Concerns Flagged

While digging through our storage room this morning in search of something else, I found some early manuscripts of Bitterblue. Then took a closer look, and had to laugh. Here’s my own copy of the first draft I ever sent to my marvelous editor, printed out, with “concerns flagged.” I guess I was pretty concerned…. Read more »

Look to Like, If Looking Liking Move

I’ve been wanting to draw bloggy attention to Gareth Hinds’ beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Romeo and Juliet for ages now. First I was hoping to do it before I left for London/Iceland, but trip preparation got in the way. Then I was hoping to do it upon my return, but reentry kind of knocked… Read more »

Fall Into Fantasy

Hi everybody. Fall Into Fantasy is going on at Penguin right now, as you can see above. Unfortunately, I’ve developed an unexpected conflict for the 10/9 Twitter chat, so I won’t be able to join it live, but do tweet your questions @PenguinTeen using #FallIntoFantasy and do it ASAP, because I’ll provide answers ahead of… Read more »

Bitterblue Paperback, September 17

By the way, the Bitterblue USA/Canada paperback will be released on September 17, which seems to be next Tuesday. Boy did that ever sneak up on me. In case anyone’s been waiting for that, just wanted to pass on the word. It’s open for preorders at various book buying sites – and don’t forget to… Read more »