Posts Tagged "book signing"

As I write this there is a big ole hurricane headed for the East Coast of the U.S. I feel for all those people in coastal areas who right about now are probably sitting in their cars on traffic-clogged roads as they make their evacuation. Lucky for me, I do not live in a coastal area, and despite the insane behavior I observed by folks in local stores yesterday around these parts Hurricane Irene will probably only deliver some extra rain and a little bit stronger than average wind. Good thing our camping trip wasn’t scheduled for this weekend! Anyway, it is going to be an especially rainy weekend and you just may be looking for a fun indoor activity and something to do to while away the hours of cabin fever, especially if your cable or internet goes out, and...

I’m going off the grid for a few days  for a mini camping vacation. I can’t say that I’ll be disappointed to be away from this computer for a few days. Sometimes I feel like a slave to this machine. In the meantime, before I forget, I wanted to spread the news about a couple of upcoming events: First, next week, Saturday, August 27 is the big PAYA festival, and I’ll be there! This festival in West Chester, PA features a really exciting lineup of YA authors that I am honored to be a part of. Writing workshops take place in the morning, and book signings begin at noon. For those of you who are up Massachusetts-way I’ll be doing a book signing on Thursday, September 8 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller in Westborough, MA. As...

Why are my lips coated with sugar? Because today is the official book birthday for Bad Taste in Boys by one of my good online friends, Carrie Harris. Carrie’s the fearless leader of the Class of 2K11 and her debut YA novel is made out of awesomeness and zombies and sugar lips. Happy (belated) book birthday to another good online friend and fellow Fluxian, Medeia Sharif whose debut Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. came out on Friday! Speaking of Fluxians, although Sirenz by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman has been out for a little while, the big book birthday party is set for Thursday night, and since these sirens live so close to me (and there is the promise of cake) , I’m looking forward to attending their launch party in person. It’s a busy week...

I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s book signing at the Borders in Stroudsburg, PA. I’m looking forward to seeing some familiar KidLit Authors Club members and getting to meet some others. I’m also looking forward to being back up in the Poconos and seeing some old friends who have promised to stop by. I like nice weather as much as the next person, but if say between the hours of one and three tomorrow it was a little bit less nice, maybe the sort of weather that made you feel like spending some time in a bookstore, I would not complain. Check it out, the Pocono Record did a nice article on tomorrow’s event and the KidLit Author’s Club. Click here for the...

Although the calendar assures me that summer has not yet arrived, it feels like summer in this part of the world. Part of the fun I’ll be having this summer is heading off to libraries book stores and other fun bookish places to promote Popular. This weekend I’ll spend some time Saturday afternoon with fellow YA authors Beth Fantaskey, Amy Holder and Jennifer R. Hubbard at the Borders Express at the Exton Square Mall in Pennsylvania for a group book signing. Although the weather will be sunny I’m hoping the heat might drive some folks into the mall’s air conditioning, at least during the early afternoon, like say from 1-3 when conveniently you’ll be able to pick up some signed books from some awesome YA authors. Sunday, I’m...