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Archive for January, 2008

JOHN GREEN IS NOT A PORNOGRAPHER

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Explained here, on today’s insideadog post. (WHERE I AM GUEST BLOGGING UNTIL FEBRUARY 15th . . . oh, I am getting so tired of typing that!)

HOW TO DO MATH

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Today on insideadog (where I am guest blogging until February 15th, like I say EVERY DAY) . . . the return of the cheese lobster, mild dish on the Keith Dobson-Spencer Martin connection, and the secrets of my high school math success.
The first chapter of Suite Scarlett remains up right here, until . . . [...]

SCARLETT FOR EVERYONE

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Today, over on insideadog (where I am blogging until February 15th, as I promised to mention EVERY TIME) . . . I give away another copy of Suite Scarlett.
Even better . . . the first chapter of the book is made available to EVERYONE! NOW!
Yes, NOW!

THE UNVEILING OF UNFEASIBLE

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

While I’m doing my blogging residence at insideadog until February 15th, I’ve decided to leave tiny recaps of what I’m writing over there on this blog . . . . just so it doesn’t fall to pieces in my absence. I will probably repeat the fact that I have temporarily moved every single day*, just [...]

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Starting tomorrow (January 21st), I am doing a one month blogging residency on insideadog. In case you’ve never read the excellent insideadog . . you should. It’s the YA site for the Centre for Youth Literature of the State Library of Victoria, Australia. I’ll be posting my normal posts there until Friday, February 15th. And [...]

THE THOUGHT PROCESS

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Here’s the problem with having a contest in which the only task is to finish the sentence, “MJ should send me Suite Scarlett because . . .” I read all of the entries. Three times. And there are a lot of them. And they are all really good. I learned that a lot of you [...]

MJ AND LIBBA BRAY

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

While I am reading all these entries in the Suite Scarlett contest, you can maybe watch this video of me interviewing Libba Bray about her new book, The Sweet Far Thing. If you like that sort of thing.
YOU STILL HAVE LOTS OF TIME TO ENTER! YOU HAVE UNTIL MONDAY!
Also, because it’s important that I always [...]