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all things asian must come to an end…

Wait… While technically true, that’s kind of an awful thought, isn’t it? In any case, all I mean is that the All Things Asian webstravaganza ended yesterday. *sadface*

Thank you to everyone who visited the three participating blogs and read all the great posts, commented, entered contests, and helped make this such an exciting, educational, and interesting online celebration. Big thanks to our hosts, who pulled this amazing thing off: That Hapa Chick; iLive, iLaugh, iLove Books; and My Words A...

appreciating educators

I would not be the person and writer I am today if not for the teachers and librarians in my life who encouraged me to read and write, introduced me to classic literature and showed me how to deconstruct it, and taught me all the important nuances of comma placement. So I'm delighted to be one of eight children's authors participating in an upcoming educator appreciation reception in my area to celebrate B&N's Spring Educator Appreciation Week (April 14-22):

WHEN: Wednesday, April 18 from...

a winner is…

Doodle!

Doodle will receive a signed copy of Fair Coin and some rare promotional swag I've created for the book.

Thanks to everyone who read my "Best Book Ever" post here and at Short and Sweet Reviews and entered the giveaways. I loved hearing about all of your favorite books, many of which were my favorites too.

I used random.org to select from 54 entries. The second and third place winners were Amy S. and Mandy R. I would like to send both of you a smaller prize pack with promotional swag if ...

The Lucky 7 Game

It should be no surprise that Lissa Price is good at starting things off*, and she just tagged me in a little game that's going around.

I can't remember the last time I did one of these internet memes. It was a long time ago, before Twitter even, when I was blogging almost daily at LiveJournal. I would have passed this one by too, but lately I've been thinking about luck, which ties in a bit to my first novel, Fair Coin. Plus, Lissa's awesome, so how could I resist?

Anyway, here's what we're...

all things asian!

I've been remiss in mentioning this sooner, but I'm participating in All Things Asian, an online celebration of Asian culture, authors, bloggers, and Asian-influenced literature hosted by That Hapa Chick, iLive, iLaugh, iLove Books, and My Words Ate Me.

These three blogs are running guest posts and interviews now through April 16 with excellent folks like Jay Kristoff, Ellen Oh, Melissa de la Cruz, and Kat Zhang, among others. I was honored to be invited to contribute something too; an...

the signings of the apocalypsies

Jim Freund and me on Hour of the Wolf

Last week, I returned to my old home base, New York City, for the annual NYC Teen Author Festival. I had to miss the first few days of panels and readings, but I got in late Wednesday night so Jim Freund could interview me and Eddie Schneider on his weekly radio program, Hour of the Wolf (Thursday mornings from 1:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on WBAI 99.5 FM). As usual, the time passed far too quickly! I read two short selections from Fair Coin on the air and we...

best book ever

For a few months, I've been guest blogging over at Short and Sweet Reviews on the weekly "Best Book Ever" series, where authors and bloggers offer their recommendations for the best book on any given topic, such as Dragons (my pick: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien), Indies (Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman, published by Small Beer Press), and Strong Female Leads (Flora Segunda by Ysabeau Wilce). To help Amanda celebrate the one year blogaversary of Short and Sweet Reviews, this week we're hosting s...

fair coin readings

Last Friday, I gave my first reading of Fair Coin to a small crowd at the Philadelphia Fantastic reading, hosted by Oz Fontecchio at Robin's Bookstore & Moonstone Arts Center. It's a little known fact that I don't throw parties often because I'm paranoid that no one will come; I don't know many people in Philadelphia and even fewer have heard of me, so I expected only a handful of guests, but I was pleasantly surprised to see many dear friends at the event, and I even made some new ones...

happy not-birthday!

There's been some confusion over the release date for Fair Coin, but after today, that shouldn't be a problem. See, March 27 was the tentative publication day, but just like the Pirate Code, a release date is often more of a guideline than an actual rule. The official release date was March 6, and books appeared even before then; what can I say, the book has been waiting to be published for a long time, and you can't blame it for a little impatience right at the end. Ah, reckless youth.

In...

help out an author (and his cat)

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who has done something, anything, to spread the word about me and my debut YA novel, Fair Coin, in the last few weeks. I've been overwhelmed by all of your generosity and support. Whether you've interviewed me on your site, purchased the book, told your friends and family about it, tweeted, Facebooked, blogged, or reviewed it… It all helps, and I'm so grateful. As much as I've been talking about myself here and on social media lately, it doesn't come n...