyberbullying, no eating disorders or emotional abuse.  Where girls don't stick fingers down their throats and slide knives or blades over their skin intentionally.  Where teachers don't...

Autographed copies of The Forest of Hands and Teeth for the holidays! (or any other time)

In case y'all are interested in a personalized and autographed copy of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, I've partnered with my awesome local indie to make it happen.  Park Road Books will be happy to take your order, giftwrap it (I've seen the paper - very pretty!), and ship it to you for the holidays (or any other time!).  I live about two miles from the store and love any excuse to stop by (in addition to so many books they have a cute dog!!) so they just call me up and I head over to sign - ...

Still not here, AASL & NaNo

I feel like I should have a sound file of crickets chirping for when this page loads since I haven't been around in a while.  I promise to get back to regular blogging... I just have this issue of my deadline to contend with first.  What's funny is that I have a ton of blogs in my head - it's what I tend to think about when I fall asleep at night.  If only I could direct wire my brain to my laptop...

I had a fantastic time in NYC an amazing series of school visits with my local library system,...

Squee! ARCs of The Dead-Tossed Waves!

OH HAPPY DAY!!  I got a knock on the door from FedEx and look at what I found!!



Advanced Reader's Copy of The Dead-Tossed Waves!  Wahoo!!

Upcoming events in the Charlotte area this week!

Hey Y'all!  I had an AMAZING time up in NYC and I can't wait to tell you more about it... but my first pass pages for The Dead-Tossed Waves are due today which means I'll have to wait until tomorrow or Weds before I fill you in on all the details of my trip :)

But I did want to tell y'all about a few events I have this week for Teen Read Week!  Tomorrow I'm doing two visits to the Freedom Regional Library, but I'm not sure those are open to the public.  The other two events definitely are open...

NYC trip this year and last year

This time last year I was typing up my resignation letter.  Okay, I was probably staring around my office a bit freaked out and a lot excited about the step I was about to take (and I was also probably cramming in as much CLE as I could to keep up my law license which I still have active).

Actually, I was freaking out about the pending trip to NYC to kick off my pre-publication tour.  Yep, I quit work on Friday and on Sunday I was in New York with my friend Diana Peterfreund (we must have hit...

Event in NYC October 15th!

Hey y'all!  I'm super excited about an upcoming event I'm doing with Scott Westerfeld, Michael Grant and James Dasnher!  Here are the details (and here's a link to the event page):

When: Thursday, October 15th at 7:00pm
Where: The Barnes & Noble at 86th and Lexington Ave
Who: Me, Scott Westerfelt, Michael Grant and James Dashner
What: a panel discussion about the growing "post-apocalyptic teen fiction" genre

I've heard rumors that this will be recorded and might even be streamed live so that could...

Why we need books

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before and if I have, bear with me as I tell a brief tidbit again.  I went to a religious high school and one of our graduation talks was from a bishop.  He said something I'll never forget: he asked us to constantly question our faith.  If we questioned our faith and lost it, then it wasn't strong to begin with and if we questioned and retained our faith, then it was that much stronger.

I think this is something that's applicable to all areas of our life wh...