Gillian G., a very talented illustrator, did these while watching our panel. I can’t believe someone can do that — amazing. Her link is at the end. I purposely left off any reference to Callie’s hair color so readers could imagine themselves in her shoes. But I intentionally wanted toRead More →
For the first time since the summer of 2011, I feel relaxed. It’s not a vacation break, which is when you go away somewhere and it has nothing to do with work. But it is at least “I can read the newspaper” kind of break. I remember taking one orRead More →
This is a display from my Brazilian publisher, Novo Conceito, at the Sao Paulo Book Fair, the world’s third largest book fair, going on now. Their way of showing how it is their BIG book of the year! I didn’t believe it myself but you can see the person inRead More →
So I landed in NY to an email by none other than the great Dean Koontz, the man who wrote WATCHERS, one of my favorite novels. Even though he had been recovering and then very busy with publishing and his film, he read my book and thought it (and theRead More →
The brilliant writer Harlan Ellison did his second speaking engagement at the Cinefamily theater. Before that, he gathered with friends and followers and his beautiful wife Susan at the famous Pink’s Hot Dogs. Pinks had presented him with four dogs that spelled out “Pink’s… Loves… Harlan… Ellison”). When we chatted,Read More →
So maybe you’re using the holiday weekend to think about how to get published. First of all, be sure your manuscript is ready. I mean it’s at the point where your writing group and beta readers have given you all the notes they can and are now saying, this isRead More →
When the Twilight films show in Germany, Annina Braunmiller is the voice of Bella (normally Kristin Stewart when in English). She also is the narrator for the Twilight audio books in German. And now for mine. She’ll be the narrator for the German audio book of STARTERS. I’m so excited.Read More →
You’ll have to pay for it. But I’d say it’s worth it. My uber-agent, Barbara Poelle, is doing a Writer’s Digest webinar this Thursday, Nov 3. You don’t have to be there, you can access the information at your convenience. But you should register as early as you can becauseRead More →
Heard of www.goodreads.com? I’m giving away a beautiful hardback book! More about that in a bit. s Last night, at the Long Beach Hilton, I was one of the authors invited to the SCIBA Awards dinner. I think I was the only debut author who didn’t have a published bookRead More →
The Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany just ended. It’s a major event in book publishing. My fellow Apocalypsie, Lenore, took this photo of my foreign agent Heather holding a card stock giveaway with info about STARTERS. Wouldn’t you want to buy anything from her? Ice cream? An island in theRead More →
