John Greenkeeps posting memes, which is bad of him because he knows I can't resist them. I am supposed to be writing!
Type your name into Google with the verb that comes after in the question. Answer with your favorites from the first page of google results. Have fun! (I abbreviated -- this is a shorter list than John has -- because my name is not as common as John's so the results were not always so amusing...)
Q: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search. A: E. Lockhart needs a bunch of people to answer some questions for her soon to be finished book Roo3. (That was true. And you did!)
Q: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search. A: (There were no results. I am an enigma!)
Q: Type in "[your name] says" in Google search. A: E. Lockhart Says:. okay, I was in danger of buying a shrug sweater at the Boden sale, but now I am safe! (This was in response to Justine Larbalestier's blog, in which she warned us of the horrors of shrugs)
Q: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search. A: (No results. I am content, apparently.)
Q:Type in "[your name] does" in Google search. A: E. Lockhart DOES rock! and Has anyone apprehend the admirer account by e. lockhart? does anyone apperceive if it's 1st person, 3rd person, all-seeing or 3rd being omniscient. (No comment)
Q: Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search. A:E. Lockhart asks J. Green if he is going to eat that bagel, or just let it is sit on the windowsill and get cold. (This from Maureen Johnson's blog.)
Q: Type in "[your name] likes " in Google search. A: E. Lockhart likes to be as dignified as possible at all times. (Lies Lauren Myracle told about me on tour! :) )
Q: Type in "[your name] eats " in Google search. A: (no results. But I do too, eat.)
Gacked from John Green. Because it has been too long since I've done a meme!
What's the last TV show you saw? I normally watch zero TV except Mad Men and 30 Rock on DVD, but last night I watched House.
I was kinda bored by it, actually. So sue me. It was so much psychodrama and too much overexcitement about the idea of women being together. Also, scrawny scrawny women.
On the other hand, homosexuality on TV with a character who was far from stereotypical. That I liked.
Also I was just as annoyed by the commercials as I thought I would be. I hate them. They are toxic!
02. What are you wearing at the moment?
White peasanty shirt; jeans; orange wool slippers.
03. Favorite Song of the Moment? All the single sadies, all the single ladies. All the single ladies, all the single ladies.
I have never liked a Beyonce song until now, but this one I love.
04. What is your favorite scent?
Vanilla.
05. What's your occupation? What do you do there? I usually say novelist, instead of saying writer. I think it sounds more romantic.
I write books. Today I did it at Libba's house and I ate bagels and we chatted and it was nice. But usually it's more of a lonely occupation involving coffee.
06. What do you drink the most? Tap water.
07. What is your favorite restaurant? I love to eat out. Right now I am very enamored of Po.
I also like any place where they make guacamole right at your table.
08. What will you be doing after finishing this? I will go brush my teeth and take some vitamins.
09. What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to write children's books when I was very young. But then I got derailed by wanting to be an actress.
From the wonderous and ridiculous Lauren Myracle, this video showing what books do on the holidays. See Disreputable History snowball fight with Parties and Potions, Bliss, Let it Snow and Cross Your Heart and Hope to Spy!
Thanks, Lauren. Happy Season everyone.
Celebrate Halloween by checking out this awesome student-made trailer for Sarah Mlynowski's upcoming witch book!
(I have already read it. It is the best one so far! Parties and Potions, follow-up to Bras & Broomsticks, Frogs & French Kisses, and Spells & Sleeping Bags)
In honor of her new book BLISS, which is scary scary scary, my friend Lauren Myracle (author with me and Sarah Mlynowski of How to Be Bad, plus on her own TTYL, TTFN, L8R G8R, and more)is challenging people to a scare-a-thon -- by which she means:
challenging people to do something out of their comfort zone -- so far out, it gives you the heebie jeebies. Before October 31!
And to blog about it!
Or post it on YouTube or something else public.
I am not participating.
I am, for very good reasons, indisposed to this kind of thing at the moment.
Call me a weenie-head if you will. (Lauren will).
However, I watch the results with bated breath. YA writers participating include: John Green, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer, Kirsten Miller, Maureen Johnson, Shannon Hale, Melissa de la Cruz, Cassandra Clare and MT Anderson.
What will the rest of them do? I don't know yet, but I am dying to find out....
E
P.S. Congratulations to my former writing compatriot John Green, whose fantastically excellent new book, Paper Towns, is on the bestseller list this week! I read an early copy and loved loved loved it.
Okay, Debbie. I held out
for several days but now I am compelled to do this meme. Also via Mary Pearson,
author of The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
Three jobs I have had in
my life:
1. aerobics instructor
(yes. me. for many years, in fact)
2. Birkenstock salesgirl (a
featured job in my next book! The Treasure Map of Boys)
3. college teacher
Three places I have
lived:
1. tiny tiny dorm room
2. scary Kentish town flat
in London where I would wake up in the morning Saturdays because the landlord
was standing over my bed asking for the week's rent
3. commune
Three TV Shows That I
Watch
1. Mad Men
2. that's it. Mad Men.
