HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 

Here are some hopefully amusing and very name-droppy tidbits from my recent life.

I went to lunch with Libba Bray and she ordered food that arrived on fire. But frankly, with Libba that doesn't surprise me. 
Dan Poblocki was there, too. He is not nearly as scary as his books. 
Lauren Myracle is putting stuff about MY upcoming book in HER upcoming book. How neato. More on that when the books come out.  
Next on my reading list is Melissa Kantor's The Darlings are Forever. She is my friend!  She is very hilarious! 

AND NOW, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT:

Since Real Live Boyfriends comes out Dec 28, I am at Random Buzzers starting on Monday, answering all your questions! You can go over and ask them now -- I am just not ANSWERING till Monday. Also, that link I just gave you contains more links to all Ruby's semi-notorious advice columns, except the one that was in Justine magazine last month. Did you see it? 

There's also a double-page spread on me and Ruby in Justine's Dec-January issue, with a Q&A plus little excerpts. 

(To read a preview online, click here.) And now might be an amusing time to take the Boyfriend List poll -- before you read the fourth book! 

Also, there's a wonderfully passionate review of Real Live Boyfriends on Forever Young Adult this week.