Posted Sep 19 2012 in author, Miscellany, Patty Blount, suicide, teens, YA
The lovely Joy Preble – also a Sourcebooks author! — has invited me to take over her blog. Come on over and say hi!
Read More...Posted Sep 17 2012 in Miscellany
I learned I’m not a very good friend this weekend. I like to think I’m a nice person – a good person – someone who knows what’s right and what’s wrong and does her best to stay on the right side of the line. I’m sure I’m not alone. I imagine everyone thinks this way about […]
Read More...Posted Sep 6 2012 in Miscellany
My friend, Denise Grover Swank, author of the fantastic CHOSEN series and other incredible novels, interviewed me on her blog. Hope you’ll check it out!
Read More...Posted Aug 19 2012 in Miscellany
Over the past few weeks, my social network feeds have been flooded with political diatribes. I watched a friendship unravel on Facebook over opposing views on gun control following the movie theater tragedy. My heart broke for a friend in deep personal agony over his relatives’ support of Chick Fil-A’s hate menu. I read arguments […]
Read More...Posted Jul 16 2012 in fiction, Miscellany, romance, Stereotypes in Fiction
I had a week off from work and planned a ‘staycation’ because my husband’s parents were planning to spend the week with us. They live in Florida and we only get to see them once or twice a year now. My husband, who will hit the half century mark later this year, is the ‘baby’ […]
Read More...Posted Jun 12 2012 in bad movies, Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Miscellany
I have a thing for bad science fiction – the cheesier the better. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!? You betcha. Mars Attacks! Oh, yeah. Until Saturday, my favorite Cheesiest Movie of All Time was Megapython vs. Gatoroid, a SyFy original movie starring Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. Best line: “I think we’re alone now.” “There doesn’t […]
Read More...Posted May 23 2012 in Miscellany
Please head over to the Teen Librarian’s Toolbox and check out my guest post in which I discuss how Dan came to be, how I nearly lost my oldest son to suicide and why I now listen to the voices in my head.
Read More...Posted Apr 18 2012 in Miscellany
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, we said goodbye to our mother, Marie, after a heartbreaking battle with stage 4 breast cancer. We knew death was imminent; she had been admitted to hospice just a few days earlier and her decline wasn’t just rapid, it broke records. When the medical staff felt we had mere hours […]
Read More...Posted Mar 29 2012 in Book Hungry, dystopian, Hunger Games, Miscellany, movie, teens, violence
My Bookhungry book club formed over a year ago around The Hunger Games book – in fact, it was our first book review. So, what better tribute (ha ha, pun intended) than to review the movie? Warning! Spoilers ahead. We saw the movie during its opening weekend and discussed it. I took my son even […]
Read More...Posted Feb 8 2012 in author, fiction, Miscellany, Patty Blount
I’m anxiously waiting for Sourcebooks’ creative folks to send me cover art so I can share it with you. Should be any time now. I saw a great cover reveal today. Carrie Harris revealed Bad Hair Day by asking for pictures of – you guessed it – bad hair. I thought it might be fun to […]
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