Everybody, good news all around. And — I need your help deciding what to toast with! Graceling is the winner of the SIBA Book Award in the Young Adult category! (SIBA is the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.) Oh my goodness, the indies have been so kind to me — I can’t even express my gratitude…. Read more »
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The Center Will Hold, Dammit
It’s possible that I have not entirely recovered from BEA. Maybe it’ll help if I share some of the goodness with you: I got to spend a quiet minute with Suzanne Collins. I treasure that minute. She is definitely a kindred spirit. I had a lovely time answering questions and signing books at Books of… Read more »
A Short Post. Sort of.
Graceling is a finalist for the 2009 SIBA Book Awards in the YA category, along with Sarah Dessen’s Lock & Key and Trenton Lee Stewart’s The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. It is so nice to be honored by people you admire (indie booksellers!). Thank you so much to the Southern Independent Booksellers… Read more »
Some Publishing Wisdom from Anne Lamott
Graceling has hit the children’s bestseller list in Italy. Somewhere in a Sicilian graveyard, the spirits of my great-great grandparents are dancing. I think there might be a few people dancing in South Jersey, as well :o) The Nebula Awards were announced this weekend, and the winner of the Andre Norton Award (for which Graceling… Read more »
“A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. is the Garden of Eden of literature.”
Thus spake National Book Award-winning Sherman Alexie. Here are a couple of myths about YA lit: (1) YA is all like Harry Potter. (A myth popular among those who’ve read little YA other than Harry Potter. And don’t get me wrong, I love Harry Potter! But he’s SO not representative of all YA. No single… Read more »
Appearances, Business-y Things, and a Spinning Lady
A new link to the left: My appearance schedule. I’ll update as I get more info. A reminder that there’s going to be a conference in Vail, Colorado in October called Sirens, all about women in fantasy — Tamora Pierce, Sherwood Smith, and I are the guests of honor. The website is here and the… Read more »
4 FTW
Spanish cover —> click to enlarge —> Hi everyone! What’s going on with you these days? Ready to hear my 4 for the win? 1. TWO OF THE WORLD’S BEST PUBLISNOODS So, if you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may recall my snood-ish battle cries, such as, OUT, DAMN SNOOD! and SNOOD,… Read more »
Fabulous News and a Pretty Picture
Hi all! The news: Graceling is a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy (the SFWA’s award for YA given concurrently with the Nebulas). Its fellow finalists are Lamplighter, by D.M. Cornish; Savvy, by Ingrid Law; The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson; and, with the best… Read more »
Explaining Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue, prequels, sequels, companion books, and all the others ways I’m confusing people :o)
Starting with newsy bits of newsy news: Graceling is on the 2009 Amelia Bloomer List (Recommended Feminist Literature for Birth through 18). What an awesome list to be on. Thank you! It’s also on the Locus Magazine 2008 Recommended Reading List, in the First Novels category. In case you’re interested, the February issue of the… Read more »
Stuff; a Cover; and, a Question about Writing and Fear
First, a friendly reminder to anyone reading my blog on LiveJournal or at Amazon or, really, anywhere other than at my actual blogger blog: I won’t see your comments unless you come to my Blog Actual to leave them. Sorry for the confusion. Syndication complicates the world! La la la. Next up, behold my cover… Read more »
