I spoke at the Ridley Middle School in Philadelphia recently. The students were incredibly smart; the questions were stellar. And the questions didn’t stop. I would love to see where these students are in ten years. The next day I was at a great B&N in the Neshaminy Mall, inRead More →
Found out today that STARTERS is in the 8th printing now and ENDERS is actually going into a second printing already! Thanks to you who made it happen, we’re all very grateful. That’s how happy I am! Copies in bookstores now will still be first printings of Enders. Anyone whoRead More →
A keynote address to motivated high school students who came out on a beautiful Saturday to learn about writing.Read More →
Many thanks to the lively bidders who went after my package which included a gift card to Once Upon A Time Bookstore. Congrats to the winner who helped us raise $300 for charity. Read More →
You might remember I participated in this last year and I’m doing it again. This auction benefits people of color by helping them get to attend conferences, where the numbers are sorely underrepresented. The emphasis is on SFF cons. I’ve donated a copy of Starters that includes Portrait of aRead More →
This is the only free writing conference for high school students and I’ll be a keynote speaker! It happens Feb 22 in San Diego. There will be many talented authors and even agents there. All you have to do is email in your registration. Follow the link for all theRead More →
So I had my suitcase in the hall, along with my clothes and travel goodies. I’d squeezed in all my appointments so I could be on an airplane today for the “Fight for the Future” Tour. That name proved to be all too accurate. Delta emailed me two days aheadRead More →
I don’t do these interactive Q&As often, even though I enjoy them, because they take away from the writing time. So this is the one for 2014. Come and ask a question and be automatically entered to win Starters and Enders and swag. US only. If it’s your firstRead More →
I wanted to share with you all the photo of the lucky winner of the iPad Air — Christina D. from NY won the random selection, drawn by my publicist. When I told her she had won, she said her mother’s computer had just crashed. So she gifted her momRead More →
I posted photos of these free-standing mall posters in other cities but today I made it down to Irvine to document the poster here. It was huge and bright and perfectly placed. I wanted to just sit there and watch people look at it.Read More →
