Suzanne Young's Blog, page 33

I thought I was the only one!

My deadline is looming and I still have half a book to write. Sweat is forming on my brow. My throat is dry. I'll never make this deadline! I'll have to write 52 pages every day for the next two weeks if I hope to finish.

Wait. Let me check my Twitter account.

Yeah, does this happen to you? I thought I was the only one that suffered from internet addiction while writing. Turns out, I'm not! In fact, I'd say it's an epidemic among authors and artists. I wonder if it has to do with the isolation ...

A Halloweeny Blog Post!

Happy Halloween!!! We went to the zoo and the Lion exhibit was open. YAY! But while we were in the swamp... it started to rain. I thought we could run for it. And once we dried off, we finished carving up those pumpkins!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, everyone!!!

Halloween Eve!!!

Tomorrow's the big day, but tonight we went to a "fantasy trail." Yes, I know that sounds dirty. But it wasn't! It was adorable. Anyways, here are some pictures from our haunted adventure! Lost in a pirate maze: Locked in jail for being TOO AWESOME! Oh, yeah. They had a boogiedown room. She did the Monster Mash.... Joey's favorite joke of the night. He HAD to get a picture with it.

Win THE NAUGHTY LIST T-shirt and signed ARC!

So.... today I received my Naughty List T-shirts! Yay!! So I've decided to start my giveaway! The winner will be announced November 4th--exactly 3 months before TNL hits stores. I remember thinking that it was a year away. But now: 3 MONTHS!!!!! *faints

I have a signed copy of THE NAUGHTY LIST and one large woman's babydoll T-shirt to give away! The shirt seems to run a bit small. I tried it on:
But the headless one is not me.
But now it can be ALL YOURS!!!!! Wanna know more about The Naughty...

Sign up for SCBWI NY!!!!! Today!

I just signed up for this year's SCBWI Annual Winter Conference! Have you heard about it? You can register HERE. I'll be live blogging it with Team Blog--and just to prepare, I got a makeover. Well, sort of. I'm going back to blonde, but since I'd colored my hair so dark, it's a process. What color will it be at conference time? You should come and find out! Kidding. I'm sure it'll be on the blog.


Anyway, there are some really interesting speakers to look forward too! Like Libba Bray! And...

Book Signing: Starring Jay Asher

Best selling author Jay Asher spoke today at the Eugene Public Library--a pretty impressive establishment. The turnout was amazing! My friend and kid's former babysitter, Jessica, happens to be a HUGE fan of Jay so she and I decided to stop by and check it out!!!


His speeches were inspiring, sometimes funny. But the best part for me had nothing to do with Jay's presentation (sorry!) As I was signing an ARC of THE NAUGHTY LIST for Jessica, the girl next to me said, "Did you write THE NAUGHTY...

Announcing Team Blog - 2010 SCBWI Annual Winter Conference

It's getting to be that time of year again! SCBWI is having their Annual Winter Conference in NYC!!!!!! And if you can't be there in person, you can be there virtually!!! SCBWI's Team Blog will be live blogging and tweeting from the floor of the conference.



The Official SCBWI TEAM BLOG is back and bloggier than ever! Let's meet the team: Alice Pope



Suzanne Young


Lee Wind


Jolie Stekly

Jamie Tamairik

The conference runs from January 29th-31st in NYC. All the information and details can be...

For meee????

I was so excited the other day when my friend over at The Compulsive Reader tweeted to let me know that she stumbled across an ad for The Naughty List. Wait. What???? Where???

My little heart beat quickly. She tweeted me a picture! And OMG! It is! It's an ad for The Naughty List in the back of someone else's book! Isn't that so weird and AWESOME???

I'm dying of excitement. The book is a Razorbill title called The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate. And in the back... yep! Me!
*faints *w...