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January 19, 2015
3 Authors at HHS Library
Um… Happy New Year?
Sorry for thecrickets around here, but I’ve been taking time off to hang out with my new(ish) baby. The Spudisawesome and busy and exhausting! I’m finally getting back into the writing groove though, andclearing out 2014 (and *gulp* 2013) e-mailsin pursuit of Inbox Zero and a fresh start on things. I came across a link to this video from my first post-Spud author event, a panel at Haverford High School Library with Marie Lamba and Ellen Jensen Abbot. We talk a lot about wri...
December 11, 2014
Get a short story for free!
If you enjoyedmy new book,The Silence of Six, or have been curious about giving it a try, may I suggest you download the free prequel, “SOS”? The short story isavailable now as an eBook on Kindle, Kobo, and iBooks (presumably soon on Nook as well) — for FREE!
December 9, 2014
book recommendation: Now That You’re Here
In a parallel universe, the classic bad boy falls for the class science geek.
One minute Danny was running from the cops, and the next, he jolted awake in an unfamiliar body–his own, but different. Somehow, he’s crossed into a parallel universe. Now his friends are his enemies, his parents are long dead, and studious Eevee isnotthe mysterious femme fatale he once kissed back home. Then again, this Eevee–a girl who’d rather land an internship at NASA than a date to the prom–may be his only hope...
December 4, 2014
books vs. babies!
People sometimestalk aboutbooks as if they arebabies, raised by the author and ultimately sent into the world to make their fortunes. We even wishauthors a “happy book birthday” on their publication day! In the last month, I’ve been thinking about the similarities and differences between “book babies” and actual babies, since I’m in the position to compare the twodirectly;as it happens (as it was meant to happen), my new book and ourfirst babywere both scheduled to debutin the first week of N...
December 2, 2014
cracking the code: media portrayals of women in STEM
source: http://tvdramas.about.com/od/24/ss/24...
The Paley Center for Media in New York in association with Girls Who Code is putting together what looks to be a terrific panel program about media portrayals of women in science, technology, engineering, and math, with:
Elizabeth Henstridge, “Jemma Simmons,” Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Carrie Kemper, Writer, Silicon Valley
Aisha Tyler, Actress, Archer, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
David Bushman, Television Curator, The Paley Center...
November 28, 2014
e-book sale!
Adaptive Books has a great Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal on The Silence of Six, running from now until midnight on Tuesday, December 2! Get it in your favorite flavor of e-book for only $0.99!
November 12, 2014
november events
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. I’ll be at Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Philadelphia for Futures and Fairy Tales: A Kaleidoscope of Diverse Adventures with authors Claire Legrand, Sarah Fine, Sarah Raasch, Shveta Thakrar, and Julia Rios (co-editor of Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories).
This event is a stop on the Futures and Fairy Tales book tour, and Claire and the Sarahs graciously agreed to team up with Kaleidoscope for one big night. I’m really looking forward to it! If you...
November 6, 2014
libraries are awesome
I’m thrilled to be participating in PA Forward’s Speak Up for PA Librariesevents today with some school visits in Haverford! School and local libraries made me the readerI am, because there was no way my momcould afford to buy me all the books I wanted to read. It was through libraries that I discovered William Sleator’s Interstellar Pig, whichintroduced me to the science fiction books that influenced me as a person, and eventually as a writer. (I know:Writers are technically people too.)
via...
November 5, 2014
the truth is out there
Hurray!My new novel, The Silence of Six, is out today! It’s now available in several eBook flavors and in hardcover.
This is my third published book, and I’m really proud of it — I probably worked harder on this than any of my previous novels, including theunpublished ones (which I’m still working on).I pushed myself outside of my comfort zoneandgrew a lot in writing it; throughout the process I felt a strongresponsibilityto truth and realism, particularly in portrayinghacking and thedifficult...
November 2, 2014
remember, remember, the fifth of november
Oh wow. In just a few days, people will finally know what “the silence of six” is :P My new book, The Silence of Six, from AdaptiveStudios will be released on Wednesday, November 5 in eBook and hardcover!
I’ve been seeing some heartening early reviews, and steeling myself for the less favorable ones, but I’m really excited to have this new book out there. There are a bunch of online events in the works to celebrate the book’s impending launch. Here are a couple:
