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September 22, 2011
Before and After: Losing the “real” Nana
I feel like I’ve written enough about death and grieving to last a lifetime (I think I intended the pun there), both in my book and on this blog. But after I was done reflecting on my “before and after” experiences with nine big life events for “The Beginning of After” blog tour, I had [...]
Before and After: Losing the "real" Nana
I feel like I've written enough about death and grieving to last a lifetime (I think I intended the pun there), both in my book and on this blog. But after I was done reflecting on my "before and after" experiences with nine big life events for "The Beginning of After" blog tour, I had [...]
September 12, 2011
Thoughts on release week
Well I have to say, I'm glad that's over. Two book launch events, two live chats, several blog interviews and guest posts, one child starting first grade, buckets of rain and flooding, and an injured foot from slipping in cat puke on the hallway floor. Now I finally have a moment to reflect, and I [...]
August 29, 2011
Ride along on “The Beginning of After” blog tour
How did the folks at HarperCollins get me to mine the mortifying depths of my past for all to see and snicker at? By coming up with the idea for a blog tour that focuses on the “Before and After” of nine game-changing events in my life (complete with photos — gah!). It was a [...]
Ride along on "The Beginning of After" blog tour
How did the folks at HarperCollins get me to mine the mortifying depths of my past for all to see and snicker at? By coming up with the idea for a blog tour that focuses on the "Before and After" of nine game-changing events in my life (complete with photos — gah!). It was a [...]
August 22, 2011
Happy happy, then not so much
Countdown to pub day for "The Beginning of After" continues, and it's been a time of incredible highs and lows. First, I tripped over a mysterious little package in my garage (where the UPS guy likes to leave deliveries). It looked unassuming — maybe more random weirdness my hubby bought on eBay — until I [...]
August 6, 2011
Twitter, you're not scary and weird to me anymore, so I'm doing a giveaway on you
One month until pub day. Can hardly believe it, is it really happening, this is going to be so surreal, blah blurgle beh…I'm so excited that see, I can't even talk about it. Instead, I'll give away some ARCs and other goodies as thanks for all the TBOA love out there. I was late to [...]
July 31, 2011
YA fiction and "the death cliché"
For the sake of my own sanity and general intestinal health, I've pretty much stopped reading advance reviews of "The Beginning of After." (Just the ones people call my attention to, through Twitter or otherwise.) People will love the book, or hate it, or have mixed feelings, or not be able to finish it. Whatever [...]
June 28, 2011
Writing in the dark
There's a handout from one of my college writing classes that has hung on my office bulletin board for years. It's an excerpt from a poem by Denise Levertov entitled "Writing In The Dark": Keep writing in the dark: a record of the night, or words that pulled you from depths of unknowing, words that [...]
June 16, 2011
Cool, tall, vulnerable, and luscious
A bit of business: Congrats to Jennifer A. at the Little Shelf blog for winning the ARC giveaway! More giveaways to come — keep an eye on Goodreads — and the book should be on NetGalley any day now. So yesterday in the car, which is where all profound and random things tend to happen [...]
