The thumbnail images of books and albums on this site connect you to Amazon.com -- but that's because Amazon and my web service provider have a partnership, so it's extremely easy to put images on my site. However, I don't get any kind of kickback if you buy any of these items and I don't endorse any particular bookstore over any other.
It's been a long time since I did a meme, but I do kinda love them. Here's one from an old and dear college pal.
Three names people call me: Jenko, M&M, Mommy
Three places I have lived: Park Slope (NYC), Chelsea (NYC), Cobble Hill (NYC)
Three places I have worked: aerobics studio, college campus, talent agency
Three things I love to watch: diving competitions, ballet, dogs at the dog run
Three places I have been: Chippendales, a coral reef, a sensory deprivation tank
Three things I love to eat: coffee, jam in greek yogurt, brussels sprouts
Three things I'm looking forward to: vacation on Martha's Vineyard, dinner with friends on St. Patrick's Day, attempting to make scones on the weekend
Here's what you do: copy and paste, delete my answers and type your own. Then send this to a few good friends or family including the person who sent it to you. You will learn something about each other.
If you want, put a link to yours in comments. Or comments in comments.
I'm having a Twitter contest. The hashtag is #invisibleinkling and details are on my Twitter page, but if you're seeing this kinda late, here's what it says (below). Come enter! Spread the word!
So, maybe you don't know this yet, or maybe you do, but I write books under another name. For younger kids.
This is the trailer for my new book that comes out in April! Invisible Inkling, with pictures by NYTimes best-selling illustrator, Harry Bliss.
I encourage you to watch it, share it, link to it, etc. and most importantly, for teachers and librarians, to use it to booktalk Inkling with your kids.
Those of you who have no interest in books for younger readers, ignore this post. As you were.
Or, you can just watch the video anyway and wonder why I don't get my bangs trimmed and why I am wearing a Hufflepuff scarf (trivia: Judy Blundell has the same one!).
So it turns out that according to one torrent website, Real Live Boyfriends had been illegally downloaded over 6,500 times when it had been out only 4 weeks. People, if I was selling 1,625 copies a week, my publisher would be very happy. I would be very happy. The books would be selling well, and my publisher would be more likely to have me write more of them.
If they don't sell, my publisher doesn't want more of them. Or any of them. The bookshops stop stocking them and they go out of print.
If you like my books enough to want to read the new one the month it comes out, please buy it. If you're short on money, get it from your library. The downloading is not only illegal, it is cheating the author, the publisher and the bookshop out of getting paid for something you want. Something that is cheaper than a movie! Something you can lend to your friends for free! Think about it: you and all your pals can read Real Live Boyfriends for less that $12. If you all went to a movie in 3D, it could rack up well over $50.
Again, if you want a free book, there is a legal way to get it. Library.
But hey, that doesn't mean I think other people shouldn't. That's the whole point of the argument here. People don't need to be protected against literature. The flap copy tells them what the book is about. They can close books if they don't like them. Parents can say, "no, not till you're older."
Now on the lighter side, youtube sensation Parry Gripp (of the nom nom nom hamster video etc.) wrote my friend the writer Maureen Johnson (Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes, Girl at Sea, Suite Scarlett etc.) a theme song -- and here's the video. It was the nicest thing that happened to me yesterday, watching this.
emilylockhart.com The official E. Lockhart website includes videos, games, book excerpts, teacher and book club resources, a little-read Ruby Oliver short story, and more.
All the songs from Dramarama are here, on an iMix. You click on the link above and iTunes will open straight to the mix. Listen before you read Dramarama to make sure you get every little musical reference. Listen afterwards to get a sense of Sadye and Demi's musical world. In any case, these are some of my favorite showtunes of all time. Songs from Rent, Wicked, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jersey Boys, Grease, Fame, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, and more.
True and Embarassing Things about E.
I had a frizzy perm for several years.
I was voted worst driver in my senior class.
I wore light blue eyeshadow in high school.
Like Roo, I once let a boy feel my boob in a movie theater for the duration of an entire movie. The movie was "Tarzan: The Legend of Greystoke."
I went to two different high schools; at one I was unpopular and friendless; at the other, just the opposite.
I have two cats and one of them is a big barfer.
Orthodonture history includes three years of braces, headgear, rubber bands. And I've still got an overbite.
My first kiss was at the age of sixteen.
The first record I bought was a 45 of AC/DC singing "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Alan Gratz Gratz wrote Samurai Shortstop, The Brooklyn Nine, Something Wicked. He has a video blog!
Ally Carter Author of the Gallagher Series. A very fun blog.
Bennett Madison Madison wrote Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls and I promise you his blog is very very amusing.
Holly Black Black wrote Tithe and the Spiderwick Chronicles. She updates her journal pretty regularly.
Jaclyn Moriarty Moriarty wrote Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie, The Spell Book of Listen Taylor and The Year of Secret Assignments.
Jennifer Anne Kogler Ruby Tuesday's author, on what she ate for breakfast and writing updates.
Jody Gehrman She wrote Confessions of a Triple-shot Betty.
John Green Green wrote Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns etc. and blogs about his life and updates with questionable regularity and considerable humor. Also an extensive videoblog together with his brother Hank -- worth checking out.
Julie Anne Peters The author of Luna and other books blogs every few days about current events and her life.
Justine Larbalastier Justine wrote Magic or Madness and How to Ditch Your Fairy. Her blog's about publishing and Australia and fiction and fantasy.
Lara M. Zeises The author of Contents Under Pressure and Bringing Up the Bones has a live journal, updated all the time, mainly about YA literature and the publishing biz.
Lauren Myracle Myracle wrote TTYL, TTFN etc, plus Bliss, Rhymes with Witches... blog is very funny and she is one of the most banned writers in America.
Laurie Halse Anderson She wrote Prom and Speak, among others. Her blog includes tour pictures and stuff about her personal life. Updated nearly every day.
Libba Bray Bray wrote Rebel Angels and A Great and Terrible Beauty. She writes every now and then about her writing process and daily life.
Mary E. Pearson Pearson wrote A Room on Lorelei Street, Scribbler of Dreams and David V. God. The blog covers teen books and publishing.
Maureen Johnson Johnson wrote Suite Scarlett, Devilish, Girl at Sea, etc. A most hilarious blog.
Megan McCafferty McCafferty wrote Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings etc. She has a "retroblog" of journal entries from long ago.
Mitali Perkins Perkins, who wrote Monsoon Summer etc., talks about books and life between cultures.
Sarah Dessen The author of That Summer, Someone Like You, Dreamland, etc. keeps a constantly updated web journal with a huge following.
Sarah Mlynowski Bras & Broomsticks author updates every now and then with photos, publishing news and other fun stuff.
Scott Westerfeld The man wrote Peeps, Midnighters, Pretties, and other stuff. His blog gets a million comments and it's always thought-provoking.
Suzanne Young Author of The Naughty List and So Many Boys.
Tanya Lee Stone Stone wrote A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl and lots of other books, too.
Tracy Lynn, also known as Celia Thompson Lynn (author of Snow), aka Thompson (author of the Chloe King series), aka Liz Braswell, blogs about gaming, her family, the writing process, and more.
Zoe Trope The author of Please Don't Kill The Freshman puts up pictures of her laundry and details her doctor's visits. Not for the faint of heart.
