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SISTERS RED trailer

Friday Five

1. Okay, I love Glee, I really do. But they have to stop trying to develop and resolve character arcs in a single episode. Mercedes whole "How did I become this!???" moment? I wanted to say "well, forty five minutes ago you made some bad decisions, but don't worry, by next week I'm sure we'll be on to something new."

2. Today is the LAST DAY to enter the April contest. More details are HERE, but the long and short of it is that all you have to do is blog about SISTERS RED somewhere, and you ca...

Final Copies of SISTERS RED

My agent has received final copies of SISTERS RED.

That means perhaps I will receive final copies of SISTERS RED today. The problem is, I order stuff offline a lot, and have already gotten several packages today. I race downstairs, beg the concierge to hurry up, rip open the package in the lobby, only to discover...

20 black/gold confetti canons
Nail polish
Another copy of AS YOU WISH, which I bought for the bargain price

*haunts mailbox*

Critique Partners

Friday Five

1) I thought my house's plumbing was magically healed. I was wrong. A plumber is coming tomorrow. In the meantime, I've been running across the street to Starbucks to use their bathroom. They must think I have some kind of condition: I run in, order a drink and ask for the key to the bathroom. Several times a day.

2) I can't believe I have a retainer at 25, but not only do I have one: I need to wear it more often. I sound like a drunk person on the phone when I have my retainer in. I can't dec...

I am not in New Orleans anymore

...and that makes me sad.

However, Hodder Childrens' Books is publishing SISTERS RED in the UK on June 7, 2010 (same as the US!) and that makes me happy, because they do awesome things including, but totally not limited to, this website:
www.hodderchildrens.co.uk/sistersred.

And while we're at it, here's a video I did for them!



SISTERS RED is my first book to come out in the UK. I am really excited about that. I mean...really excited.* If you're a UK reader, can you send me a picture when you see...

Live Show!

Tonight's Live Show is fancy to the eighth degree-- I'm in New Orleans with a bunch of other writers, and we're all live showing together. So, unless they're off getting into more shenanigans than we have already, Carrie Ryan, Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater, and Brenna Yovanoff will be there, with potential guest appearances by their significant others as well.

You can watch either here (on my blog) or over HERE if you want to participate in the chat! No registration is necessary to chat, ju...

Outdoors Fail

Last week I tried to film a video for my UK publisher, Hodder. I thought it'd be fun to do it outside, in Piedmont Park, where a lot of SISTERS RED scenes take place. I was wrong.

The Barefoot Bandit

Has anyone else heard about this kid?



I've been quasi-following his story for a while. I'm kind of torn. On the one hand, he's a criminal. He's stealing. He's wrecking stuff. He's reckless and irresponsible and is probably in way over his head in terms of the law. And the odds of him making it the rest of his life without getting caught? Not likely.

On the other hand, he's kinda a badass.

I mean, the kid broke into a house, googled "how to fly an airplane" and then went out and flew an airplane....

Still not packing

Instead I'm fighting the pipes of my condo because plumbing is failing. Bleh.

Other things:
-Remember the April contest? How I said there would be a mystery arc? Well, that mystery arc is BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS, the sequel to BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS is being released late October, so you have the chance to win it super super early!
-SISTERS RED is currently the #81 most popular Dragon book on Amazon! I still don't exactly understand why I'm in the dragon category, but I guess being t...