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My beloved Mac, who’s stood by my side for almost seven years, will be put to rest in the next few days. Starting with that first journey from the Apple Store on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, to a four-day trip across the US and Mexico buried beneath a pile of boxes and clothes so no one …
Not me, but I’m so excited you’d think I was the one who sold my first book. My dear friend Stacey Graham announced Monday that Sourcebooks has bought The Girls’ Ghost Hunting Guide! This is the same Stacey who lured me to Seattle to play with zombies (and convinced me to photograph myself doing yoga …
How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting? Aside from enjoying a leisurely four-day weekend that included a yummy dinner with my family, shopping and watching Black Swan with my sister, and lots of play time with Owen, I also Skyped with Erica for an hour and a half and plotted the rest of …
To mark my birthday yesterday I wrote a post called It’s Not Easy Being Green for An Army of Ermas. The post should be up mid-morning — go check it out! ETA: Link is live. There’s a picture!
Over the past year I’ve slowly sorted through the piles of boxes stored in my parents’ garage. (I have a LOT of wine glasses, but no silverware.) I’ve rediscovered photos and games and clothes, but one box in particular had completely vanished. Figures it was the box of my favorite books. Well look what I …
I’m not one for book reviews, especially two weeks in a row, but there’s no way I CAN’T tell you about this book. Seventeen-year old Anna is sent to the School of America in Paris, thanks to her rich father’s need to fit in with his pretentious friends. She dreads saying goodbye to her best …
Synopsis [si-nop-sis] a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject. Apparently Webster hasn’t met me. Let’s go with this one instead: Synopsis [si-nop-sis] a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc. That’s more like it. ***** An interesting tidbit I picked up during my Weekend of …
Last weekend Erica Chapman and I road-tripped to Cleveland to attend Lisa and Laura Roecker’s launch party for their debut novel, The Liar Society. You know me, I live my back cover blurbs: Best friends don’t send emails once they’re dead. With her dead best friend’s pearls and skirts tiny enough to make Nancy Drew …
Holy wow you guys! Thank you so much to everyone who spread the word about the contest. I had triple the normal number of hits last week, and I even gained new followers! *waves to new followers* But that’s not why you’re here. You want to hear about all the writers I met this weekend! …
ETA: Voting is now closed. First, a HUGE thank you to everyone who entered the contest, spread the word, and laughed at me with me in my video. I’ve had a lot of fun with this contest and will definitely be doing more vlogs in the future. (No, don’t go unfollowing me…) Now, on to …