I’ve been busy, writing a lot, thinking a lot. One thing I’ve been thinking about (again) is the place of this blog in my life now. In the last couple of weeks I’ve signed up for Google+, then deleted it, unsubscribed from everything in…

Well, there’s not really any fighting, but that looked like one of those “before and after” Wheel of Fortune phrases and it was late last night when I wrote this, so, you know, it seemed a lot more clever and hilarious than it probably…

Thank you, friends, so much, for all your comments and excitement about How to Save a Life. I’ll be very proud to share the finished book with you in the not-so-distant future. And if you’re going to BEA, you may be able to snag…

From this interview with Ron Hansen at The Other Journal:

Stories find hidden harmonies in the world and impose symmetry and order to our often chaotic existence. We don’t escape our circumstances in reading; we find those circumstances organized, highlighted, and …

And it’s allll links, baby.

- The New York Times recently featured Salt Lake City in its “36 Hours In...” series. I think you should go ahead and make it 72 hours. There are so many children’s and YA authors per square inch here,…