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March 19, 2013
NYC Teen Author Festival 2013
The NYC Teen Author Festival is this week!!! It includes 90+ YA authors, a variety of panels and readings, and a massive book signing at the end. I'm very, very excited!
Here's where you'll find me during the festival:
Friday March 22: New York Public Library (the one with the lions)
NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium
42nd Street NYPL, Berger Forum, 2nd floor
4:10-4:40: That's So Nineteenth Century: A Conversation About Playing with 19th Century Archetypes in the 21st Century
Sharon Cameron
Leanna Renee Hieber
Stephanie Strohm
Suzanne Weyn
Moderator: Sarah Beth Durst
4:40-5:30: Alternate World vs. Imaginary World: Of these authors, some have written stories involving alternate or parallel versions of our world, some have made up imaginary worlds for their characters, and still others have written books that do each. We'll discuss the decision to either connect the world of a book to our world, or to take it out of the historical context of our world. How do each strategies help in telling story and developing character? Is one easier than the other? Is the stepping off point always reality, or can it sometimes be another fictional world?
Sarah Beth Durst
Jeff Hirsch
Emmy Laybourne
Lauren Miller
E. C. Myers
Diana Peterfreund
Mary Thompson
Moderator: Chris Shoemaker
Sunday March 24: Books of Wonder
Our No-Foolin' Mega-Signing
18 West 18th Street, New York
1-1:45:
Jessica Brody (Unremembered, Macmillan)
Marisa Calin (Between You and Me, Bloomsbury)
Jen Calonita (The Grass is Always Greener, LB)
Sharon Cameron (The Dark Unwinding, Scholastic)
Caela Carter (Me, Him, Them, and It, Bloomsbury)
Crissa Chappell (Narc, Flux)
Susane Colasanti (Keep Holding On, Penguin)
Zoraida Cordova (The Vicious Deep, Sourcebooks)
Gina Damico (Scorch, HMH)
Jocelyn Davies (A Fractured Light, HC)
Sarah Beth Durst (Vessel, S&S) ---------------- me!!!
Gayle Forman (Just One Day, Penguin)
Elizabeth Scott (Miracle, S&S)
1:45-2:30
T. M. Goeglein (Cold Fury, Penguin)
Hilary Weisman Graham (Reunited, S&S)
Alissa Grosso (Ferocity Summer, Flux)
Aaron Hartzler (Rapture Practice, LB)
Deborah Heiligman (Intentions, RH)
Leanna Renee Hieber (The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart, Sourcebooks)
Jeff Hirsch (Magisterium, Scholastic)
J. J. Howard (That Time I Joined the Circus, Scholastic)
Alaya Johnson (The Summer Prince, Scholastic)
Beth Kephart (Small Damages, Penguin)
Kody Keplinger (A Midsummer's Nightmare, LB)
2:30-3:15
A.S. King (Ask the Passengers, LB)
Emmy Laybourne (Monument 14, Macmillan)
David Levithan (Every Day, RH)
Barry Lyga (Yesterday Again, Scholastic)
Brian Meehl (Suck it Up and Die, RH)
Alexandra Monir (Timekeeper, RH)
Michael Northrop (Rotten, Scholastic)
Diana Peterfreund (For Darkness Shows the Stars, HC)
Lindsay Ribar (The Art of Wishing, Penguin)
Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, St. Martin's)
Kimberly Sabatini (Touching the Surface, S&S)
Tiffany Schmidt (Send Me a Sign, Bloomsbury)
3:15-4:00
Victoria Schwab (The Archived, Hyperion)
Jeri Smith-Ready (Shine, S&S)
Amy Spalding (The Reece Malcolm List, Entangled)
Stephanie Strohm (Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink, HMH)
Nova Ren Suma (17 & Gone, Penguin)
Greg Takoudes (When We Wuz Famous, Macmillan)
Mary Thompson (Wuftoom, HMH)
Jess Verdi (My Life After Now, Sourcebooks)
K.M. Walton (Empty, S&S)
Suzanne Weyn (Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters, Scholastic)
Kathryn Williams (Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Macmillan)
For the full schedule of events, visit the NYC Teen Author Festival Facebook page.
Hope to see you there!
February 24, 2013
VESSEL is a Norton Finalist!
Last week, I was here:
And I got a phone call.
