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Getting Psyched About The Austin Teen Book Festival!

So, my total BFF from second grade whom I’ve known and loved forever lives in...
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Interview on God Complex Radio Today

So, today I had the total thrill and pleasure of talking with Carol Howard Merritt...
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Hooray Simon Schuster Blogfest!

Thanks, Simon & Schuster, for including me in the blogfest for September! Here’s what I...
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Interview with NYTimes Bestselling Sensation (And Cool Girl) Maggie Stiefvater!!

Okay, so, when I went to New York with my Decatur Book Festival pals back...
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like the AJC-Decatur Book Festival

I’ve been involved with the AJC-Decatur Book Festival since it was a neat idea being...
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Thanks, North Carolina!

A week ago today (for some reason things keep happening that prevent me from immediate...
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Buried Under A Pile of Writing

I bet you thought I’d disappeared. And in a way I kind of did–vanished into...
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A Meeting of the Minds with Lauren Myracle!

Though we’ve only ever met in person once (and it was a long time ago...
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Talking SEA CHANGE with Aimee Friedman!

I was fortunate to become pals with NYTimes bestselling author Aimee Friedman way back before...
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I’m Feeling a Little Faint!

And if you need another summer scorcher this month, Nina Malkin’s new paranormal bad-boy romance...
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Summer Reading Is Upon Us

I’m not sure how this happened, but suddenly it’s Memorial Day and we’re (officially) allowed...
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Done With One Town, On to The Next!

Well Chicago was just fantastic, on so many levels. Meeting Mister T within an hour...