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Old Week Ends, New Week Begins
Banned Books Week is over. I wish I could report on the status of Wes Scroggins’ challenge in Republic, MO, but I have not been able to get official notification of what is going on. There is a school board meeting later this month. Perhaps they’ll post something in the minutes. There are a few [...]
Second Star to the right!
Publisher’s Weekly has also graced FORGE with a star! “Second in the Seeds of America trilogy, this sequel to the National Book Award finalist Chains is narrated by Curzon, the slave Isabel freed from prison while escaping her own enslavement in 1777 New York City. Curzon immediately explains how he and Isabel lived in New [...]
You Can Come to the Best BookFest ever
One of the stops I am most looking forward to on this fall’s book tour takes place in New York City on Saturday, October 30th. It’s much, much, MUCH more than one silly author excited about her new book. It is an extravaganza for teachers, librarians, educators and other people who care deeply about books [...]
What is book tour really like?
A few book tour questions came in last week: How does the tour work exactly? Are you responsible for paying for everything or does the publisher do that? Do you drive everywhere yourself or take planes? The upcoming FORGE tour will be my fifth book tour in six years. (This could be why I am [...]
FORGE Book Tour details!
The short version: Five weeks. Texas. AZ. MO. non-NYC New York. New England. Mid-Atlantic (incl NYC). Texas, Round 2. West Coast. Mid-West and down the mighty Mississippi. Miami so I can drink Cuban coffee, which I will really need by the end of November. Final event at the bookstore closest to my house. In some [...]
A Star for FORGE!!
I’ve known about this for weeks and have just about exploded because I couldn’t say anything. BUT NOW I CAN! The first official review of FORGE is in, and it is decorated with a very shiny star, courtesy of Kirkus. “At the end of Chains (2008), Isabel rescues her friend Curzon from Bridewell Prison and [...]
WFMAD Day 26 – Wild Spirits Soaring
Two quick reviews for you: Reading Rants weighs in on FORGE and WINTERGIRLS reviewed in Colorado. How did your writing go yesterday? Mine floooowed. Like creekwater after a thunderstorm. Sugar pouring from a blue china bowl. Like round hips swaying under a loose skirt to a hot salsa trumpet. Seriously. It was that good. It [...]
WFMAD Day 9 – gunpowder and sunscreen
I spent the weekend in a haze of gunpowder and sunscreen, visiting the largest American Revolution reenactment in New England at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. I visited this reenactment a couple of years ago when I was scouting out scenes for FORGE. In some ways, writing historical fiction might be easier than [...]
Ready to Write?
Twenty-four hours to go until my annual Write Fifteen Minutes a Day (WFMAD) Challenge!! I feel like a boxer’s trainer, rubbing her shoulders, fanning her with a towel, about to push her to the center of the ring and say “Go get ‘em, champ.” Are any of you taking the plunge a day early? Can’t [...]
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