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Archive for March, 2009

Look what our pal Barry has been up to!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

I try not to be jealous of other writers, and especially writers who are friends of mine, but HOW COOL IS THIS???
It would be like someone coming to me to ask me to write an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
The cover is so awesome! And because I am friends with the writer, I’ve already [...]

Come play with some YA authors this Saturday!

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I haven’t even bothered unpacking from Dallas last week, because I’m turning right around and flying to New York this week. A day in New York City to have a 3-hour lunch with my editor (it’s our annual lunch, so there’s always a lot to catch up on–even though we just talked two weeks [...]

Reminder for you Twilight/Stephenie Meyer fans!

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Last week to buy your tickets! See Stephenie Meyer in person and participate in the live auction, where you can bid to win a signed Stephenie Meyer manuscript, the Forever Dawn epilogue–even lunch with Stephenie Meyer herself! (Note: Since these are all part of the “live” auction, you must be present to win.)
If [...]

Would you rather eat or exercise?

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Riddle me this, Batpeople:
If these were the only two choices, would you rather exercise like crazy and eat whatever you want, or eat less than you want and exercise little?
And why?

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Want to see Stephenie Meyer, Shannon Hale and other authors, and/or have a character named after you?

Friday, March 20th, 2009

[NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT AWESOME RESPONSES ALREADY!]
Okay, then, here’s the deal:
A friend of mine–a friend of many of ours–is too young to have breast cancer but has it. Believe me, we’ve all done a lot of cussing about this. And although we all know money can’t cure everything, we [...]

Please support me in not procrastinating

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Big, superhairy deadline in 26 days, and I’ll be spending 8 of those on the road, and 5 of those are Sundays and I don’t work on Sundays, so really I have no business being on this blog now or starting a Twitter account last weekend or playing on Facebook or reading other YA author’s [...]

When you’re a baker and a writer

Monday, March 9th, 2009

It’s possible that you’re sitting there looking through your galley proofs, going over all the last-minute edits your editor, the copy editor, and copy chief are suggesting, and it makes you just a tad nervous because what if any of you missed something, and what if those suggestions they made that you don’t really agree [...]

More good advice for writers

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

I hope this stuff is useful to you guys. When I find a good blog post by a writer for writers, I like to pass it along because the more information any of us have about the business, the better (I think).
So take a look at J. Steven York’s post about writers and other [...]


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