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 | Jul 31, 2015 | balancing act, i heart the beach, in defense of lazy, IRL, pairs well with a hammock, relax, revising, sensory overload, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, treat this post as evidence of procrastination
In my mind, summer is full of lazy days and long nights, salt breeze and shooting stars, fireflies and fireworks. It’s a time for reading in the sunshine, ideally with an ice-cream cone or a Popsicle dripping down one’s hand but not onto the...
by Rebecca | Jul 4, 2015 | I talk about food too much, IRL, pairs well with a hammock, PIE, relax, treat this post as evidence of procrastination
Happy Fourth!
