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This Is It

I've heard two schools of thought when it comes to blogging.

One is that it's necessary to be transparent, at least some of the time, in order to be real and authentic. In order to make the visitors to one's blog feel like they're connecting to a real person and not just someone trying to pitch their book/music/product/idea.

The other is that, really, the general public doesn't WANT to be too exposed to one's navel-gazing. That sometimes, it's all just TMI, and we should aim for...

New Winner!

Well, I still haven't heard from the winner previously chosen by the Random Number Generator, so today I had it choose another.

The new winner is Mel (He followed Me Home) from He Followed Me Home!

I've sent Mel and email and will keep my fingers crossed that I'll actually get to award the prize this time!

Mel, please contact me by 10am EST on Friday, October 30, 2009 to accept your prize.

And don't forget to stay tuned for more tour pics and another contest!

Congrats, Mel!

Contest Winner and Tour

First of all, a big thanks to everyone who entered my contest! I had nearly 400 entries for this one – a record! WOOT!

After counting all the entries received by midnight last night, the Random Number Generator has chosen Ashley of cats99 as our winner. An email has been sent your way, Ashley, so if you haven't received it, please comment to let me know. If Ashley is an international winner and chooses to forgo the hardcovers in lieu of an Amazon giftcard, I'll post to let you guys know who...

Horrifically Good Swagggggg!

After a long swag silence, I am finally ready to post my newest contest! WOOT!

But first, I want to share some very good Prophecy news; Prophecy of the Sisters was chosen as one of Booklist's 2009 Top 10 First Novels for Youth! I'm incredibly honored, because the ALA and Booklist magazine does so much to advocate reading for so many people. A huge thank you to the ALA and the reviewers at Booklist for believing in my work. It really means so much to me.

So, by now you probably now how much I...

There's No Place Like Home

I'm homeeeeee! WOOT!

After two weeks on the first leg of my tour and three days in Boston, I finally get to settle in to write Book Three in the Prophecy series.

I'm working on compiling all my pictures and memories of my tour into something coherent that I can share here. More then likely, it will end up as multiple posts, because SO much happened that I doubt I'll be able to get it all into one post.

For now, I'm going to give you a couple of random updates!

My Polish publisher has unveiled...

I'm homeeeeee! WOOT!After two weeks on the first leg of m...

I'm homeeeeee! WOOT!

After two weeks on the first leg of my tour and three days in Boston, I finally get to settle in to write Book Three in the Prophecy series.

I'm working on compiling all my pictures and memories of my tour into something coherent that I can share here. More then likely, it will end up as multiple posts, because SO much happened that I doubt I'll be able to get it all into one post.

For now, I'm going to give you a couple of random updates!

My Polish publisher has unveiled...

Raw Data

So, here's the thing about being on tour for two weeks. You kind of lose track of how many people you've talked to and met along the way. Most days, I had two school visits – one in the morning and one in the afternoon – and an evening bookstore event. But a school visit doesn't necessarily mean one group of kids. Sometimes, I'd give 3-5 back-to-back presentations with 100+ kids in each group.

Let's just say for the sake of argument that I spoke to an average of 100 kids a day for 13 days (I...

Something to tide you over…

I'm baaaaaack!

Well, for a few days anyway.

I've finally returned from my crazy tour and have a few days until I leave for the last leg in Boston next week. I know you're all expecting pictures and DETAILS – which I fully plan to provide, I promise – but I'm still rounding up all the pictures from the two weeks that I was gone.

In the meantime, I just want to say thank you to the many, many people who came out to my signings all over the country. Thank you to all the authors who made my...

Halfway Home

I'm sitting in my hotel room right now, very pleased that I've managed to write over 2,000 words on book three of the Prophecy series today while on TOUR! WOOT!

It's been a whirlwind week, full of school visits (sometimes more than six presentations in a day), bookstore events, stock signings, blogger meet-ups, and early mornings. I'm having an amazing time, and I'm reminded on an almost daily basis what a privilege it is to connect with so many amazing teachers, librarians, booksellers...

And so it begins…

Tomorrow I leave on my epic, two-week tour to promote Prophecy of the Sisters, so I thought I'd post one last time to say goodbye, I

My tour schedule is posted on this site under Appearances as well as on the Prophecy of the Sisters book site. I would love to meet you, sign your book, and give you one of my famous hugs (everyone knows that I'm a hugger)! Plus, I'm bringing along some very cool swag, including handmade ribbon bracelets...