This weekend, I was at the Princeton Teen Book Bash, which was a very good time. Free Monkey was there with me, enjoying the sun and all of the good company. I got to meet some of you, which is always a pleasure.
Several people came up to my table to talk to me about the [...]

Friends, it’s been a weird day.
As you must know by now, today was the day I said I was going to call the committee. The day went something like this:
Around 11 AM or so, I put up an update on yesterday’s post, giving the e-mail address of the local Bartlesville paper. I had contacted [...]

And when we say Yeeow! Ayipioeeay! We’re only sayin’ You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma O.K.
Welcome to day seven of the Bartlesville standoff. It’s been four days since I first sent my letters to the committee that didn’t read and then banned Bermudez. I continue to hear nothing.
You have not been silent, though, I’ve long [...]

Before anything else . . . can I get a big HOWZABOUTIT! for Coe Booth? Her excellent, excellent novel Tyrell just won the Los Angeles Times Book Award in the YA category. Great book, great person. Everyone wins!
I’m sure you remember Coe from the attack on the audience at our group reading in New York [...]

I had started writing a post for today, which was all about my experience trying to buy a video camera so that I can begin my role as John and Hank Green’s secret sister . . . and believe me, it was quite the tale. But all of that is being pushed to the side [...]