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Thinking it through

Anyone who has ever loved me, or even interacted with me in any significant way, has at one time or another offered the advice, “You should think less.” Well-meaning, of course, but just as actionable as if they suggested I remove my left leg and hang it up on a hook while I hobble around […]

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Texas Teen Book Festival 2015

What do you get when you put together something like 50 YA authors and thousands of YA readers in one cool space? The Texas Teen Book Festival!Here I am back at home after a whirlwind 35 hours in Austin, which was totally awesomesauce. Books, books, more books, time to connect with readers, teachers and writers… […]

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Los Angeles Library adds TSSoE to list of faves

I just learned something interesting: 48.6% of Los Angeles’ population is Latino. The most recent survey of books for young people (conducted every year by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison) says that 2014, less than 2% of books featured Latino characters (66 of 3500). So you can imagine […]

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Guess where I’m going!

I’m leaving on a jet plane tomorrow at the weeeeeee hours of the morning, bound for Austin, my favorite city of 2015 (so far anyway!). It will be a whirlwind trip. I will be doing much book festivaling through Saturday afternoon, then getting home late Saturday night. Click here for info on the Texas Teen […]

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Please don’t tune your face

My top front teeth are a little snaggly. They’re perfectly lovely and healthy, but they just grew in at like a 13 degree angle to the rest of them. Every time I look at a picture of myself where I’m smiling wide, I wonder if people can see just how crooked they are. Once, I […]

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YA Scavenger Hunt starting soon!

Hello, my favorite book worms! I just got informed today that I’ll be participating in the YA Scavenger Hunt, a fun online game where readers win lots of great, bookish prizes. I will be on Team Orange (woot! flaming hot!) along with lots of other awesome authors. The fun should get started soon, but if […]

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Station Eleven: a review

One of the unhappy and unexpected consequences of having dedicated myself to a writing life is that, for the most part, I enjoy books less now than I used to. I very rarely read just for fun. Oh, I mean to, of course. I read a lot. But reading is now an exercise on various […]

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The unpainted lady

This last week, I hung a painting in my kitchen. She’s not new. I started her years ago, inspired by some stylized image of a sprite. Back then, I went and bought the canvas – I’ve painted and sketched on and off since college – and roughedher in with best intentions. Then I painted her, […]

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Today feels like a good day for this Rumi quote

Both in celebration and regret.

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Spread the word!

I will be at Nutley Library Day at the Clifton Commons Barnes and Noble (Clifton. New Jersey) on Saturday, November 14th at 4:00 p.m. The event is for a great cause and a portion of everything you spend will go to support local libraries. It won’t be too early to come buy Christmas presents for […]

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