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1. Thanks to a kind friend who ended up with two ARCs and sent one of them to me, I’m giv­ing away a signed ARC of Black Hole Sun on Goodreads. There are only 5 days left to enter. Here’s a link to the con­test: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/4730-black-hole-sun

2. Sum­mer has set­tled in for a long, hot July in which I find myself spend­ing more time chas­ing down the elu­sive cause of the evil check engine on our Honda van than spend­ing time writ­ing the next novel. I’m this makes my edi­tor very happy. Maybe I shouldn’t share this info with her.

3. Later this moth, I’ll be tap­ing a pod­cast for Harper­Teen. I’ve never recorded mes­sages for the Pod Peo­ple before, but it’ll fun to con­verse with an alien race. Also, it’s time to make the book trailer for Black Hole Sun. Some­one take care of that for me, will ya?

4. The Older Locust has fin­ished the gal­ley of THE IVY, which I picked up at ALA. She gives it a hearty “thumbs up.”

5. After spend­ing a year try­ing to con­vince myself that it’s a great idea that I just don’t have time for, I’ve taken the baby steps of cre­at­ing an online com­mu­nity for YA read­ers and writ­ers. Details to come.