May 2012
20 posts
Events | Lauren Morrill →
Going to BEA? Then come see me at the Apocalypsies Meet and Greet, the Teen Author Carnival, or my Books of Wonder Reading, Lauren Oliver & the Special Six!
All the details are over on my events page. Just click the link!
Me: Just warning you, Dawson's Creek has been added to Netflix Instant
Adam: Oh Jesus...
“I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via anditslove)
Teen Author Carnival: Teen Author Carnival - 2012... →
teenauthorcarnival:
Devyn Burton, Mitali Dave & Korianne Wey invite you to The Fourth Annual Teen Author Carnival - a night of fun with your favorite YA authors!
NYC TEEN AUTHOR CARNIVAL 2012 6:30pm - 9:30pm
@ Jefferson Market Library
Hannah Moskowitz - Gone, Gone, Gone - @hannahmosk
Melissa…
Oh hey, there’s a few names on that list I recognize …
Starting to meet my characters
Was just doodling some notes on what I hope will become my third YA contemp, and described my three main characters as the following
Cher Horowitz meets Veronica Mars
hippie activist Paris Gellar
hipster Josh Lyman
Take from that what you will…
Essay - I’m Y.A., and I’m O.K. - NYTimes.com →
Every YA author should read this. My favorite line:
Mark Haddon, who wrote numerous novels for children before “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” said in an e-mail message that he recalled “a number of people looking down their noses at me when I explained what I did for a living, as if I painted watercolors of cats or performed as a clown at parties.”
MEANT TO BE is on NetGalley! | Lauren Morrill →
NUMBER YOUR PAGES!!!!
I printed out my entire 275-page draft of book 2 this morning … and promptly dropped it.
Guess who forgot to number her pages?
I spent about an hour trying to put it back together, nearly cried, then said “fuck it” and am going to print it out again. Sorry, rain forest. I like you and all, but my sanity needs me to just call a mulligan on this one.
Visionaries: Author M.T. Anderson, Pioneer Of... →
My husband profiled YA Author and All-Around Genius, MT Anderson for a series called “Boston Visionaries” on WBUR. In it, he stands up for smart books for teens. PREACH!
Octavian Nothing is on my TBR list. Can’t WAIT.
April 2012
40 posts
6 tags
YALLFest 2012!
yallfest2011:
Hey Everyone!
Preparations for YALLFest 2012 have already begun! The event will be on November 10, 2012, but stay tuned to our website for news, contests, events and the attending authors list!
More updates coming soon!
Two days before Meant to Be comes out!
Maureen Johnson: THE ADVENTURE OF THE RANDOM HOUSE →
maureenjohnsonbooks:
By popular demand* I bring you the Random House/FedEx story. This happened not *too* long ago. This is partially by memory, but I did write it down afterwards, because it was so great.
MAUREEN wanders into the local FedEx with a package she needs to send to Random House publishers. Random House…
This is unbelievably delightful
bennettmadison:
I accidentally revealed the...
“I might as well call you Bridge to Terabithia, because you make children cry.”
– The New Girl
“But if a review is a wine, then Goodreads reviews are bathtub gin. It might be...”
– Jesse Andrews, author Me and Early and the Dying Girl, which is abso-freakin’-lutely on my TBR list. And Jesse? Yes, I’m going to buy it from my local indie (aka Harvard Books).
PREACH, Jesse.
“More importantly, most musicians have a secondary source of income: They can...”
– John Green on book piracy. (via paperbackgirl)
“Saying lame is like saying ‘You walk with a limp.’ Yeah whatever, so does 50...”
– John Green (via oopsijusturiegasmed)
“Reading Judy Blume didn’t just show me how strong, how hungry, and how...”
– Guys Read Judy Blume Too, and Not Just for the “Dirty Bits”