So back from ALA Midwinter in Boston and boy are my arms tired. (No joke, I carried a ton of shiny new ARCs in a bag and my shoulders nearly fell off!) Beyond my own desires for chatting with fabulous people at the ALA TweetUp and getting to see my editor, I was on the hunt for Tenners' books ( Read more... )

I just wanted to take a moment to recognize what an awesome launch event Bree had at the King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City. The bookstore asked Egmont if they could host, and that's a wonderful thing in itself. The King's English (or TKE, for those in the know) is a bit of a Salt Lake City landmark. They've been around forever, and are ( Read more... )

I went to my very first writing conference a little over 9 years ago. I was a brand new writer, full of aspirations, and whole lot of naiveté about the publishing industry. Even though the conference was a huge eye-opener for me (what on Earth was I getting myself into?!), I had a wonderful time, learned a ton, and I’ve been going to as many ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, Chelsea at The Page Flipper is getting a group together to go to the Julia Hoban (Willow) signing at the B&N in Valparaiso, Indiana (right outside of Chicago).  It will be on September 12th, a Saturday, and if there's anyone in the IN/KY area who wants to go, we'd love to have you.

Road trip! Come on, it'll be fun! :)

Julie

Back from Hypericon!  It was fun!  Thanks everyone for the good lucks in moderating my first panel.  I posted a long-winded entry about it in my journal, if anyone is interested.

Julie

ETA:  Oops, forgot to add the link to the long-windedness.  http://sylverkit.livejournal.com/9031.html
Just warning you, there may be skunks.