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Guess what? After months of antic­i­pa­tion (and teas­ing on my part), the Fall 2010 Green­wil­low Books cat­a­log has been released, which means I can offi­cially share the jack­ets for both Black Hole Sun (a future-dystopia kick-ass action novel set on Mars that will will be released on August 24) and the paper­back ver­sion of Soul …

Come join me and a host of other YA authors for this year’s Vir­ginia Fes­ti­val of the Book, March 19–20 in Char­lottesville, VA. I’ll be pre­sent­ing and read­ing from Black Hole Sun on March 20, joined by Jen­nifer Hub­bard, Amy Bre­count While, and Paula Chase Hyman. But that’s not all!  The day will be full …

Got on plane to Chicago. Had din­ner with seven friends I’ve never met. Slept. Had break­fast in pres­ence of New­bery rock star. Signed many books. Wan­dered the hall. Lis­tened the best young adults talk books. Floated out of room. Had din­ner with edi­tor and part­ner in crime. Acci­dently offed writer dur­ing con­ver­sa­tion. Slept. Klatched a …

Ever had the odd expe­ri­ence of *know­ing* you’ve made a post, but when you look back, it’s not there? That’s the case with my post last week chron­i­cling the sec­ond day of the Won­der­Twins Mini-Tour. Although I wrote the post, some­how my blog­ging client soft­ware didn’t fol­low my com­mand to post it. What good is …

Last week, I flew to snowy West­ern Michi­gan to do a cou­ple of short but glo­ri­ous site vis­its with Won­der Twins librar­i­ans Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan, as well as tour­ing the offices of my audio­book pub­lisher, Bril­liance Audio (more about that later).  Of course, my flights were delayed–never fly with me–due to mechan­i­cal prob­lems, …

Today, I had a great time on WUNC’s “The State of Things.” Laura Leslie hosted the pro­gram. She was funny, pro­fes­sional, and put up with me mak­ing faces at her. She also has an incred­i­ble voice. The day before, pro­ducer Susan Davis called, and we chat­ted about the book, writ­ing, teach­ing, etc. So going in, …