I’m still having a funny stretch of dreams. The other night, after yet another trapeze class, I dreamed about a guy who was taking trapeze lessons. His name was Ted Zeppelin. The soundtrack of the dream was Pink Floyd, though, so there might be some band confusion in my brain somewhere. A quote from Mark… Read more »
Finland
Reminder: I love Finland. (And SYTYCD, too!)
It’s been a while since I’ve shown you a brand new cover for Graceling. Behold! This is the Finnish cover. What do you think? I love it to pieces, and nothing you say will stop me from loving it to pieces, so do your worst. In particular, I love finally seeing a short-haired Katsa, and… Read more »
A Gallery of My Favorite Objects (And Other Nonsense)
My Finnish translator, Maria Lyytinen, has one gray eye and one brown eye. She’s a Graceling! Kiitos for translating my book, Maria — I can’t imagine anyone more appropriate! :o) The Simmons Summer Institute is this weekend; I speak Friday, which I’m very grateful for, because it means I’ll be able to enjoy Saturday and… Read more »
The NYT Book Review is kind to Graceling. I ♥ Finland. A shout-out to a baby. More things. Plus, the longest post title ever!
News: The New York Times book review of Graceling is here (major spoiler alert!). Thank you, NYTBR, for a lovely piece. I am overwhelmed. More news: Graceling has managed to finagle a place among Publishers Weekly‘s Best Books of the Year and Amazon.com’s Best Books of 2008. Again, thanks! So. My sisters (secret code names:… Read more »
I’m Shipping Up to Boston (to Find My Wooden Leg)
Extra points to anyone who can identify the source of my title. Cordelia, Joe, Athanasius, and Mr. Meriwether Tigleth Bonaparte Monkey: you are not eligible for this contest. (Edit: And no googling!) This post is a shout out to my Aunt Mary, who just arrived in northeast Thailand, where she’ll be volunteering as an English… Read more »