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oooh, MANY free books!

Last night, I got to go to a dinner hosted by S&S--there were teens there, librarians, authors like Holly Black, Sharon Draper, Ellen Hopkins, and Carol Lynch Williams (I KNOW!)--and me. We all spoke in alphabetical order and okay, let me just say, speaking after Holly Black AND Sharon Draper AND Ellen Hopkins?

TERRIFYING.

I honestly don't remember what I said. I hope it was coherent--I do not think I have ever been so scared in my life. It's hard enough following one amazing authors, but thre...

ALA! and loads of links...

ALA was amazing! I was really nervous about the YALSA Coffee Klatch, where I'd be talking to a group of librarians at one table for a short time and then moving on to another--but it ended up being so much fun! Honestly, I wish I could have spent more time talking to all the librarians I did meet, and the ones I didn't get to, because librarians? WOW! They work so hard, and face so many challenges today, especially in terms of unrelenting budget and staff cuts. (So, the next time you go to yo...

nerves, ALA, and links

I admit, I've got a serious case of nerves going on right now, but guess what? It totally works out for YOU because if you offer a suggestion (or suggestions) for what I should talk about when I give a ten minute talk on writing during ALA, you could win an ARC of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (yes, really!)--just go here and leave your suggestion(s)! (Also, while I'm talking about giveaways, last week's winner was nymfauxx, and Wendy Tolliver will be in touch with the person who won the...

ALA yay!!

I can't believe this weekend is ALA's annual meeting, but it is!

This year, I'm lucky, not just because it's held in my hometown of Washington, DC, but also because I'm (hopefully) going to see lots of YOU!

I'll be at the following events:

Sunday June 27th

9-10 AM YALSA's Young Adult Author Coffee Klatch

1-2 PM signing ARCs of Grace (yay!!) in Penguin's booth--number 2500

2-3 PM signing copies of The Unwritten Rule in the Simon & Schuster booth--number 2644

I'll also be attending the Newberry/Cale...

this week's BEA giveaway--Clockwork Angel (!!)--and all I need is YOUR help!!

So, to recap--all you'll need is a suggestion (or more, if you have them!), a US mailing addy, and make sure you leave a way for me to get in touch with you! I'll take comments through this Friday, June 25th at midnight EST, and then the person with the suggestion(s) I like best will get the ARC!

PS For feeds that strip the embedded clip out, here's a direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqm3qi6bJ2E

Interview with Wendy Toliver--and win a copy of Lifted!

The Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit (GCC) is a webring of YA novelists, and I'm happy to be part of it because I get to talk to other YA authors about their books--which, well, how awesome is that? (And I think we all know how much I love YA!)

Today I'm talking to Wendy Toliver about her new novel, Lifted




Me: Tell us about your book in ten words or less!

Wendy: When shoplifting becomes an addiction, who can Poppy turn to?


Me: What's the best--or worst==writing advice you've ever been given?

Wendy: The ...

hey there Tue--oh wait, it's Wednesday!

This has been one of those weeks for me--those of you who saw my video for the latest BEA giveaway will know what I'm talking about--it's like my head is stuff with cotton.

Okay, more cotton that usual. (!!)

Luckily, other people have been creating interesting and very informative blog posts that are totally worth checking out on a whole range of subjects:

Want to know more about lead titles? Pimp My Novel has a great entry about what they are--and what it means for you, as an author, if you...

BEA giveaway number 3!

One thing I forgot to add in the video: just one review is all you need to do, and it just needs to go up at one of the three places I mention. Let me know if you have any other questions, and good luck because these two books? FANTASTIC!!

(Also, don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you, and congrats to last week's winner, Jackie Noel!)

link-o-rama!

I dvr'ed (if it's not a word, it should be!) Pretty Little Liars last night--I'm so excited it's a tv show. But! I'm even more excited that the latest (and supposedly, last--sob!!) book is out and I can't wait to read it!

For those of you who've seen the tv show already, how is it?

Also, congrats to the first BEA ARC winner, jpetroroy! And yes, there is another BEA giveaway going on--you can enter here (and I'm sorry to say that I can't afford to ship books overseas now, so unless I state oth...

More free ARCS from BEA for *YOU*!!!

And in case your feed strips out the embed code, here's a direct link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dk7HJk1a38

Can't wait to hear--or,er,read!--your answers....