Packing for Portland for the Wordstock Book Festival. See “events” on my page for details or go here for more: http://schedule.wordstockfestival.com/speaker/lissaprice1#.UHTKiWhBSM9 Saturday is the big day. I love how organized the Wordstock people are, this is going to be epic. And Saturday night I’m at Jan’s Books with Danny Marks andRead More →
Saw Ben Affleck last night in a special screening of his latest film, ARGO. He directed and acted in this film based on a book about the real-life events involving American hostages held in Iran. I won’t give any spoilers. Billy Ray (who wrote drafts of Hunger Games) did theRead More →
So there are signed copies of STARTERS at three places in SoCal. The first one is for a good cause and the books will only be there until Wed, 9/26 – that is B&N Americana on Brand in Glendale. They will probably be on a special table. Sales benefit schoolRead More →
Jacket Copy, a book blog from the L.A. Times has a nice piece on our Saturday night signing at Once Upon A Time Bookstore with a pic of STARTERS and Scott Speer’s Immortal City! http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/ There is a rumor that I might give away two tickets for a rock concertRead More →
So I’m really back now. My current draft of ENDERS is with my editor. We agreed I’d get at least one more look at it, so it isn’t done yet. And then once we’ve settled on the draft we want, it goes through a few rounds of copyedits. I’m gratefulRead More →
Had an incredible time in Chicago and met some amazing people. In a week, I’ll have a post on Leaguewriters about the convention and one here about the trip. Right now, I am doing nothing but rewriting until Monday morning, when this draft is due. Not going out at all,Read More →
I will be flying out to Chicago Wednesday 29th. I am really looking forward to meeting you there! Thursday, 8/30 4:00pm – 5 Chicago, IL – Chicago Public Library – Teen Event. This is open to the public, not part of Chicon, held in the main downtown public library andRead More →
WriteonCon was so much fun. Several writers were very courageous and submitted their first sentences for a quick critique. Everyone was so great, lots of intelligent comments. I’ve heard the conference organizers will draw winners at the end of the conference (it ends tomorrow, Wednesday) and announce there. So ifRead More →
WriteonCon is the place you want to be today and tomorrow. It is a FREE writing workshop with some of the best agents, editors and authors because it is run by two wonderful YA authors. www.Writeoncon.com2012/08/writeoncon–2012-full-schedule/ I am on today at 1pm ET (10 am PT) answering your questions aboutRead More →
My friend, author Jeremy Bates, has a fun blog fest starting today — The Dog Days of Summer! This one celebrates summer, and what a perfect time for this. Before summer is over, I’ll be heading to Chicon, the World Science Fiction Con in Chicago at the end of AugustRead More →
