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August 17, 2010
Love Contemporary YA? Check Out The Contemps!
Today marks the launch of The Contemps, a group of 21 young adult authors (including me!) dedicated to putting contemporary, realistic YA fiction in the spotlight!
*applause applause applause*
From our online home at www.thecontemps.com, we'll host regular blog features Tuesdays through Thursdays (including but not limited to embarrassing stories and photos from our own frightening teen years), contests and giveaways (check out the Contemps Challenge!), author interviews, and spotlights on new ...
August 16, 2010
Fixing Delilah Cover Revealed!
I can't believe I lasted the whole weekend without giving anyone a sneak peak of the Fixing Delilah cover. But now it's finally Monday and I'm so excited to make the official announcement! Here goes…
Out of 127+ entries (book blogger = rock star), the universe (with the help of random.org) has selected the winners of the Fixing Delilah cover reveal contest!
The winner of a signed hardcover of Fixing Delilah is…
Jordyn at Ten Cent Notes
And the grand prize winner, the host of Fixing Delilah's...
August 12, 2010
Who Will Reveal the Fixing Delilah Cover?
Book bloggers, I'm talking to you!
The story of FIXING DELILAH almost has a face!
Well, not a literal face, but… you'll see! The cover is receiving its final touches this week, and I can't wait to share it with everyone. But rather than hogging all the fun, I'm handing over the job of Big Official Cover Reveal to one random book blogger. The selected blogger will get the exclusive scoop, posting the new cover on his or her blog before anyone else — including me! The winner will also receive ...
August 6, 2010
Writing Career Prep For Students
I filmed this clip for the Mayor's Summer Reading Challenge and Kids 2 College program in Buffalo, NY to share my thoughts on becoming a writer, finding ideas, and the day-to-day life of an author. I thought it might be helpful to any middle and high school students out there who are considering writing as a career.
(And don't you especially love how YouTube always manages to find the single most goofy-looking frame to use for the still image?) 
Filed under: writing
August 5, 2010
Reader Questions Answered!
Thank you all so much for emailing and commenting on the blog with your thoughts about Twenty Boy Summer and your reading and writing questions. Even though it may take a while for me to respond, I promise that I read every message, and I truly appreciate hearing from you!
It's been a while since I've updated the Q&A section of the site, so I thought I'd take some time today to answer the most common reader questions here, then I'll post them permanently on the Q&A page. In the mean time...
July 29, 2010
Randomness Report From the Mile High
Summertime, and the livin' is… busy? Happy? Crazy? Breathless? All of the above! Especially that last one. I'm no longer writing from the oxygen-rich, sea-level air of New York state. After months of planning and organizing and packing, weeks of transitioning, days of driving, I'm all set up in my new office (and home) at 5280 feet up. Because…
1. We moved back to Colorado! After 2 years back east, we realized how much we love the mountains and sunshine of the Centennial State. Yes, it...
June 10, 2010
Best Book for Summer 2010: SEA by Heidi Kling
Last summer, I had the honor of reading an advanced galley of SEA, a debut novel by Heidi Kling. I've been dying to tell you all about it ever since, and today, I can finally say it…
Happy Book Birthday, SEA!
SEA hits the shelves across the country today, and people are already chatting it up all over the Intertubes. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking story about an American teen named Sienna (aka "Sea") who reluctantly travels to tsunami-ravaged Indonesia with her father to help orphans cope...
May 7, 2010
Poet Michael Henry to Read in Buffalo: Join Me!
Denver poet, executive director of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and Buffalo area native Michael Henry is coming to town! Before I tell you the whole long story of why this is so exciting (because you know there's a story, right?), here is the event information. Consider this an official invite for all you Buffalo peeps to join me as Mike reads from his collection of poetry, No Stranger Than My Own, at Talking Leaves next week.
Reading Event Details:
Michael Henry at Talking Leaves Books
April 21, 2010
Facebook, Get Outta My Pants
For the past few months, I've been seriously re-thinking this whole social network thing. Through the Web, I've met a lot of great people I otherwise wouldn't know, and I'm grateful. And I'm still planning to use the Internet to keep in touch, to post blogs, to e-mail, to learn about books, to chat with readers, to find stuff. But today, after reading about Facebook's Crusade of Colonization and being forced to opt out of yet another shady invasion of privacy thinly disguised as a service, ...
April 19, 2010
Twenty Boy Summer Paperback: 10 Reasons To Pick It Up!
Twenty Boy Summer is now available in paperback (well, May 1st is the official release, but it's popping up in stores everywhere this month). Why should you snag a copy? Well…
10 Reasons to Pick Up Twenty Boy Summer in Paperback:
The paperback has all the summery sea glass love of the hardcover at about half the price.If you don't have access to the real beach, Twenty Boy Summer will take you there from the comforts of your couch or cubicle, no sunscreen required.Twenty Boy Summer was...
