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As anyone who follows me online anywhere knows, my spouse & I have spent the past year working toward adopting ( Read more... )

In June, I was in the desert with family & friends. Our friends hadn't seen the desert yet, but they trusted me enough to agree to go (even though it was a little hotter than perhaps I'd mentioned). Luckily, they loved it :) We had fairly normal goals (hike, rock climbing for spouse & kids, & general unwinding) and a checklist of Want To See (sheep ( Read more... )

HISTORY:
In 2005, I started writing a book for my then-12-year-old daughter, Asia (who is now freshman at university!). That book sprung from a short story ("The Sleeping Girl & The Summer King") I wrote in 2004 (which is now published in my Faery Tales & Nightmares collection). The story became a novel (Wicked Lovely) & then a book series & then ( Read more... )

Now that the EW exclusive has expired, I can embed the book trailer here:

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The trailer was great fun. I met the lead actress (Kaat) at FaerieWorlds in 2011, and through her I got to know the fight choreographer (Youval) who is the male lead. He works with other fight choreographers as part of company in The Netherlands called Orde der Noorderwind. ( Read more... )

So the book trailer I've been so excited to share is OUT now.  It's exclusively on Entertainment Weekly right now, so I can't embed it.  You, however, can see it if you want. Just go here:

Carnival trailer on EW.com

If you are looking to say hello, I'll be out & about from Philly to Alaska in September. Aside from the events that month, my only other event for 2012 is in November. [NOTE: No, I am not adding anything else in 2012.] Below is my travel overview. Below THAT is my release schedule as of now ( Read more... )

For 7 years now, I've been pretty much an open to readers and fellow authors, so I'm seeing no reason to change that ( Read more... )

To those interested in the YA Track for the RT Booklovers Convention 2013--

RT 2012 was a huge success. The convention saw record attendance (more than 2500 people!), and the YA events were overflowing. This year, I am again steering the YA events at the convention. In 2011, Jennifer Lynn Barnes co-captained; in 2012, Melissa de la Cruz co-captained ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I went in for my mammogram.  I turn 40 in a few months, and this has been on my to-do list for my 40th since my 20s when I went through a series of surgeries.  Back then my ovaries, breast, & cervix all decided to grow unnecessary growths (bad cells, cysts, & a tumor). I've been surgery-free since 1998 though!  Still, my grandmother ( Read more... )