Next weekend I will be on the faculty of SCBWI at their epic yearly conference in Century City. I believe it is the biggest and longest-running conference for writers of children’s books (of course including YA) in the world, all started and headed by Lin Oliver and Stephen Mooser. I’mRead More →
I dashed from Comic-Con to NYC to make it in time for the 8 am Debut Author’s Breakfast Panel at Thrillerfest where our mentor, Douglas Preston, moderated. After he introduced each of us, we had one minute, yes one minute, to talk. I mentioned how I had been to everyRead More →
Here are some images from my first Comic-Con visit. Most of them are from Wednesday, Preview night. Shannon Messenger, my friend and sister Apocalypsie, with her upcoming fall Middle Grade debut, KEEPER OF LOST CITIES (seen on poster behind her). We had so much fun talking shop and walking theRead More →
STARTERS is one of nine books Chapters/Indigo picked as Best of the Year So Far – Teens. So it’s now on that list for Amazon and Chapters. This is a nice sendoff as I get ready to leave for ComicCon tomorrow! Read More →
“Portrait of a Marshall” is my second e-short set in the world of STARTERS. I’m very happy with this one. I didn’t have to worry about giving away the hook of the first book, which was a concern with “Portrait of a Starter,” and it’s twice as long. The storyRead More →
AUTOGRAPHING AREA Table AA09 4:30 TO 5:30 PM http://www.comic-con.org/cci/forms/cci12prog_map.pdf This is a half-hour after our 3 pm panel ends because it appears to be a long ways from the auditorium 25abc. Books can be purchased at the Mysterious Galaxy Booth that is part of the Random House booth. TIP: onRead More →
Amy Tan (in wig) and Stephen King In the hopes of crossing off a dream goal from my bucket list, I went to a special ‘meet and greet’ of the authors that make up The Rock Bottom Remainders band. This was to be an hour-long reception preceding the concert atRead More →
I am really looking forward to this – what an amazing lineup. I’m going to be all fangirl – in a nice way. â— Thursday, July 12, 2012 Comic-Con– San Diego, CA -3:00-4:00 Hungry for Dystopia’” With the skyrocketing popularity of The Hunger Games, dystopian literature has been creating majorRead More →
My first in-studio radio interview with none other than Larry Mantle. This program will air on July 4 and also be available on the kpcc site. Larry is the consummate pro. You can’t appreciate all the skill it takes to be an on-air interviewer until you see a master inRead More →
More summer fun! STARTERS hanging with Stephen King, McCaffrey, Revis, Lu, Meyer on a list that is not just YA: hypable.Read More →
