I’m going to be celebrating the launch of GIVE UP THE GHOST in a couple of different ways. I’ll be having a launch party in a local bookstore (which of course all local people will be invited to), which’ll be … Continue reading
Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren — Loved this book as a kid. Two feuding robber clans, capable of both great humor and great cruelty, and their robber children. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke — Scipio uses his … Continue reading
Look what was waiting for me when I got home today! (Please excuse poor image quality–this is what becomes of taking a picture via mirror in an artificially lit room.) Now let me tell you what your pictures are worth. … Continue reading
September 1, 1997 (Megan is 16) Princess Diana died in a car crash Saturday night in Paris. It was all over the front page, and everyone’s talking about it. The paparazzi were chasing the car. That’s the only part I … Continue reading
Strangely, given that I was a pretty imaginative kid in general, I never had any imaginary friends. For about a year, though, I did have an entire imaginary world. I don’t remember exactly how it came about. Some time beforehand, … Continue reading
The Spill Your Secrets giveaway is now over. The two main prize winners have been notified and once I know which ARCs they’re getting, I’ll contact the other five. So keep an eye on your inboxes! Many thanks to everyone … Continue reading
A friend just e-mailed me to let me know his preorder of GIVE UP THE GHOST had arrived. After staring speechless at the screen for about a minute, I hightailed it over to Amazon.ca, and discovered that, indeed, GHOST is … Continue reading
I’m going to try from now on a new sort of Friday Five feature. Each Friday (unless there’s something really important to post about, or I happen to feel particularly five-ish on a different day) I’ll post five books (usually … Continue reading
May 27, 1996 (Megan is 15) I can’t believe I did this. I guess I didn’t really do something but in a way I set it up… I wrote this poem, with P in mind, over the weekend. As I … Continue reading
I had my first author presentation and book signing yesterday (and held the finished book in my hands for the first time! *squee* Sadly we ran out so I don’t have it with me any longer, but my official author … Continue reading