Apologies for the slightly neglected blog — this has been a busy week for me! One of the things keeping me busy has been the Studio Ghibli film series showing at Toronto’s TIFF Lightbox Theatre this month. You’re probably familiar … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
The next song from The Way We Fall‘s unofficial soundtrack is “In The Sun” by Donna De Lory: I mentioned last week, when talking about “Stars All Seem To Weep, that there were two songs I associated with the end … Continue reading
Last week’s round-up, a little late — oops! The best of what I shared on Twitter and Tumblr… -Excellent article explaining why rape jokes are a problem even if you would never actually rape someone. This really deserves to be … Continue reading
Click here for an explanation of the The Ways We Struggle guest post series. Today we’re joined by Nancy Holder, the New York Times bestselling author of an impressive number of YA novels and short stories, including the recent Possessions … Continue reading
Courtesy of GoodReads, I’ve discovered The Way We Fall‘s Slovak cover and title! They’ve used the same basic design as the N. American cover, but a slightly different background photo. Very interesting! Anyone know what the title, Tak padne náš … Continue reading
Now that I’ve frightened you with all those real-life creepy diseases, and the made-up one in The Way We Fall as well, how about some tips on what to do if you find yourself faced with a potential outbreak? (Disclaimer: … Continue reading
The sixth song from The Way We Fall‘s unofficial soundtrack is Beth Orton’s “Stars All Seem To Weep”: It’s hard for me to say a lot about this song without spoiling major events for those who haven’t read the book … Continue reading
The best of what I shared on Twitter and Tumblr this week… -Another thoughtful post from YA author Diana Peterfreund, this time on plagiarism in self-publishing (and elsewhere), and why there’s no excuse. -Some thoughts on fair pricing of ebooks. … Continue reading
Click here for an explanation of the The Ways We Struggle guest post series. Today I’m hosting Ellen Booraem, author of the MG fantasy novels The Unnameables and Small Persons with Wings, which made “best of 2011” lists in Publishers … Continue reading
I’ve gotten a lot of new blog readers since my first book was published two and a half years ago, and I know a lot of you are writers. So I thought it might be useful if I complied all … Continue reading