"Here" was the Bahamas, where I went on a big family gathering vacation. "Here" had sunshine, beaches, pools, and pina coladas. Also dolphins. (I HUGGED A DOLPHIN!!! THESE ARMS. HUGGED. A. DOLPHIN.) "Here" also had very spotty Internet access and very expensive international long distance rates.
We had tried and failed (twice) to buy a phone card that worked, but we discovered that we could use Skype to check our voicemail from our hotel room on certain evenings when the wind was blowing just right and the moon was aligned with Jupiter. We figured that was good enough. After all, we were in the same hotel as half the people who call us (his family) and the other half (my family) knew we were there.
Still, though, just in case, my husband did the traditional please-work-Wifi dance and called our answering machine... and there was a voicemail message. From Rachel Swirsky. Calling on behalf of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She left a phone number and no other details.
We knew the nomination process for SFWA's Andre Norton Award had closed a few days prior. And we knew that voting is scheduled to open in March. So we hoped. Crossed fingers. Maybe a few toes. Possibly did a dance for luck (just possibly -- I'm not admitting anything). And then I called. The conversation went something like this:
ME: Hi, this is Sarah Beth Durst, returning your call.
RACHEL: I'm sorry, but the phone connection isn't good. Who is this?
ME: Sarah Beth Durst. You called me earlier?
RACHEL: The phone keeps breaking up. I didn't catch your name. Who is this?
ME: Oh, sorry, it's my fault. I'm out of the country. It's not a very good connection. [insert nervous laugh] This is Sarah Beth Durst.
RACHEL: I'm sorry. I can't hear you. But I have your number on the caller-ID. I'll call you back.
[click]
ME: That won't work. This is a Skype... Oh, I think she's gone.
HUSBAND: What did she say? Are you a finalist?!?
ME (wailing): I DON'T KNOW!!!
We then concocted various plans for how to quickly obtain a phone card since calling directly from the hotel would cost the equivalent of all the cursed gold in the Pirates of the Caribbean. None of these plans were particularly feasible so we settled on the much-more-sensible option of emailing her. Which I did. And she wrote back almost instantly that.......
VESSEL is a finalist for the Andre Norton Award!!!!!!!! (Note: the superfluous exclamation points are mine.) She asked, "Do you accept the nomination?" And I wrote back the (hopefully) professional equivalent of YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As soon as the news was public, I sacrificed a few pineapples to the Wifi gods so I could tweet and update Facebook, which involved accidentally posting the same thing three or four times -- sorry, Facebook friends!
Twas quite an awesome week. Dolphin Hugging + Norton Nom = Very Happy Sarah!
Click here to see the full list of finalists. I feel so incredibly lucky and honored to be among such great company. Congratulations to all the awesome Norton and Nebula finalists! Looking forward to seeing you at Nebula Awards Weekend in May!
And I got a phone call.
"Here" was the Bahamas, where I went on a big family gathering vacation. "Here" had sunshine, beaches, pools, and pina coladas. Also dolphins. (I HUGGED A DOLPHIN!!! THESE ARMS. HUGGED. A. DOLPHIN.) "Here" also had very spotty Internet access and very expensive international long distance rates.
We had tried and failed (twice) to buy a phone card that worked, but we discovered that we could use Skype to check our voicemail from our hotel room on certain evenings when the wind was blowing just right and the moon was aligned with Jupiter. We figured that was good enough. After all, we were in the same hotel as half the people who call us (his family) and the other half (my family) knew we were there.
Still, though, just in case, my husband did the traditional please-work-Wifi dance and called our answering machine... and there was a voicemail message. From Rachel Swirsky. Calling on behalf of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She left a phone number and no other details.
We knew the nomination process for SFWA's Andre Norton Award had closed a few days prior. And we knew that voting is scheduled to open in March. So we hoped. Crossed fingers. Maybe a few toes. Possibly did a dance for luck (just possibly -- I'm not admitting anything). And then I called. The conversation went something like this:
ME: Hi, this is Sarah Beth Durst, returning your call.
RACHEL: I'm sorry, but the phone connection isn't good. Who is this?
ME: Sarah Beth Durst. You called me earlier?
RACHEL: The phone keeps breaking up. I didn't catch your name. Who is this?
