Hi all! A note that if you’re not interested in tour events for Seasparrow or the preorder campaign but you are ARE interested in my writing process, scroll down past the two big, informative squares :). I share photos below of some of the tools I used to sustain my emotional mood while writing Seasparrow…. Read more »
appearances
The Boston Book Festival Is This Weekend!
I’m doing a panel tomorrow morning, Saturday October 28, at 11am, with Malinda Lo and E. Lockhart, on the topic of “Truth and Consequences”… apropos given our three most recent books! Moderated by Lauren Rizzuto. Please come if you can. More schedule info about this and other great YA panels here. (Oh and — I… Read more »
Event, Sunday, April 12, Pittsburgh
Dear Pittsburgh, Please come see Joshua Bellin and me on Sunday, April 12, at Carnegie Mellon University! Joshua’s workshop (11am) requires advanced registration. My lecture (2pm) does not and is free and open to the public. More information is at the Parsec website. I’m not completely certain, but I think I’m going to talk about… Read more »
Épinal: Scenes While Signing at the Festival Imaginales
My French name collection is growing. I need people to write theirnames for me when I’m abroad, because even when the names are familiar, thepronunciations never are. Someone will say an incomprehensible name to me, I’ll be like, “WOAH!” and ask them to write it down, then I’ll look atwhat they’ve written and feel rather silly,… Read more »
Newsy Stuff, Including Movie Stuff
I’ve gotten the go-ahead to announce that India-based Reliance Entertainment is developing Graceling into a movie. From this press release at Variety: “producer Deepak Nayar (‘Paranoia’) will oversee the project for Reliance and Kintop Pictures and will produce alongside Tabrez Noorani (‘Life of Pi’) of Tamasha Talkies and Leigh Ann Burton for Blu-Sky Media. British… Read more »
Cambridgeport Scenes
To my wonderful readers in France: I will be at Étonnants Voyageurs (which is an international festival of books and film) in Saint-Malo from 18-20 May, and will be making my second appearance at Imaginales (a stupendous fantasy conference) in Épinal from 23-26 May. I hope to see you there. To reassure those of you… Read more »
JonArno Lawson’s New Book of Poetry; Plus, Some Randutiae
JonArno Lawson doesn’t see the world the way other people do, THANK GOODNESS. His most recent book release is Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box, surreal poems decorated with the paper cuts of artist Alec Dempster. The Human Being Bombard its brain with cosmic rays.redden its eyes with Mars —set its… Read more »
Two Recent Song Purchases, Plus, Leaving on a Jetplane
As this post publishes, I’ll be recovering from my flight to L.A. and preparing to board my plane to Sydney. If you check back here 15 hours later, I’ll still be on that plane, a bit grumpier and with bigger feet. A reminder that my appearance schedule for Sydney and Melbourne is here. In other… Read more »
Germany Itinerary, Stuff and Things
This morning, while running along the river, I saw that the recent rain had melted all the snow and ice that’s been floating on the river for months — except for these two round clumps of snow near the footbridge. Then their necks came out of the water and I realized they were swans. Welcome,… Read more »
Boston Book Festival and South Bend (and a Massachusetts Voting ETA!)
A quick reminder that I’ll be at the (free!) Boston Book Festival this Saturday, October 16, appearing on a panel with Francisco X. Stork (Marcelo in the Real World and The Last Summer of the Death Warriors); Kathryn Lasky (the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series — have you seen the ads for the owl movie?), and… Read more »
