Welcome to the Beyond the (Latest) Buzz series, where I’m asking YA & kidlit librarians as well as book bloggers to share books they think deserve more attention. Since today happens to be Valentine’s Day, and I love New York City like wow, I thought this would be the perfect day to feature this particular guest … Continue reading »
For I guess a few years now one of my author fantasies has been to be a part of the NYC Teen Author Festival organized by David Levithan that happens here in the city every spring. But either I didn’t have a book out in time, or I was away, and I kept looking longingly … Continue reading »
Just two nights ago I was reading by flashlight in our cold apartment, a boiled bottle of water under the wool blanket with me, caught in lower Manhattan with promises that our power would be back on “soon.” I’d felt hope in the morning when we heard on the battery-operated radio that most of Manhattan … Continue reading »
…Starting tomorrow, I’ll be asking that very question of some YA authors, and we’ll see what they say. Come back tomorrow for guest blogs, interviews, and book giveaways. Here’s who you’ll find here: Adele Griffin, author of All You Never Wanted and Tighter Andrew Smith, author of The Marbury Lens and Passenger Brenna Yovanoff, author of The Replacement and The Space Between Daniel Marks, … Continue reading »
This morning I went to my usual cafe, stepped in, saw the blank bagel board, then stomped off in a rage* because there were no bagels left. I took a long detour to another cafe on the Bowery all so I could calmly sit and freewrite with a toasted sesame bagel and a skim mocha**. … Continue reading »
So my presentation with Kelly Jensen of STACKED at the Kidlitosphere Conference was this weekend and—spoiler—I think it went well! For those of you who don’t know, the Kidlitosphere Conference, aka KidLitCon, is a yearly conference for bloggers in young adult and children’s lit, and this year it was held in New York City, at … Continue reading »
If you’ll be at the Kidlitosphere Conference at the New York Public Library this weekend, look for me there! You’ll find me giving a presentation on blog series with the amazing Kelly Jensen from STACKED on Saturday at 12 noon—we have a great talk prepared for you and can’t wait! And if you’re a blogger/reviewer/librarian/reader … Continue reading »
What’s Periwinkle Blue Here we are in the last days of August. The sky above my rickety fire escape is periwinkle blue and completely cloudless, and the wail of sirens is fading away down in the street until there’s that strange kind of silence you find sometimes in Manhattan, punctuated by the buzz of air-conditioners … Continue reading »
I got back from the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop in Laramie, Wyoming, on Sunday night, where I learned so many things, met some great people, and where my laptop broke (sob! more on that in a moment). The first day I was home, on Monday, I was rewarded with my copyedits for 17 & Gone! … Continue reading »
I’ve been away at the residency in the gorgeous California mountains for four weeks as of today—and I leave for the flight home on Thursday. I got some good work done here (one piece in particular is especially exciting… E knows what piece I mean), much of which will need to be continued once I … Continue reading »
