Archive for March 2011
Write Hope
There’s no words, really, to cover what’s happened in Japan. I could try — words like horrific, heart-rending, and tragic come to mind — but they’re just words, black dots on a computer screen, typed from the comfort of a warm, safe office. I look at the pictures in the news and then at those…
Read MoreRandom Woos and Bad Big Brown Dogs
I know, I know, I’ve been slacking. I started out with such good intentions, but somehow my three posts a week have dwindled to an anorexic one or two. I promise to be better in April. It will be SPRING! and WARM! and everyone will be HAPPY! (Those of us who live in New England…
Read MoreLibrary Love
Can I just, for a moment, reiterate how awesome my home town library is? My advance PR team came along (that would be my parents) and what greeted us in the lobby but a poster with Evenfall and my face on it? (It was a little bit horrifying, to be honest, but the librarian behind…
Read MoreWhere You'll Find Me, Now and Then
Libraries. I love them. You go in, sign a piece of paper, and they let you take home books. For free. As many as you can carry. (And I can carry a lot.) How insane is that? Not just books, either. CDs, DVDs, even art. Museum passes. Again, all for free. Show me your library,…
Read MoreStealing Words
I’ve been struggling with what to say about the disasters that seem to be pressing in on every side these days. Sitting in my quiet kitchen, a snoring dog at my feet, they seem very far away. And then I pick up my children from school and my heart constricts at the pain another mother…
Read MoreHouse Cleaning
I’m not talking about my real house today (although I should — it is in desperate need of a spring cleaning). No, these are house keeping details of the cyber variety, so bear with me. I’ll be doing a few more book signings this spring. Next week on March 23rd, I’ll be at the Peabody…
Read MoreWalkin' the Talk
I have books all over the house, with the possible exception of the guest bathroom. Mostly, I try to keep the books I wouldn’t want my kids to read stacked next to my bed. But sometimes I forget, and leave a book I’d prefer my daughter not to delve into out in the open, where…
Read MoreJoin Me for Coffee?
I’m over at Sia McKye’s Over Coffee blog today, talking about making sure my world stays larger than size of my monitor. Stop by if you get a chance. And remember, you have till Monday to comment and be entered to win a copy of Wake.
Read MoreIf You're Under 18, Stop Reading. Seriously.
This post talks about censorship, sex and drugs. You’ve been warned. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what’s appropriate for kids to read. Partly, it’s because I have a book of my own out, and I’ve seen Evenfall listed as YA (Young Adult) in a couple of places. Every time I see that, or…
Read MoreSecond Star to the Right
Last night my son woke up around 11 p.m.. He was talking loudly and stumbling a bit, and we raced up the stairs to see what was the matter. Fever? Stomach bug? Instead we found him in the bathroom, struggling to get his pajama bottoms off in time. He wasn’t quite awake, and after he’d…
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