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You all remember I told you about the ghost scents that were being made to go with the book? Well guess what! They’ve now available. Check out the amazing job SuperBad did with the bottles (you’re seeing the name of … Continue reading
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That’s right! Two weeks early, GIVE UP THE GHOST is already showing up in Canadian stores. And I have photographic proof: (at the Eaton Centre Indigo) (in very good company at the Yonge & Eglinton Indigo, where a very kind … Continue reading
The BFG by Roald Dahl — The poor big friendly giant has only one thing to eat in Giant Country: the “extremely icky-poo vegetable” called the snozzcumber. When Sophie takes a nibble it, she can’t help but spit it out. … Continue reading
December 16, 1993 (Megan is 12) There was a dance last Friday. I didn’t dance with anyone. X danced with some guy. She swore to God that D had been looking at me but I’m not sure I believe her. … Continue reading
For the past week, over at my writer blog, I’ve been polling authors to try to determine whether personal connections in the publishing industry are necessary if you want to get a (fiction) book published. To consider this question, I … Continue reading
As promised, here are some pictures from my signing at H.B. Fenn’s Fall Preview: Listening very carefully so I get the person’s name right. Close up on the act of signing. Smiling for the camera. Yay book! … Continue reading
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