Just when I was swingin’ into revisions, I got word from NYC that Zarr Book Three was not going to work as a title (nor was the working title I’d slapped on there, which I was never excited about). I knew I was going…
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You know how I love a good Monday, as well as the beginnings of months. We had a lovely rainy weekend, and now the sun is due to shine in pretty pretty 65-degree days, at least until Friday, which gives me a certain kind…
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Boot camp was kind of rough this morning. Not physically—it’s still pretty tame compared to last year’s—but emotionally. I blogged about it over at the Teen Fiction Cafe for the ever-popular Embarrassing Moments Week. I don’t know why the feeling this time is…
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I went to see American Teen on Friday, a documentary following a bunch of high school seniors in Warsaw, Indiana. I was a leeeetle worried during the first five minutes, because there was this scripted voiceover and then a couple of shots that…
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Gavin’s Underground, a KUTV blog, featured a somewhat lengthy interview with me today in which I try to really highlight the local kidlit scene. (Okay, so I didn’t exactly get a “rave review” from the New York Times, but who am I to…
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