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Posted by Justine at 8:54, November 18th, 2008 under Unicorns, Writing & Publishing, Zombies, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 16:00, November 17th, 2008 under Unicorns, Writing & Publishing, Zombies, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 9:40, November 14th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Love is Hell, New York City/USA, Reading, Sport, State of the World, Sydney/Australia, What's your fairy?, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, November 13th, 2008 under Ranting, Whingeing, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, November 11th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Unicorns, Writing & Publishing, Zombies, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 15:46, November 9th, 2008 under Liar Book, Whingeing, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 1:00, November 4th, 2008 under Excuses, Liar Book, New York City/USA, State of the World, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 11:46, November 1st, 2008 under Bloggery, Listening, New York City/USA, Praising, Sydney/Australia, Travelling, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 20:41, October 31st, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Travelling, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 7:50, October 31st, 2008 under Liar Book, New York City/USA, State of the World, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 18:15, October 30th, 2008 under Admin, Love is Hell, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 8:30, October 30th, 2008 under Love is Hell, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 14:09, October 29th, 2008 under Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 29th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Praising, Travelling, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 28th, 2008 under Liar Book, Whingeing, Writing & Publishing, Zombies |
Posted by Justine at 11:54, October 27th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Sport, What's your fairy?, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 12:23, October 26th, 2008 under Liar Book, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 25th, 2008 under Next novel, Science, Sydney/Australia, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 24th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Travelling, Writing & Publishing, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 23rd, 2008 under Words & Language, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 22nd, 2008 under New York City/USA, Praising, Ranting, State of the World, Sydney/Australia, Writing & Publishing, Zombies |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 21st, 2008 under State of the World, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:21, October 20th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Travelling, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 10:49, October 18th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Praising, Sydney/Australia, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 16th, 2008 under New York City/USA, Ranting, Sydney/Australia, Writing & Publishing, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 12:54, October 15th, 2008 under Writing & Publishing, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 15th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 15:46, October 14th, 2008 under Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 14th, 2008 under Words & Language, Writing & Publishing |
I have a bunch of friends who have brand new books coming out next year. Friends who will be doing at least one or two appearances---or in one case (lucky duck!)---going on a book tour. This post is for them because they're going to be asked certain questions over and over again and it's best to have a bunch excellent and entertaining answers. Here they are:
Where did you get your ideas for this book?
This is a particularly hard one for most of us because often we have no idea where a book comes from. Best to start thinking about that questions and putting together some anecdotes. I have a bunch of different ones for HTDYF because, like most books, the ...
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 13th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:02, October 12th, 2008 under New York City/USA, Next novel, Reading, Research, State of the World, Toilets, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 14:50, October 11th, 2008 under New York City/USA, Next novel, Research, Writing & Publishing |
I'm stuck on the ground at Cincinnati in a not-so-big plane waiting to be cleared to fly to LGA, so I thought I'd take the time to thank everyone who came to see me on my very first book tour. I really appreciate it. Twas a blast meeting you all. I had no idea I have so many lukers here. Bless you all! And thanks to for the lovely emails and gifts. You all rule!
Here's hoping I'll have as much fun in Texas as I did in Northern California, Michigan, Ohio and Kansas City. (The ribs last night were AWESOME!)
xox
Justine
Posted by Justine at 13:53, October 10th, 2008 under Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 18:46, October 9th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 9:25, October 8th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Writing & Publishing |
Been having a discussion on the effectiveness of awards. Are there any book awards you follow? Any awards that you automatically read the winners or shorlisted books? Can be any genre.
If not, why do you think?
Thanks!
Posted by Justine at 8:58, October 6th, 2008 under Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 5th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Sport, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 13:32, October 4th, 2008 under Praising, Viewing, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 14:08, October 3rd, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Praising, Viewing, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 23:21, October 2nd, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, October 1st, 2008 under Basketball, Food, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Next novel, Sport, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, September 30th, 2008 under Bloggery, Cons & Other Gatherings, New York City/USA, Praising, Reading, Science, State of the World, Travelling, Writing & Publishing, Zombies, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, September 29th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, New York City/USA, Travelling, What's your fairy?, Writing & Publishing, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 0:16, September 28th, 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Writing & Publishing |
The New York Liberty
won the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. It was an ugly win. An ugly game. The only grace notes were Deanna Nolan's gorgeous shooting---I swear she stays up in the air for seconds at a time, she looks great even when she misses---the great turnout, and the fact that we won.
I didn't think it was possible for me to hate Bill Laimbeer more than I do. But his performance tonight pushed my hate a few notches upward. How he managed not to get a delay of game call or a technical I will never understand. Sit down, Bill!
Later today I will be in Larchmont, which is a mere twenty minutes from Grand Central:
Saturday, ...
Posted by Justine at 0:27, September 27th, 2008 under Basketball, Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Sport, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, September 26th, 2008 under New York City/USA, Next novel, Ranting, State of the World, Writing & Publishing, Zombies |
Beef jerky is good.
A lint brush is essential.
A publicist with a sense of humour and a better memory than anyone alive is vastly excellent indeed.
Publicists are all convinced that authors have the worst memories ever. I suspect they are right.
I know that some writers get heaps of work done while on tour but I am most definitely not one of them.
Q & A is always the best part of an appearance. Though I already knew that.
No one wants to hear an author read. Boring!
If you must be stuck in a dread car for ages it's best to have witty, entertaining company and be in a convertible.
School visits are best when the ...
Posted by Justine at 0:02, September 25th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, Writing & Publishing |
Posted by Justine at 0:05, September 24th, 2008 under How To Ditch Your Fairy, What's your fairy?, Writing & Publishing |
The sun is shining, the sky is clear, you can see the entire length of the avenue, the Chrysler Building gleams and last night the
New York Liberty made it into the conference finals. Let's go, Liberty! (And San Antonio got through to their conference finals. Oh, how I long for those two to meet in the WNBA finals. That would make my year!)
My editor loves my new book, work is going great on the even newer book---how much fun is it researching NYC in the thirties? VERY FUN---and HTDYF keeps getting
lovely reviews. In my world everything is fabulous. ((*Cough* It helps to not read newspapers or news blogs.))
How about youse lot? I had to shut down ...
Posted by Justine at 12:40, September 23rd, 2008 under Basketball, Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, Liar Book, New York City/USA, Praising, Sport, Writing & Publishing, young adult literature |
Posted by Justine at 0:00, September 23rd, 2008 under Magic Lessons, Magic or Madness, Magic! Magic! Magic! Oi! Oi! Oi!/Magic's Child, Writing & Publishing |