ME: Oh, sorry, it's my fault. I'm out of the country. It's not a very good connection. [insert nervous laugh] This is Sarah Beth Durst.
RACHEL: I'm sorry. I can't hear you. But I have your number on the caller-ID. I'll call you back.
[click]
ME: That won't work. This is a Skype... Oh, I think she's gone.
HUSBAND: What did she say? Are you a finalist?!?
ME (wailing): I DON'T KNOW!!!
We then concocted various plans for how to quickly obtain a phone card since calling directly from the hotel would cost the equivalent of all the cursed gold in the Pirates of the Caribbean. None of these plans were particularly feasible so we settled on the much-more-sensible option of emailing her. Which I did. And she wrote back almost instantly that.......
VESSEL is a finalist for the Andre Norton Award!!!!!!!! (Note: the superfluous exclamation points are mine.) She asked, "Do you accept the nomination?" And I wrote back the (hopefully) professional equivalent of YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As soon as the news was public, I sacrificed a few pineapples to the Wifi gods so I could tweet and update Facebook, which involved accidentally posting the same thing three or four times -- sorry, Facebook friends!
Twas quite an awesome week. Dolphin Hugging + Norton Nom = Very Happy Sarah!
Click here to see the full list of finalists. I feel so incredibly lucky and honored to be among such great company. Congratulations to all the awesome Norton and Nebula finalists! Looking forward to seeing you at Nebula Awards Weekend in May!
February 14, 2013
CONJURED
I have news to share about my next YA book... It has a new title! And a release date! And a shiny, new ISBN number! I feel like a mother whose new baby has just taken her first steps. And then performed a pirouette while juggling a baton lit on fire!! Or maybe not that last part. But something like that. Anyway, without further ado...
The book formerly known as SWEET NOTHINGS is now... CONJURED. Set to come out on September 3, 2013 from Bloomsbury/Walker. ISBN# 978-0802734587.
I really love the new title. And I'm very excited to have an official pub date that I can start counting down to!
And that ISBN number! She's a beauty, yes?
Plus, there's already an Amazon page and a Barnes & Noble page, complete with new book descriptions.
From the Barnes & Noble page:
From the acclaimed author of Vessel and Ice, comes a mind-bending, haunting thriller that illustrates that who we are born does not dictate who we choose to become.
And from the Amazon page:
Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her. The only thing she knows for sure is that there is something horrifying in her memories the people hiding her want to access—and there is nothing they won’t say—or do—to her to get her to remember.
At night she dreams of a tattered carnival tent and buttons being sewn into her skin. But during the day, she shelves books at the local library, trying to not let anyone know that she can do things—things like change the color of her eyes or walk through walls. When she does use her strange powers, she blacks out and is drawn into terrifying visions, returning to find that days or weeks have passed—and she’s lost all short-term memories. Eve must find out who and what she really is before the killer finds her—but the truth may be more dangerous than anyone could have ever imagined.
Yay! It's such a rush when all this stuff starts coming together. A little over a year ago, this book was in my head. And then it was a file in my computer. And now there's an ISBN number. CONJURED will be my seventh book, so I've been down this road six times before, but I'm still just as excited and thrilled and terrified as I was the first time. And I love every bit of it.
So, what do you all think? Do you like the new title? Description? ISBN number?
The book formerly known as SWEET NOTHINGS is now... CONJURED. Set to come out on September 3, 2013 from Bloomsbury/Walker. ISBN# 978-0802734587.
I really love the new title. And I'm very excited to have an official pub date that I can start counting down to!
And that ISBN number! She's a beauty, yes?
Plus, there's already an Amazon page and a Barnes & Noble page, complete with new book descriptions.
From the Barnes & Noble page:
From the acclaimed author of Vessel and Ice, comes a mind-bending, haunting thriller that illustrates that who we are born does not dictate who we choose to become.
And from the Amazon page:
Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her. The only thing she knows for sure is that there is something horrifying in her memories the people hiding her want to access—and there is nothing they won’t say—or do—to her to get her to remember.
At night she dreams of a tattered carnival tent and buttons being sewn into her skin. But during the day, she shelves books at the local library, trying to not let anyone know that she can do things—things like change the color of her eyes or walk through walls. When she does use her strange powers, she blacks out and is drawn into terrifying visions, returning to find that days or weeks have passed—and she’s lost all short-term memories. Eve must find out who and what she really is before the killer finds her—but the truth may be more dangerous than anyone could have ever imagined.
