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Happy New Year
I had a great holiday. I'm still getting prepared to host a little New Year's Day shindig at my house, which has me nervous because I DO NOT COOK. But whatever. I am sure it will be fine. It's just family. Anyone have really easy appetizer recipes they can throw my way??
Also in honor of FAIRY TALE coming out in paperback on 1/11/11, I am giving ( Read more... ) -
Exton and Dear Bully
Did I mention I had a great signing with Jennifer Murgia last weekend? Well, I did. I've been so busy gazing with glee at the Christmas tree that I have forgotten about my writerly self (which includes blogging). Visions of sugarplums are crowding out all the sane thoughts. Anyway, the weird thing is that both of us have necklaces that have to do ( Read more... ) -
Signing this Saturday in Easton, PA!
Hey, I will be signing this Saturday in Easton, PA with Jennifer Murgia, author of ANGEL STAR! Here are the details:
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Center Valley Signing
I thought you would like to see some video of Josh and I performing our "Berk Berk Balog" Vanilla Ice impersonation. Am I right?
Too bad. If you wanted to see it, you should have come.
Instead, I give you this picture:
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Okay All You Crazy Holiday Shoppers! Looking for the Perfect Gift?
It happens to be a Balog Book. Or a Berk Book. Really. No one can resist the beauty of these books, even your 93-year old blind great grandmother, so don't argue with me.
And you're in luck, because twice in November, Josh Berk and I will be doing signings together! As I learned from Berk's blog: "We're working up a dance routine, a remix of "Ice ( Read more... ) -
Dead River
Publisher's Marketplace announced the sale of my fifth novel today:
Cyn Balog's DEAD RIVER, when she nearly drowns on a white water rafting trip, a teenager is given the clue to how her mother disappeared years earlier, to Stephanie Elliott at Delacorte, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.
It will be releasing in 2013, and yes ( Read more... ) -
Easton Stop on the Ghosts and Graveyards Tour
Last night Jennifer Murgia (author of ANGEL STAR) and I headed to the Easton Public Library to see authors Michelle Zink (of the amazing PROPHECY of the SISTERS series) and Jessica Verday (of the fantastic THE HOLLOW series) during the Easton stop on their Ghosts and Graveyards Tour. It was so exciting to me because very rarely do authors travel ( Read more... ) -
RWA Put Your Heart in a Book Conference
Just got back from this conference in NJ and had a blast with Keri Mikulski, author of the sporty YA novel HEAD GAMES (Razorbill, January 2011). I woke up at 4:30am Saturday morning and headed on over to my old hometown, Edison NJ, where I snapped a picture of the house I grew up in:
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NJ RWA Conference
This weekend is the NJ RWA "Put Your Heart in a Book" Conference in Iselin, NJ (close to where I grew up!). I will be presenting "Wanna Write YA?" with my friend and fellow YA author Keri Mikulski, author of forthcoming Pretty Tough books (Razorbill, January 2011).
Keri just called me today to go over our presentation. The funny thing is, we spent 1 ( Read more... ) -
Your Weirdest Trick-or-Treating Experience
Back a long time ago, there wasn't really trick-or-treating protocol. There was no set trick-or-treating hours, and having your porch light off didn't mean "stay away". Once, when I went trick-or-treating around my neighborhood, we went to the house of an old, I mean ooooold, lady. She opened the door and said, "Aw, is it that time of year ( Read more... )
