by Rebecca | May 16, 2020 | Alone in the Woods, ARCs, book publishing, covers, gushing, middle grade, news, pairs well with a hammock, rare Saturday post alert, releases, setting, Sourcebooks, summertime, survival stories, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, writing
I got a fun surprise in the mail the other day–a big box of books. Not just any books, though–advance reader copies of Alone in the Woods! Of course I had to take them out to the park for a proper photo: Here’s a sneak peek at the interior...
by Rebecca | Sep 1, 2018 | adventures, Aladdin, eventful, gratitude, gushing, heaven aka bookstores, historical fiction, IRL, lets take this show on the road, party time, please excuse the jet lag, research, sensory overload, setting, Simon & Schuster, summertime, The Last Grand Adventure, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, wrap ups
On July 21, I was thrilled to be a part of the Amelia Earhart Festival–the annual celebration of her birthday in her birthplace of Atchison, Kansas. Readers of The Last Grand Adventure will know what a significant place Atchison was in Amelia’s (and her...
by Rebecca | Jun 18, 2018 | adventures, Aladdin, book people, eventful, gushing, heaven aka bookstores, i heart the beach, IRL, lets take this show on the road, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, The Last Grand Adventure, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever read this blog or met me in person, you know two things to be true: 1) I love independent bookstores 2) I love the beach So combining the two is my dream, right? Last week it came true: I drove down the East Coast to lovely Bethany Beach for 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...
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 | 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...
