looking ahead
Just a few quick notes before the end of the year:
- I am very excited that I will be able to attend the ALA Midwinter conference in Philadelphia this January. I am really looking forward to it and appreciate having the opportunity to meet and connect with so many amazing librarians and authors and readers.
- Recently, Wendy Daughdrill interviewed me for YALSA’s blog The Hub, which you can read here.
- The UK paperback edition of Charm and Strange comes out on January 2nd! Electric Monkey/Egmont UK is hosting a blog tour that will run from January 13 – 16th.
Charm & Strange is a 2014 Morris Award Finalist
I am still so stunned and happy by today’s news that Charm & Strange is a finalist for the 2014 William C. Morris award. What a special, special moment. I’m not sure I even have the words to express how very honored I am and how much gratitude I feel toward YALSA and all the amazing librarians who have cared about this book.
I am a pretty well-trained insomniac and usually spend my late night hours watching old movies or bad television. But last night, for some reason, I actually re-read Charm & Strange for the first time in a … read the rest
paperback charm
It’s mid-November and I’ve had my head down in all-consuming work for the past few weeks. But now that I’ve completed two big projects, I’m finally sitting back, looking around, and the trees are bare and my in-laws are coming and the holidays will be here soon-soon-soon and everything feels surreal. How did I get here?
Quite a few nice bookish things have happened in that stretch of time. St. Martin’s finalized the cover of my forthcoming novel, COMPLICIT, and I love it more than anything. CHARM & STRANGE received a beautiful review in the Nov/Dec issue of The … read the rest
on dependence
A few days ago, I was part of a good-hearted discussion on twitter about how one gets a baby to go to sleep. I have three children and my answer for getting them to sleep has always been the same: I hold them. Then I lay down with them. I wrap my arms around them, and I watch their eyelids flutter shut and feel their limbs go limp and listen as their breath becomes slow and steady.
I know that’s not the answer people want; getting a baby to go to sleep means teaching them how to do it on … read the rest
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