by Rebecca | Nov 3, 2015 | Aladdin, ARCs, book publishing, covers, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, i heart the beach, IRL, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found
I came home to a great surprise on Monday night: a package from Alyson Heller, my editor at Aladdin/S&S. I started ripping it open before I even got up the stairs. Inside, I found: ARCs! And a jacket proof–the first peek I’ve gotten at all the true...
by Rebecca | Oct 31, 2015 | AASL, Aladdin, conferences, DRCs, eventful, I talk about food too much, IRL, it has come to this a post about soup, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, pumpkin addict, rare Saturday post alert, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found
Happy Halloween! Fall has been flying by. I’ve been busy with revising a new project (which feels like it might finally be coming together), working on a short story, and copy edits. Apologies to my production editor, but I did end up making quite a few tweaks...
by Rebecca | Oct 8, 2015 | AASL, ALA, audrey and alice, authors, Class of 2K14, conferences, eventful, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, news, Summer of Lost and Found, swag, talking about writing, teachers are the best
I’m going to AASL 2015 in Columbus! Friend and fellow Class of 2K14 author Gayle Rosengren and I are presenting on Friday, November 6 from 11:20-12:20 (Room C212). Here’s a little about our presentation: Making It Real, authors Gayle Rosengren and Rebecca...
by Rebecca | Sep 23, 2015 | audrey and alice, characters, historical fiction, IRL, lifestyles of the rich and bookish, reader in chief, research, sensory overload, setting, summertime
On a warm, nearly cloudless day last week, I took a trip out to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, NY. It wasn’t my first time there–I visited in September 2012, shortly after I found out that When Audrey Met Alice was going to become a...
by Rebecca | Aug 25, 2015 | books, covers, gratitude, gushing, i heart the beach, pairs well with a hammock, pretty pretty, sensory overload, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found
Last week, the fantastic Mr. Schu helped me share the cover of Summer of Lost and Found! Check out the post here: http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2015/08/cover-reveal-for-summer-of-lost-and.html And here’s the lovely cover! When I first saw the sketch from the...
