PULSE BLOGFEST I took part in Simon & Schuster's first annual Pulse Blogfest—a two-week event (March 14-27, 2008) where more than 120 YA authors blog-answered some very interesting reader-submitted questions. I took a stab at a few questions myself, so be sure to check it out, for my infinite wisdom.... Ha.
REPORT: A TRAIN WRECK OF A BOOK EVENT IN DC Okay. I guess after having such a streak of seamlessly lovely events for The Straight Road to Kylie, there had to be one redheaded bastard stepchild.
It's okay, though—I still had an amazing time, met some great people, and got to hand out 50 books. But let's just say...there was some major B.S. thrown in there, too. Read more > Read about other book events >
THE HOOCHIE HAS LANDED, YO! "Honest...sweet... evil, and hilarious!" —TeensReadToo.com
Margarita "Madge" Diaz is fat, foxy, and fabulous. She loves herself, and is adored by almost everyone else...except queen bee/student-body president Bridget Benson. These two girls have a history that's uglier than a drag queen after last call. During a heated argument, they decide there's only one way to end their rivalry: Be named prom queen, and the other backs off. For good.
Of course, everything looks different in the sober light of morning, but pride is at stake and the race is on. Madge is committed to doing whatever it takes to secure the title, but so is Bridget. And everyone's got something to hide.
Welcome to Winter Park High School, where the dirt's not just gonna fly...it's gonna go into freakin' orbit.
Click here to read chapter one of Fat Hoochie Prom Queen!
NYC, PHILLY, and VA APPEARANCES I'll be reading from and signing copies of my dearest second child, Hoochie, in NYC on May 19th, in Philly, PA on June 14th, and Stafford, VA on June 19th. More dates soon! But in the meantime, click here for the dirty details >
HONORS FOR:
THE STRAIGHT ROAD TO KYLIE My first book (released in May of 2007) has been gettin' a nice amount of love lately. (And I thought everyone would just think she was a tacky bitch!) Kylie has been named:
*A YALSA 2008 Popular Paperback for Young Adults
*A 2008 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age Read more about the book > Read reviews of the book >
I'M IN A MUSIC VIDEO!
My boyfriend and I are zombie extras in the video for "Hologram World," by Tiny Masters of Today and Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Because we had to leave the shoot early, we are in it for literally a second, at 2:17. But, hey. I think it's cool, and the song and video are great!
Four-thousand-foot-tall skyscrapers, a theme park three times the size of Walt Disney World in Florida, palm-tree-shaped man-made islands built up from the sea to house hundreds of thousands of people, the world's largest indoor skiing slope, and a subway system that can run every 90 seconds... automatically. Read more >
I took part in Simon & Schuster's first annual Pulse Blogfest—a two-week event (March 14-27, 2008) where more than 120 YA authors blog-answered some very interesting reader-submitted questions. I took a stab at a few questions myself, so be sure to check it out, for my infinite wisdom.... Ha.
