by Rebecca | Mar 29, 2016 | Aladdin, authors, blurbalicious, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, historical fiction, middle grade, news, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, warm fuzzy, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
I’m excited to share two wonderful blurbs for Summer of Lost and Found, from two writers whose work I adore. Jodi Lynn Anderson has written two of my all-time favorite books, Tiger Lily and My Diary from the Edge of the World. Lately whenever I meet up with...
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 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 | Apr 14, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, books, gratitude, middle grade, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, White House
It’s spring! New York was gorgeous this weekend, and I got to spend all of it wandering around town with one of my best friends, Jessica, who was visiting from Seattle. We walked, we talked, we ate some very tasty vegan chocolate-chai ice cream. We also watched...
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...