Yay! It's such a rush when all this stuff starts coming together. A little over a year ago, this book was in my head. And then it was a file in my computer. And now there's an ISBN number. CONJURED will be my seventh book, so I've been down this road six times before, but I'm still just as excited and thrilled and terrified as I was the first time. And I love every bit of it.
So, what do you all think? Do you like the new title? Description? ISBN number?
February 11, 2013
Who Done It?
Not so long ago, I was invited to a party at an old pickle factory with 80+ other YA and children's book authors. It was hosted by the most cantankerous book editor ever: Herman Mildew. As grumpy as Cruella de Vil, as socially maladjusted as Voldemort, as fussy as Sauron, Herman was despised by all. And before the end of the party, he was dead.
We were asked to submit our alibis. Jon Scieszka collected them in an anthology, proceeds to benefit literary non-profit 826nyc. That anthology is out today from Soho Press: WHO DONE IT?
My alibi may or may not involve dragon's blood...
I hope you'll join me in wishing a fond farewell to Herman Melville and a very happy book birthday to WHO DONE IT?
Thank you, Soho Press, for inviting me to the party!
We were asked to submit our alibis. Jon Scieszka collected them in an anthology, proceeds to benefit literary non-profit 826nyc. That anthology is out today from Soho Press: WHO DONE IT?
My alibi may or may not involve dragon's blood...
I hope you'll join me in wishing a fond farewell to Herman Melville and a very happy book birthday to WHO DONE IT?
Thank you, Soho Press, for inviting me to the party!
January 27, 2013
What Writing Is Like
January 13, 2013
Mice in the Basement
Cleaned the basement last weekend.
I say that casually, but in reality, this was as massive a task as excavating King Tut's tomb, if King Tut's tomb were crammed with broken electronics, Styrofoam-filled boxes from defunct appliances, and the old window sashes that we replaced eight years ago but somehow couldn't bear to part with.
We discovered a few treasures, including some ancient mice:
Guess which one was mine.
I had that mouse in college, and I used it for writing a lot of plays, too much angsty poetry, and various papers on the awesomeness of Jane Austen.
Also in our cleaning spree, we discovered a Clapper.
No idea why or when such a device came into our lives, but I am contemplating hooking it up to a different appliance every day. Just to keep things interesting.
Cleaning out the basement was surprisingly empowering. After we finished, I felt like anything was possible. I am hoping to hold onto that feeling as I start my next writing project.
Actually, writing a book has a lot in common with cleaning a basement. It feels like an intimidatingly huge task when you start, but if you take it box by box, you (hopefully) discover some treasures hidden within the trash that are worth saving. You know, like a unicorn mouse and a Clapper. Because every story needs a unicorn mouse and a Clapper.
I say that casually, but in reality, this was as massive a task as excavating King Tut's tomb, if King Tut's tomb were crammed with broken electronics, Styrofoam-filled boxes from defunct appliances, and the old window sashes that we replaced eight years ago but somehow couldn't bear to part with.
We discovered a few treasures, including some ancient mice:
Guess which one was mine.
I had that mouse in college, and I used it for writing a lot of plays, too much angsty poetry, and various papers on the awesomeness of Jane Austen.
Also in our cleaning spree, we discovered a Clapper.
No idea why or when such a device came into our lives, but I am contemplating hooking it up to a different appliance every day. Just to keep things interesting.
Cleaning out the basement was surprisingly empowering. After we finished, I felt like anything was possible. I am hoping to hold onto that feeling as I start my next writing project.
Actually, writing a book has a lot in common with cleaning a basement. It feels like an intimidatingly huge task when you start, but if you take it box by box, you (hopefully) discover some treasures hidden within the trash that are worth saving. You know, like a unicorn mouse and a Clapper. Because every story needs a unicorn mouse and a Clapper.
January 3, 2013
Happy New Year 2013
Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful New Year's and a great start to 2013.
A few years ago, my husband and I started a New Year's Eve tradition that I love: we buy a ton of hors d'oeuvres (frozen mozzerella sticks, chips and dip, potstickers, taquitoes, cheese and crackers, etc.) and we eat them all as the clock clicks toward midnight. Then we watch the ball drop on TV and clink the champagne glasses that we got as wedding presents and only ever use on New Year's Eve.
