February 2012
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January 2012
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carriedinakangaroospouch asked: I love you. Any advice for someone writing three books at the same time in their head, one half-typed up on a computer, the other just beginning in a notebook, and the last one a plan ages ago with half the details forgotten? And again, I love you.
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December 2011
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November 2011
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“The lie, of course, is more interesting.”
– John Irving (via theparisreview)
Saturday Wisdom #3: a rich interview with John Irving. I liked this part:
Titles are important; I have them before I have books that belong to them. I have last chapters in my mind before I see first chapters, too. I usually begin with endings, with a sense of...
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froglivers asked: Hi, I like your books -- esp. Elsewhere. A nosy question... A while ago I remember reading on your webpage that you don't exactly dislike "annoyingly-social" YA writers, but it's the Web presence/marketing-ness that made you uncomfortable, as if it obliged you to go out and hustle. (or something like that). It's been a while since you wrote it, and I was wondering, after...
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sunday confession #2
I am cheating on the book I’m supposed to be writing with a different book. Someone’s gonna get hurt. (Probably me.)
Last week, you may remember that I confessed:
There’s a certain
Very Popular,
Very Lengthy,
Very Important,
Very Prize-winning,
Very Rapturously Reviewed
novel that I purchased, lemming-like, the year it came out. I have read one hundred pages of it but I...
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Wednesday Narcissism #2
A comprehensive and very smart review of All These Things I’ve Done over at Teenreads:
Gabrielle Zevin is both versatile and talented. From writing the screenplay to the wickedly clever Conversations with Other Women to penning a novel (ELSEWHERE) whose conception of the afterlife beats THE LOVELY BONES in my book, she’s proven again and again that she can tell compelling, honest...
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sunday confession #1
There’s a certain
Very Popular,
Very Lengthy,
Very Important,
Very Prize-winning,
Very Rapturously Reviewed
novel that I purchased, lemming-like, the year it came out. I have read one hundred pages of it but I have never finished it. I liked those first hundred pages well enough, but um, the book itself was awkward to hold in bed. I skimmed the rest and read the last chapter and called...
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“And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found...”
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Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin (via the-final-sentence)
Wednesday Narcissism, brought to you by one of my favorite tumblrs.
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handwritten interview with me over at amazon →
Alyson Noel’s purple pants really left an impression on me, I guess.
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October 2011
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Books of Wonder
I’ll be reading at Books of Wonder this Saturday, October 22 along with this seriously formidable bunch: SCOTT WESTERFELD MARYROSE WOOD JEFF HIRSCH SARAH BETH DURST JON SKOVRON and ALISON GOODMAN Books of Wonder is thrilled to host 7 authors of exciting new fantastic tales for young readers. Please join us Saturday, October 22nd, as these wonderful authors take us on an...
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