Perfectly Cromulent

Despite their decidedly anti-Yale bent, Sailor Boy and I have long been fans of The Simpsons. So when Heather (via Celeste) revealed that you can now Simpsonize yourself, we jumped at the chance.
Here’s me on the left. Golly, my hair’s gotten long. And since I know you all want to know what Sailor Boy looks [...]

A few fabulous items

Still in deadline mode, but some things to note:
My friend, talented debut author C.L. Wilson has an excellent blog in which she discusses the intricacies of World Building. And since her first book is one of the best fantasy novels I’ve ever read, I’d say she knows what she’s talking about. (Read more about her [...]

Deadline Brain

I’m pretty caught up in my book right now. I feel like the Little White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. “No Time To Say Hello, Goodbye! I’m Late I’m Late I’m Late!” (Except I’m not late yet.)
Justine talks about YA SF here. Aside from Uglies trilogy (and Peeps, too, if you want to be technical), [...]

YA or Adult?

I’m having the strangest sense of deja vu — like I’ve spoken on this subject before. But I can’t remember and a cursory glance at the blog archives hasn’t helped me, so here goes:
(Update: found it!)
Serenissima asks:
Since Amy is in college, was part of the marketing plan for SSG and UTR to crossover to YA?
Bantam [...]

Avatars and Carrots-on-Sticks

A few distractions. I went to see The Bourne Ultimatum this weekend. I think I’m officially over my prejudice against Matt Damon. I may even watch Good Will Hunting now. Unfortunately, I don’t think it was the best of the Bournes. The actual camera work left much to be desired. I couldn’t even follow what [...]

The Things You Learn…

…when you read your own book reviews.
So I finally made IvyGate Blog, the so-called “Gawker for the Ivy League.” (One year later.) The actual review is Spoiler Central (with warnings), so I don’t recommend clicking on this link: Ivy League Beach Reads — unless you’ve read both Secret Society Girl and Under the Rose. And [...]

In the comments section of Tuesday’s post, Rachel asked:
Somehow I’ve missed your discussion on dividing the plot into four acts. But I’m fascinated. Do you think that would work for…say…the fourth book in a series, if the previous three were not divided into acts? At least consciously? The longer I do this, the [...]

I now present…. Madeleine Albright

Bet you didn’t know I was this cool (from The City Paper):
As the Borders manager said last night, apparently the writer of the Secret Society Girl books is much better connected than anyone suspected.
Thanks so much to everyone who came to the signing. A special shout-out to lurker Robin. Hi, Robin!
I read, answered questions about [...]

Book signing and brand new plotting board

So today is the day of the big Under the Rose Booksigning. Luckily, I do not have time to be growing too nervous, since I will be working incredibly hard on the next book up until the time we hop in the car and head out to said booksigning. And since I know that at [...]

A Bit on POV

This may well be my last post for a while. I’ve got a busy week planned.
This weekend on Plotmonkeys, Julie Leto tackled the topic of POV:

There are few subjects in the craft of writing that are more perplexing to writers than Point of View. Most simply defined, point of view is the perspective through which [...]