Along with many wonderful experiences, from seeing the second book in my first trilogy published to returning to Japan to hanging out with so many awesome writer friends on three different retreats, 2013 brought one large and rather visible change … Continue reading
The husband and I recently watched the first season of the excellent BBC show The Hour. There’s an exchange in one of the early episodes that’s stuck with me, so I thought it worth sharing. The set-up: A reporter and … Continue reading
The Worlds We Make is out in just a couple months now, and I haven’t been able to offer advance copies so far because Hyperion likes to keep their final trilogy books closely under wraps. 🙂 But I’ve just gotten … Continue reading
Want to get your hands on the paperback edition of The Lives We Lost? My publisher is contributing 15 copies to a GoodReads giveaway! Open to US and Canada, just use the widget below to enter. 🙂 Happy holidays! Goodreads … Continue reading
To my great delight, the Fallen World trilogy has picked up new fans this year. So I wanted to give you all a heads up, in case you hadn’t come across this earlier, about the Fallen World Street Team. My … Continue reading
I still have some author copies of The Lives We Lost on hand, which I’d love to see find happy homes. 🙂 And I’ve gotten so much enthusiasm and support from librarians this year that I want to give something … Continue reading
One of the questions I get asked most often about The Way We Fall is why I decided to write it in journal format. My answer is that I was trying to get across the tension of the situation in … Continue reading
As a follow-up to my last post, I now have a time and place for the impromptu Chicago reader meet-up! If you’d like to visit while I’m in the city, stop by the Argo Tea at 1 N. Dearborn St … Continue reading
Hey Chicagoans! I’m going to be visiting your fine city for the first time this Columbus Day weekend. I don’t have any official events lined up (it’s mainly a mini writing retreat trip), but I am planning on taking some … Continue reading
Since finishing my last scheduled author appearance of the year last week, I realized I still have a significant number of Fallen World bookmarks on my hands, and for next year I’ll have new bookmarks with the whole trilogy on … Continue reading
