Stacy

First, my favorite of the weekend, a night shot of the Washington monument. And a couple more from that night, my last night in D.C. These last two are from my staff-led tour of the Capitol led by an intern from the office of an Iowa representative. Then more to come of actual publishing stuff. … Read more

…and Shannon Hale is hilarious. Seriously, if you ever have the opportunity to get a book signed by her, don’t miss that chance. You’ll come away with such classics as “Tallyho! Mr. Darcy thinks you’re hot” and “For Stacy, Who found her dream job. I’m sure it was my doing. You rock.” Of course, that … Read more

I’m taking the day off today, now that I’m back from ALA, and so my day started much later than normal. I put a bowl of water for my oatmeal into the microwave to heat for what I thought was 2 minutes, and forgot about it. I’ll go back and reheat it, I thought, and … Read more

Here’s the real address for the podcast of me and Tiffany Trent: http://www.timewastersguide.com/article/1559/Time-Waster\s-Radio-1-Hallowmere—-In-the-Serpent\s-Coils We talk about the genesis of Hallowmere, Tiffany’s background in writing, her advice for beginning writers, and much more!

I have a feeling none of you were able to listen to the podcast because I gave you a link to the forums rather than the page with the podcast! And now that I’ve realized my mistake, apparently the page doesn’t seem to be there anymore. It’s probably just a random fluke, because it was … Read more

Thursday, June 287:00 pmUniversity BookstoreSeattle, WA  Tomorrow night Shannon Hale, she of the Princess Academy and Goose Girl and most recently, Austenland fame, will be signing very near my neighborhood at the University Bookstore in the U District. If you’re local to Seattle, be sure to drop in and get a book signed. I will … Read more

While at ALA, Tiffany Trent tltrent ) and I were interviewed for the inauguration of a podcast series over at The Official Time-waster’s Guide, a game/book/movie review site that really loves things of a fantastic nature. That interview is now up. If you like what you hear, you can go discuss it on their forums. … Read more

This post is entirely for my friend mistborn . I’m at ALA today, standing in our booth. It was during Candice Ransom’s signing of her chapter book series Time Spies, and who do I see walking through our booth? I leave it to Brandon to answer that with a shout. p.s. Real recap of the … Read more

If you’re going to be at ALA Annual Conference in D.C. this weekend, check out all that we have going on! (And stop by the booth to say hi even if not at these times. If you’re looking for me specifically, I may or may not always be there, so leave a comment here to … Read more

Alvina, a Blue Rose Girl and editor at Little, Brown, is conducting a poll on her submission guidelines. Pop over and chime in–she’s still looking for comments.