After reading only a measly 24 books so far this year–*ducks to avoid tomatoes*–I’m on a reading kick! Okay, it might be too soon to tell since my reading kick just started last night, but I want to just sit here and read all day, and that hasn’t happened in a long time. Reading has […]

I made a list of Egmont USA’s books on Amazon. It’s my first ever list I’ve made on there, and I’m particularly pleased with it because I need pretty much ALL the Egmont books on my wishlist, but Amazon doesn’t have a search by publisher feature. That means hunting for each book individually, and I […]

FINALLY caught on video, this is my cat Teisel making Teisel noises out my roommate’s window. Teisel talks A LOT and makes some weird loud noises–not that he’s ever not loud and not that he’s ever not weird–but he is notoriously quiet whenever the camera is on, or when visitors are over. He’s kind of […]

I saw an awesome preview at the movie theater last night. You know how sometimes you see, like, a split second of a movie trailer and just KNOW what kids’ book it’s based on, even though you didn’t know they were making a movie of it and haven’t thought about it in years? That’s happened […]

While I am being tres tres zen and calmly not climbing the walls or biting my nails or refreshing my inbox a million times as I wait for a very important e-mail, I thought I’d introduce you to my fall visitor, Ugly P. Umpkin: From Drop Box Ugly P. is a PWA–pumpkin with ATTITUDE!  Look […]

Self-promo scheme #1: Acquire a giant pinata and fill it with copies of your book. Exchange your book-filled pinata for someone’s candy-filled pinata. When they beat the pinata to death at their party and/or gathering, copies of your book will come flying out!  Everyone will gasp in amazement, since free books are better than free […]

I heard a rumor (well, okay, my agent told me) that I’m going to get to see my COVER, hopefully by tomorrow but for sure by next week.  OMG, I may die of excitement and/or OD on refreshing my inbox.  (If you refresh your inbox more than 2,000 times a day, you will die.  It […]

I have successfully returned from a weekend spent with our friends Jon and Matthew in Seattle.  It was good times.  I got to meet their Dachsund for the first time–I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it turns out Adeline’s a sweetie and I totally loved her.  Even with her big plastic head cone to […]

I’m pretty sure my neighbor is a vampire.  Not the drug dealing, overly “helpful” neighbor who says he has spy cameras pointed at our house, but the other one.    The one that’s always awake and never sleeps.  I know because I’m awake to see him being awake and suspect him of vampirism.  He sits at […]