by Rebecca | Jul 8, 2014 | ALA, ARCs, audrey and alice, authors, AWESOMENESS, book publishing, Class of 2K14, conferences, debutanting, gratitude, gushing, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, please excuse the jet lag, Sourcebooks, Uncategorized, wrap ups
ALA Annual was amazing! It was fun, surreal, and humbling to be around so many wonderful readers, librarians, authors, and publishing professionals. Here are some of the highlights (at least the ones for which I have photo documentation): So I learned what “but...
by Rebecca | Jun 27, 2014 | audrey and alice, book publishing, Class of 2K14, conferences, eventful, IRL, libraries, news, please excuse the jet lag, Sourcebooks
I’m off for a week of travel: First to Las Vegas for the ALA Annual Conference, then to Wisconsin to relax and spend time with family–and also visit a favorite indie bookstore, Mystery to Me. If you’re at ALA, please come say hi when I’m...
by Rebecca | Jun 23, 2014 | deepthoughts, fiction lessons, gratitude, IRL, Lyleish, mildly maudlin, patience, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
So last week my laptop bit the dust. It wasn’t totally unexpected–it was 7 years old(!) and had been acting funny for a while, so I knew its time was almost up. I shifted from backing up my work regularly to backing up my work obsessively, which was good...
by Rebecca | Jun 18, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, Class of 2K14, conferences, eventful, goals, historical fiction, research, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, Uncategorized, what's up wednesday
What I’m Reading Last week, I finished The Interestings, which was an absorbing, funny, thoughtful character study. And even at 500+ pages, I didn’t want it to end. Next, I read Kate Scott’s YA debut, Counting to D. It was heartfelt, and it taught me a lot...
by Rebecca | Jun 12, 2014 | agents, AWESOMENESS, books, Egmont, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, historical fiction, i heart the beach, middle grade, New Leaf, news, PW, Summer of Lost and Found, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, WIP, writing
So you might have seen this in Publishers Weekly this afternoon (click to make big!): That’s right! I* sold my second book! The Summer of Lost and Found will be in bookstores in 2016. It’s full of everything I loved to read about as a middle-grader:...