3. sorry. I only watch
Mad Men. And that's on DVD, so I'm not even au courant.
Three Places I Have Been
1. sensory
deprivation tank
2. freak show
3. floating in the Colorado
river in the middle of the Grand Canyon
oh, you mean PLACES
1. Grand Cayman
2. Venice
3. Atlanta
Three People Who
Email Me Regularly
1. Lauren (her book
comes out any day now! Read it if you dare)
2. Heather (btw, she took
my author photo and made me look way foxier than I am in person. She could do
that for you, too, if you're in the NYC area!)
2. Maybe John?
Sometimes he is a sucker for a meme.
3. You!
Three Things I am
Looking Forward To
1. Finally being
settled in my new place
2. Fall. I love that
start of school feeling, even though I'm not starting school
3. Taking a hot shower
and then reading Terry Pratchett. (I have never read him until now!But I plunged into a late Discworld
novel and I do think maybe I am missing some things…)
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Are you 18 yet? Are you REGISTERED TO VOTE? Because seriously, seriously, you should vote. Let your voice be heard. If you are not registered, do it today.There are huge populations of us (women, people of color) who could not vote for huge parts of our nation's history. Let's use our right, now that we have it.
Me, I'm for Obama. But vote no matter how you're thinking. This is an important election coming up.
Debbi Michiko Florence BAITED ME with this meme. She knows I can't resist, even though I am supposed to be writing book proposals!
37 Odd Things About Me
1. Do you like blue cheese? Love it. Stinky cheese is my friend.
2. Have you ever smoked? Yes, I am sorry to say. At a conference, I once defeated YA authors Matt de La Pena (Ball Don't Lie -- there's a movie, too!), John Green (An Abundance of Katherines) and Dana Reinhardt (How to Build a House) in a contest for who had the most embarrassing thing in his or her bag by having a pack of Kool cigarettes AND a dvd of Northern Exposure, season 1.
But it was only a brief fling with the evil weed of tobacco (mentholated!) and I do not smoke any more.
3. Do you own a gun? No!
4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? I have probably only had Kool Aid twice in my life. My mother was not in favor of it.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I am sorry they are made from animals using noxious farming practices, and that tofu dogs have not been developed to the point of actually tasting good.
7. Favorite Christmas movie? It's a Wonderful Life.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Decaf coffee, very hot.
9. Can you do push ups? Yes. But not as many as in my youth.
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? A jade necklace given me by my late grandmother when I graduated high school.
11. Favorite hobby? Reading.
12. Do you have A.D.D.? Absolutely not.
13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? 20/20, baby.
14. Middle name? You already know it, I bet.
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? Too darn hot. Should stop procrastinating. I have an early copy of Janes in Love!
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? water, decaf, diet ginger ale
17. Current worry? Computer on last legs.
18. Current hate right now? I am not so full of hate. But maybe that is because I have been avoiding reading the news.
19. Favorite place to be? Martha's Vineyard.
20. How did you bring in the new year. I was probably asleep. But I baked a cake on New Year's day, as I always do.
21. Where would you like to go? India. This good Chinese restaurant I know. Scotland.
22. Name three people who will complete this? Maybe literaticat? Maybe Lara? Lauren! Lauren, you must complete it!
23. Do you own slippers? I am very devoted to my slippers. They changed my life. Before that, I always had cold feet.
24. What shirt are you wearing? J.Crew navy heather t-shirt with bleach stains, about 4 years old.
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? blech
26. Can you whistle? I am quite a good whistler, yes.
27. Favorite color? Dusty blue.
28. Would you be a pirate? I don't like the idea of being out in the middle of the sea. Gives me the heebeejeebies.
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't. But I sing around the house. Lately, ABBA, thanks to the Mamma Mia film.
30. Favorite Girl's Name? I like plant and nature names.
31. Favorite boy's name? I met a child named Cerulean recently. That's an awesome name.
32. What's in your pocket right now? I don't have pockets in summer. I wear skirts. But lipstick, when I have a pocket.
33. Last thing that made you laugh? Remembering how someone I know sunburnt his feet really badly, and the fact that I laughed at him then, and being reminded how evil and bad it was of me to laugh at his misfortune. But this, if you haven't seen it yet, cracks me up bigtime. Thanks to the evil genius of Lauren Myracle.
34. What vehicle do you drive? I don't own a car. I walk or take public transportation. This is normal in New York City. Also green!
35. Worst injury you've ever had? I have been very lucky. Sliced open foot, age 5. Thirteen stitches.
36. Do you love where you live? When I go to the theater, eat strange new food, run into interesting people on the street, go to the wonderful stinky cheese store, see some art, notice that I have friends of all colors and backgrounds. No, when I see piles of garbage and crazy people on the street, when housing is so expensive my friends can't afford health insurance, when the subway is packed and stopped underground.
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? One. No cable.
