Hi everyone! Just a quick post before I get on a plane today to remind you all that I’m going to be in MICHIGAN! on WEDNESDAY! doing a bunch of school visits and a thrilling BARNES AND NOBLE EVENT which I hope some of you Michigan FanWings can come to! Wednesday, October 7th! At 6pm! At the Livonia Barnes & Noble, 17111 Haggerty . . .
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Hi lovely readers! So as I’ve mentioned, a few weekends ago I zipped off to Decatur, Georgia, for the 2015 Decatur Book Festival, which it turns out is enormous and amazing! I wish I could have been there longer so I could have gone to other panels — there were so many authors I adore there. But I was lucky . . .
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Oh my goodness, everyone. Would you like to see maybe the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen? !!!!! That is the current window of the largest independent bookstore in France, Le Furet de Lille, which is also clearly THE GREATEST BOOKSTORE IN THE WORLD, with the most brilliant window designers. 🙂 Isn’t it beautiful? So many dragons! Giant wall of . . .
Read MoreHi everyone! If you’ve checked out my Events page or follow me on Facebook, you may already know that I am heading to Wisconsin next month for the totally wonderful-sounding Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival! Have you seen the adorable video they made yet? SCBF 2015 Video I can’t wait to go hang out with Wisconsin readers and all these awesome . . .
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Hello favorite readers! I know, I know — where have I BEEN? Why have I FORSAKEN you? Did Peril EAT me? How is it SEPTEMBER ALREADY? (Answers: In my office or the pool! I swear I haven’t! Basically yes! and I KNOW!) Let’s see, what have I actually been doing for the last three months . . . June: I . . .
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Hello lovely readers! It’s JUNE already! How did that HAPPEN?? My children will be out of school in a week and a half! And then I have to entertain them all summer! ACK! Which means I’d better finish this manuscript tout suite…which means I really shouldn’t be blogging, but I have exciting things to tell you about! First of all, . . .
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Hi everyone! Have you ever wished you could tell an author what to write about? (Specifically me?) Have you ever wished you could choose which character would get their own story? (Specifically certain dragons?!) The time is now! The day is here! (And if you now have Valjean and Eponine in your head for the rest of the day, you’re . . .
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Hello wonderful readers! We’ve added another event for this weekend! So if you can’t make it to one, please come to the other! Here are all the details: WORLDS OF MAGIC: Authors Sage Blackwood, Tui T. Sutherland, and Christine Taylor-Butler will be reading, signing, and answering questions about their new fantasy books. Come hear about sentient magical forests, telepathic . . .
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Hi everyone! March is turning out to be rather an exciting month . . .let’s cover it chronologically, so I’ll hopefully remember everything! First of all, I’m doing a bookstore event THIS WEEKEND, like, the day after tomorrow! Eeeep! Sorry for the short notice — but I hope some of you can come anyway! I’ll be at Porter Square Books . . .
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Hi everyone! My goodness, universe, when I said “winter is coming,” I didn’t mean “BRING ON THE SNOW!” I’ve FINISHED book seven (at last! yippee!), so I don’t need to experience the Ice Kingdom anymore. All set, thank you! You can take your snorkton of blizzards back now! It’s really quite amazing outside my house at the moment. Historic snow . . .
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