Of all the ways I've ever spent New Year's Eve, it's my favorite.
On New Year's Day, we watch the Rose Parade. Some years I remember to eat black-eyed peas for good luck. Usually I forget. We also forget to buy a new calendar for the kitchen every single year. That's practically a tradition now too.
This year, on New Year's Day, I had a lovely surprise. I woke to find out that VESSEL was named a finalist for a Cybils Award. This was a wonderful start to the new year. VESSEL also had a lovely end to the old year: Kirkus listed VESSEL as one of the Best Books of 2012. And YALSA's The Hub blog chose VESSEL's cover as one of the best covers of 2012. So, yay, yay, and yay!
I am really excited about this year. For the first time ever, I have two books coming out in the same year! My next YA novel, SWEET NOTHINGS (title may change), will be out from Walker/Bloomsbury in fall 2013. And my first novel for adults, THE LOST, will be out from Luna/Harlequin also in fall 2013. THE LOST is the first in a trilogy. I'll be posting more about both books on my website and blog in the coming months.
So... goodbye, 2012! And hello, 2013!
Wishing you heath and happiness (and lots of books) in the new year!
A few years ago, my husband and I started a New Year's Eve tradition that I love: we buy a ton of hors d'oeuvres (frozen mozzerella sticks, chips and dip, potstickers, taquitoes, cheese and crackers, etc.) and we eat them all as the clock clicks toward midnight. Then we watch the ball drop on TV and clink the champagne glasses that we got as wedding presents and only ever use on New Year's Eve.
Of all the ways I've ever spent New Year's Eve, it's my favorite.
On New Year's Day, we watch the Rose Parade. Some years I remember to eat black-eyed peas for good luck. Usually I forget. We also forget to buy a new calendar for the kitchen every single year. That's practically a tradition now too.
This year, on New Year's Day, I had a lovely surprise. I woke to find out that VESSEL was named a finalist for a Cybils Award. This was a wonderful start to the new year. VESSEL also had a lovely end to the old year: Kirkus listed VESSEL as one of the Best Books of 2012. And YALSA's The Hub blog chose VESSEL's cover as one of the best covers of 2012. So, yay, yay, and yay!
I am really excited about this year. For the first time ever, I have two books coming out in the same year! My next YA novel, SWEET NOTHINGS (title may change), will be out from Walker/Bloomsbury in fall 2013. And my first novel for adults, THE LOST, will be out from Luna/Harlequin also in fall 2013. THE LOST is the first in a trilogy. I'll be posting more about both books on my website and blog in the coming months.
So... goodbye, 2012! And hello, 2013!
Wishing you heath and happiness (and lots of books) in the new year!
October 9, 2012
Author Video for Vessel
A little while back I visited the NYC offices of Simon & Schuster to film an author video for Vessel. This is the fourth time I've done one of these videos and I'm always secretly afraid that I'll break under the pressure and start clucking like a chicken. But the S&S people in charge of filming and editing these author videos are wonderful and it looks like they once again managed to edit out any clucking that may have transpired.....
Anyway, without further ado, here it is! Please let me know what you think!
Anyway, without further ado, here it is! Please let me know what you think!
September 27, 2012
Booklist Starred Review for Vessel!
Ridiculously excited to report that Vessel received its third starred review, in the October 1st issue of Booklist!!!
I'm simply over the moon about this. It's so wonderful to hear that people are enjoying Liyana's story. Yay! And thank you so much to everyone who has shared their kind words about the book.
Vessel
By Sarah Beth Durst
(Margaret K. McElderry; ISBN 9781442423763; September 2012; Fall Catalog)
Liyana is a vessel, the chosen one, nurtured, trained, and offered up by her clan for a great honor: giving her life so their goddess, Bayla, may return to earth to inhabit her body. But the goddess does not return. At the end of her day of sacrifice, Liyana is still alive, her clan having left her alone, disgraced, and in grave danger in the desert. Vessel is the read-alike for your Hunger Games–obsessed teens. From the quest to find the other clans’ spurned vessels, to the two attractive love interests, to the intelligent, independent young heroine, this folkloric fantasy, while harkening to that ever-popular novel and movie, is unique in its own web of clever, complex characters and attention-absorbing adventure. Its setting alone is so vital that it becomes another character, a part of the action. Readers will feel the desert heat, the earth-numbing droughts, the vicious sandstorms and resulting sandwolves, and the bizarre sensations of a goddess living within the body of its human vessel. Brilliantly riveting, Vessel’s only disappointment is its single volume, a fate that relegates Liyana, her lovers, and her friends to their own vessel, a single book.
