March 2010

The Half Baked Half Baked Book Tour Preliminary Survey of Interest!

March 29, 2010

One of the most common questions I get over on my Ask Alexa Questions page is whether or not there will be some sort of book tour, and whether this hypothetical tour will stop in Boston/San Francisco/Papua New Guinea/The Falkland Islands. The short answer to these questions is that I don’t know (though even if [...]

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Let’s Celebrate. It’s All Right.

March 26, 2010

I turned in my manuscript for the final time on Monday. By the time I sank into bed that night I had been up for 41 hours, but I didn’t care. I was done. Donedonedonedonedone. Not that there isn’t plenty I’d still like to fix, some of which I probably will (on first pass pages), [...]

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Vision.

March 18, 2010

Well, here it is, a very sneaky peek of what will (allegedly) be in bookstores come August. I didn’t know this before I entered the wild and wonderful world of book publishing, but authors rarely have any control over their covers. I had “right of consultation,” which was a big deal, and still meant that [...]

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THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST WEEK(ish):

March 17, 2010

#1. Though at 17 I could often be heard declaring Sleep for the Weak, at 30, all-nighters result in the (temporary, thank god) loss of what I estimate to be nearly 80 IQ points. Par example: I did not sleep Monday night. At all. I was up editing as the clock marked the passing of [...]

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About a Girl.

March 2, 2010

So, I am loving formspring. I’m deep in editing until the end of this week, and answering a question or two is a refreshing break from work that doesn’t require a large chunk of time, which means I get to talk to you even when I can’t post. I am likely to remain frazzled until [...]

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