Amy Spalding's Blog, page 4
March 19, 2013
NYC Events This Week!
New York! I’ll be in you this week! Come see me Saturday and Sunday!!
March 23, 2013
2:40pm | NYC Teen Author Festival | Panel
Under Many Influences: Shaping Identity When You’re a Teen Girl
Description: Being a teen girl is to be under many influences – friends, parents, siblings, teachers, favorite bands, favorite boys, favorite web sites. These authors will talk about the influences that each of their main characters tap into – and then talk about what influences them as writers when they shap...
March 1, 2013
Seventeen and More!!
Thank you so much to Seventeen for making The Reece Malcolm List your book club pick of the week! (And thank you EVEN MORE for comparing it to one of my favorite shows right now, The Carrie Diaries!!)
You can also check out this interview with me at Confessions of a Book Addict!
February 14, 2013
A Few Links!
Here are a few things to check out!
Thanks to Young Adult Anonymous for writing such a great post about The Reece Malcolm List launch party!
I’ve also done lots of updating on the site! The Reece Malcolm PlayList is finally up (yeahhhh there’s lots of Merrily, don’t worry), as is an interactive map of the real locations in the book (it’s mostly food but you can see about where Devan, Reece, and Brad live)!
And last but not least, I’ve updated the events page! I’m excited to announce I will be d...
February 11, 2013
The Internet! I’m on It!
Here’s some stuff you can check out if that suits you and your nature!
The awesome Hypable interviewed me about dangerous writing habits and dreams of Sam Seaborn, among other things.
I wrote a guest post for Nova Ren Suma’s Turning Points blog series about me and quitting. Don’t worry, it’s not all serious. There are references to The Babysitters Club and stuff.
Romance Times asked me to write about Devan, musical theatre, and Pitch Perfect…and I did.
I am keeping a firm eye AVERTED from reviews...
The Reece Malcolm List Launch Party and More!
Thank you so much to everyone who showed up for the launch party of The Reece Malcolm List at Skylight Books! It was a fantastic event thanks to all of you–and the amazing staff of Skylight–which I completely appreciated.
Here are some pics from the event:
February 6, 2013
Blog Hop – The Next Big Thing
The delightful Lilliam Rivera invited me to participate in The Next Big Thing blog hop. And I’m allllll over it.
What is the working title of your book/story/whatever?
Ink Is Thicker than Water. (Coming late 2013!!)
Where did the idea come from for the book?
I’m really interested in exploring family dynamics in fiction. I love reading all of it: dysfunction, divorce, death, long-lost family, etc. And I really believe in writing what you want to read.
What genre does your book fall under?
Young adul...
February 5, 2013
The Reece Malcolm List Is Out!
I can’t believe it…but The Reece Malcolm List is officially out there!
How can you get it? Try your local bookstore! Support your neighborhood! But…if not, here are some other options!
Barnes & Noble
IndieBound
Apple
Amazon
Amazon Kindle
Add on Goodreads
Here’s some other stuff to check out on the web today:
My agent interviews me over on her blog!
My editor says lovely things and makes me feel human emotions on the Entangled Teen blog!
The talented and wise Nova Ren Suma interviews me on her blog…where...
February 4, 2013
Some Links, Stuff, Etc.
Whoa, what happened? The Reece Malcolm List comes out TOMORROW? That’s crazy!
It’s already out there in the world at lots of places! There may, ahem, be autographed copies at The Grove!
Here are some links to get you through the next few hours:
Kelly Jensen at Stacked did a Twitterview with me, which is like an interview except you’re limited to 140 characters at a time. Somehow my long-winded self managed this.
I also wrote a post for Dear Teen Me, which was weird for me as I don’t like being si...
Musical Theatre Monday – Amy Spalding on Merrily We Roll Along
One of the few things I knew going into writing The Reece Malcolm List was that it needed to feature a school musical. I didn’t want it to be the kind of show every single school had already performed. Yes, of course you’ve got your Bye Bye Birdie and your Guys & Dolls. Getting beyond that, to me, was vital. I also knew I wanted to lightly echo some of the book’s themes, without hitting anyone over the head with them.
I did what any reasonable writer would do: I put out a call on the internet...
Musical Theatre Monday – Interview with Amie Bjorklund
I am really excited about this Musical Theatre Monday interview. When I was working on The Reece Malcolm List, I unfortunately hadn’t actually seen a live production of Merrily We Roll Along. I was subsiding only on a video of the Kennedy Center Production. (Though, really, there’s no “only” about that video, and if you can get your hands on it, you should, because despite its dubious quality and legality that is a hell of a cast.) Then, magically, as I was finalizing the manuscript for my ag...