-- Booklist, starred review
I'm simply over the moon about this. It's so wonderful to hear that people are enjoying Liyana's story. Yay! And thank you so much to everyone who has shared their kind words about the book.
Vessel
By Sarah Beth Durst
(Margaret K. McElderry; ISBN 9781442423763; September 2012; Fall Catalog)
Liyana is a vessel, the chosen one, nurtured, trained, and offered up by her clan for a great honor: giving her life so their goddess, Bayla, may return to earth to inhabit her body. But the goddess does not return. At the end of her day of sacrifice, Liyana is still alive, her clan having left her alone, disgraced, and in grave danger in the desert. Vessel is the read-alike for your Hunger Games–obsessed teens. From the quest to find the other clans’ spurned vessels, to the two attractive love interests, to the intelligent, independent young heroine, this folkloric fantasy, while harkening to that ever-popular novel and movie, is unique in its own web of clever, complex characters and attention-absorbing adventure. Its setting alone is so vital that it becomes another character, a part of the action. Readers will feel the desert heat, the earth-numbing droughts, the vicious sandstorms and resulting sandwolves, and the bizarre sensations of a goddess living within the body of its human vessel. Brilliantly riveting, Vessel’s only disappointment is its single volume, a fate that relegates Liyana, her lovers, and her friends to their own vessel, a single book.
-- Booklist, starred review
Baltimore Book Festival and NAIBA 2012
This weekend, I will be in two places at once: the Baltimore Book Festival and the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference.
I am really excited about this for two reasons:
(1) They both sound like great events.
(2) The cloning machine is functional! So far, we've only cloned strawberries, but they're delicious so I think we're set to go.
Here is my schedule for the weekend:
Baltimore Book Festival
September 28-30, 2012 (Friday to Sunday)
Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD
Panel - Fri Sept 28, 6pm in the Children's Bookstore Tent - Michael Buckley, Ellen Datlow, Sarah Beth Durst, Jessica Day George, Adam Gidwitz, Shannon Hale - "Once Upon a Slightly Different Time: Fairy Tales Retold"
Panel - Sun Sept 30, 1pm at SFWA Pavilion - Don Sakers, Sarah Beth Durst, Jack McDevitt, and Alethea Kontis - "Where did that come from?"
Reading - Sun Sept 30, 3pm at SFWA Pavilion - Cat Rambo, Raul Kanakai, Sarah Beth Durst, Andrew J. Fox, and Brandi Tarvin
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference
September 29, 2012 (Saturday)
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Signing - Sat Sept 29, 5pm
Author Reception - Sat Sept 29, 9:30-11pm
Hope to see you there!
I am really excited about this for two reasons:
(1) They both sound like great events.
(2) The cloning machine is functional! So far, we've only cloned strawberries, but they're delicious so I think we're set to go.
Here is my schedule for the weekend:
Baltimore Book Festival
September 28-30, 2012 (Friday to Sunday)
Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD
Panel - Fri Sept 28, 6pm in the Children's Bookstore Tent - Michael Buckley, Ellen Datlow, Sarah Beth Durst, Jessica Day George, Adam Gidwitz, Shannon Hale - "Once Upon a Slightly Different Time: Fairy Tales Retold"
Panel - Sun Sept 30, 1pm at SFWA Pavilion - Don Sakers, Sarah Beth Durst, Jack McDevitt, and Alethea Kontis - "Where did that come from?"
Reading - Sun Sept 30, 3pm at SFWA Pavilion - Cat Rambo, Raul Kanakai, Sarah Beth Durst, Andrew J. Fox, and Brandi Tarvin
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference
September 29, 2012 (Saturday)
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Signing - Sat Sept 29, 5pm
Author Reception - Sat Sept 29, 9:30-11pm
Hope to see you there!
