Now that I’m home from my tour, the mad rush is behind me, which means that now and then, I have little pockets of time for blogging. When I can, I’d like to fill some of those pockets with blog posts about what it was like to write Jane, Unlimited. This is a weird little… Read more »
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Another Giveaway, plus Love from the B&N Blog
Head’s up that I’m doing another giveaway of Jane, Unlimited over on Twitter. And, if you’re undecided about whether you want to read Jane, consider the advice of the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog, where Melissa Albert wrote a review that melted my heart. Melissa Albert’s upcoming debut novel, The Hazel Wood, is fabulous, BTW…. Read more »
Coming Up with a Subject Line Requires Brain Juice
I try to avoid turning my blog into a publicity machine, but this has been the kind of week that leaves a gal uninspired, in addition to which, I have two nice pieces of news. So brace yourselves. The first comes with a thank you — to Kirkus Reviews, for their review of Bitterblue, which… Read more »
They actually did! They had stars upon thars!
Extra points if you recognize today’s title. WARNING: Today’s post is all business, so if you don’t want to read about release dates, my blog tour, my regular tour, reviews (with stars upon thars), interviews, how to read the first 3 chapters of Fire online, etc., etc., please just skip this BORING post and scroll… Read more »
Lost in Translation
This article makes me sad. And mad. Changing topic… I’ve been having some great exchanges with my Korean translator for Graceling, Yoon Hoh, as she works through some of the trickiest parts to translate. At a certain point, I realized that you guys might find this stuff interesting, so I asked her permission to share… 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 »
FAQs about Online Book Buzz, Reviews, and Fanfic
Do you read online reviews / buzz about your own books?Honestly? No. Since announcing my intentions to quit last August, I have not googled myself or my books, and I do not get google alerts. I do not read reviews on Amazon or other book sites. If someone emails me or comments on my blog… 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 »
FAQs, the Universe, and Beyond
The gorgeous image on the right is a composite Hubble/IRTF image of storms on Jupiter. I got it here and you can read more about it here. Lest you be impressed with the ease with which I fling around high-tech telescope-y terms (like telescope-y), be assured that I have no idea what I’m talking about…. Read more »
“I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming, saying something about a queen”
Three quick pieces of news: (1) I have a Chinese language publisher for Graceling and Fire in Taiwan, Gaea Books. yAt! (2) Graceling is #2 on the Winter 2009 Indie Next Kid’s List. Please support independent bookstores! (3) Graceling is one of Booklist‘s 2008 Top Ten First Novels for Youth, along with my friend Sarah… Read more »
