by Rebecca | Dec 29, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, ALA, audrey and alice, authors, Class of 2K14, conferences, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, heaven aka bookstores, lets take this show on the road, school visits, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Summer of Lost and Found, Uncategorized, wrap ups
It’s hard to believe that the year is coming to a close. It really does feel like yesterday that I was welcoming 2014–and eagerly anticipating my February 4 book birthday. It has really been a delightful experience sharing Audrey’s and Alice’s...
by Rebecca | Oct 21, 2014 | book people, eventful, feel the love, gushing, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, middle grade, onefour kidlit
Monday night, I was part of a fantastic MG panel at the Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY, with author friends (and fellow 2014 debuts) Tara Dairman, Lauren Magaziner, Laura Marx Fitzgerald, and Michelle Schusterman. The Voracious Reader is a dream...
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:...
by Rebecca | Feb 25, 2014 | audrey and alice, book people, debutanting, feel the love, happy happy joy joy, heaven aka bookstores, party time, Uncategorized, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
I had so much fun at the launch party for When Audrey Met Alice last Thursday at Books of Wonder in NYC! Here are some of the highlights: (I freaked out a little when I got there and saw the sign–but in a good way.) (Pretty books!) (Drinks and snacks,...
by Rebecca | Feb 4, 2014 | audrey and alice, debutanting, deepthoughts, feel the love, happy happy joy joy, party time, warm fuzzy, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
This is a really hard post to write and a really easy one, too. It’s hard because I’ve thought about this day for so long–in terms of when I started writing for publication, five years; and in terms of how long I’ve secretly dreamed of being an...
by Rebecca | Jan 30, 2014 | audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, books, debutanting, feel the love, happy happy joy joy, mildly maudlin, Sourcebooks, Uncategorized, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
Last night, I got home to a big box on my doorstep. Sent from Sourcebooks c/o RR Donnelly, so I had an inkling what was inside. (Photo taken after I’d gone inside and grabbed a camera, and almost locked myself out in my excitement.) (Please ignore the other...
