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The second song of GHOST’s unofficial soundtrack is “How Soon Is Now?” by Love Spit Love. Yes, I know this is a cover of a Smiths song. Yes, the original is generally the best. But I was introduced to the … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2011
I’m excited to announce my first US events to take place outside New York City! In the middle of February, I’m going to be heading down to Florida and spending a couple of Authors Love… Ghosts! evenings with the Palm … Continue reading
For the first time yesterday, I was able to capture all three of the Crewe-Morris household cats cuddling together. I feel cuteness of this level deserves to be shared with the world. (Click for larger image. From left to right: … Continue reading
I’m hard at work on the sequel to THE WAY WE FALL, and I’ve come to a scene where the characters are discussing two bands. I don’t want to use actual bands, since that will date it, so I need … Continue reading
Last week I posted some tools to help writers embarking on the search for an agent to represent their work. Today, I’d like to make a sort of addendum to that post, because over my years in the writing community, … Continue reading
The paperback of GIVE UP THE GHOST is coming out in just three months! Since music is one of my biggest writing inspirations, every week until then I’m going to post a song from the unofficial soundtrack of the book, … Continue reading
I’m seeing “start querying agents” and “find representation” in a lot of the new year’s goals posts on my friends list. Having just gone through the process last year, I know how much fun (ha!) that diving into the agent-search … Continue reading
A lot of us are making goals for the new year, and it turns out there’s some science to whether you’ll be successful in meeting yours. (As a psychology major, I wasn’t surprised. There’s a study for everything.) The best … Continue reading
How do you like to find your YA in the bookstore–all in one section, or divided by subgenre? We’re having a lively discussion at the Enchanted Inkpot over whether Barnes & Noble’s decision to split up their Teen section makes … Continue reading
Whew, 2010 was quite a year! This is what I hoped to accomplish by the end: -Finish at least one more novel. Yep! Finished and polished one, and wrote the rough draft of another. -Do at least one event for … Continue reading