There’s been so much else going on over the last few weeks, that I haven’t gotten to post about my new-and-improved office that’s increased my zen by about a hundred-fold.  Same space.  Sadly, same wallpaper.  But new otherwise.  Here’s what it looked like before: Not bad at all.  Pleasant.  Bright.  My own space, separate from the dining room [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich’s debut novel, Eighth Grade Superzero, is available now from Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic.         What book are you reading right now?   I’m reading Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachman and Design-It-Yourself Clothes by Cal Patch.  Re-reading Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas, Creative Knitting by Mary Walker-Phillips and [...]

I’ve been waiting for the Publishers Weekly announcement, but since it hasn’t posted yet and the news has already come out in several blog interviews and in chat the other night, I think it’s time to make it official:  Bloomsbury has purchased The Mark’s sequel – working title Vision – for publication in 2011.  I’m so excited [...]

I’ll be doing an online chat at 8pm EST tonight, hosted by Vania at Reverie Book Reviews.  Want to know how I found my agent?  What I’m working on now?  Who my favorite writers are?  How long it takes to write a book?  What I had for breakfast?  Come by!  Ask!  Book/publishing questions and all others [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Amy Brecount White’s debut novel, Forget-Her-Nots, will be published by Greenwillow/HarperCollins on March 2.       What book are you reading right now?  An ARC of Everlasting by Tenner Angie Frazier.  Yay, Angie!   Your favorite children’s book:  Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney.  It’s a flower thing. Your favorite [...]

Head over to the Tenners for this month’s giveaway of awesome, book-related stuff:   The giveaway ends Saturday, February 13th at midnight, so hurry…you do not want to miss this one!

The Mark has sold in Indonesia!  It’s my first foreign rights sale and I am completely tickled at the idea of my book in another language.   The literal translation is Angka, which sounds fittingly ominous.  Though they’ll probably retitle it something completely different.  I can’t wait to see what and what the cover will look like… It [...]

Release Day is a recurring blog feature to give a shout-out to Tenner books on their official debut day.   Today’s release is The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, a YA novel by Josh Berk.   I have not read this book yet, but here are three reasons you should: 1.  Josh is from Allentown, PA so we [...]

I did my first book signing event this weekend…at my parents’ house.  I know I’ve mentioned my big family before - 24 aunts and uncles, 28 cousins – and a whole bunch of them came out on Saturday, despite seventeen inches of snow, ready to celebrate with books in hand: . . . . . . Thanks [...]

The winner of the final prize in The Mark’s Online Launch Party is: Erica (@thebookcellarx) Congrats, Erica!  There’s a message in your inbox with instructions for claiming your signed copy of The Mark, notepad, bookmarks, glowing pen and $25 Borders gift card.  Enjoy! And now, a huge… THANK YOU  to everyone who tweeted and posted [...]