So, I’ve been reading a lot about marketing and social media lately, mostly because of my volunteer position at Rotary International, where I’m the public image coordinator for Eastern Canada and a bunch of the Northeast United States.

And it made me think about how much I absolutely fail as a writer and marketer.

Seriously.

I am no John Green.

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I have..... (Drum roll) Writing News:
1. Time Stoppers is currently on ebook sale for November. AND IT IS NOVEMBER! So you should go buy it. It's super cheap. And I really love this story. It's the story that made me decide to be a writer. The link takes you to Bloomsbury's page about it and the good press and all of that stuff. You can also check ( Read more... )

First, off! I will be in Chicago at the Young Adult Literature Conference and the YA Fandom Frenzy this weekend for ENHANCED. Please come see me or better yet buy the book (or one of my books) so I can not run out of money. Many thanks to Anderson's Book Store and Tor (my publisher) for sending me ( Read more... )

All those fitness-trainer-guru people talk about the perils of your family ruining your quest for fitness.

I never realized my family was like that until this morning. I was doing push-up sets. For those of you who blessedly don't know, this is a push-up:


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