NY area peeps: I’m doing a writing workshop this Thursday, October 18 from 12:30-2:00pm at the Chappaqua Library. It’s free and open to anyone in grades 8-12. We’ll be talking about character, setting, plot and using paranormal elements, with a heavy emphasis on hands-on writing and sharing by participants. Also, there will be pizza. For more info, [...]

I am deep in edits for How It Ends, a manuscript I’m hoping to have finished by the end of May. That’s what’s up with all the radio silence here lately. But this Friday, May 11th I’ll be at the Westchester Library Association Conference in Tarrytown, NY for lunch and book signing.  There’ll be copies of The Mark and [...]

Tons of other authors already knew about this, but I just learned about websites like Skype An Author and Kate Messner’s that connect groups who want to book chat with authors who do it via Skype, usually for free.  Sounded like a great idea to me, so I signed up, even though I’ve only used Skype to let [...]

After a brief glitch getting to the store – separated from me by Fifth Avenue and, yesterday, the enormous and hugely celebratory Pride Parade – I was at Books of Wonder for our Fantastic Fiction for Teens event.  Sadly, I don’t actually have many photos…I was too busy listening to the other authors read bits of their books which [...]

I’ll be reading and signing at Books of Wonder in NYC on Sunday, June 26.  1-3pm.   The event is Fantastic Fiction for Teens and authors Leah Cypess, Caragh O’Brien, Caitlin Kittredge, Kate Milford and Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban will be there too.  I’ve heard great things about BoW events and am really looking forward to participating in one.  If you’re in the [...]

So much more exciting than any other kind, no?  And there were plenty to pick from at Friday’s Won’t You Be My Paranormal Valentine? event at The Voracious Reader: Pan, Faust, vampires, talking polar bears, talking gargoyles, the girl who knows if you’ll die today and werewolves.   Lots of werewolves.  Here we all are, with the [...]

Everyone in the Northeast is complaining about the weather so I’ll keep it brief and just say my kids haven’t had a full week of school all month.  Since I write when they’re in class, not much is getting done at Chez Nadol these days.  Next Friday, February 11, I’ll be at The Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY with Cynthia Leitich-Smith, Daniel Nayeri, [...]

On Saturday, I got to meet readers, YA authors and some pretty impressive aspiring writers at Barnes & Noble, Nanuet NY for the Teen Author Event put together by Shari Maurer.  Twenty-five teens entered the writing contest.  I read all of the entries and was honestly shocked at how good they were.  I don’t remember being able to write like that [...]

Especially signed ones   There are a few days left in the Bridget Kicks Cancer Auction with lots of signed books, including The Mark, up for grabs.  Check it out here.  All bidding ends Saturday, December 4.  The following weekend, I’ll be reading and signing with four other authors – Shari Maurer, Shannon Delany, Jame [...]

From The Journal News: Teen fiction contest deadline is Nov. 11 Teens in grades seven through 12 can write a short story or a few chapters of a book, up to 10 typed pages, for a Teen Fiction Writing contest. The entry deadline is Nov. 11. Any genre, from contemporary, historical, fantasy, realistic, steampunk, horror [...]