Do you ever feel kind of . . . unspooled? You know . . . slightly less than together because you are moving very quickly?
You may not know what I mean, because I’ve read your comments and e-mails, and you guys seem pretty together.
In fact, I think today I’m just going to pay tribute [...]

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If you want to follow along, the words and objects go as follows:
Fervent Metalhead; Face Mask; Fresh Mangos; Furry Malcontent; Fuschia Mohawk; Furtive Musician; Foxy Mama; Frequency Modulation; Fumbling Martha; Fondling Mailboxes; Free Meal; Foamy Mocha; Fifth Microbrew; Fuzzy Muzzles; Fake Moustache; Fog Machine; Fromage Monger; Flirty Man; [...]

I’ve quite lierally just hopped off the train here in NYC after the ALA conference in Washington DC. While I was there, I got to meet lots and lots of fabulous NINJA LIBRARIANS, saw other authors, and even saw some old friends!
I’ve made a little video of the Printz Awards ceremony, which is pretty much [...]

A lot of you expressed what I was feeling about this whole Bartlesville naughty shelf/big bad book labeling issue. Of course, I got in touch with FREE MONKEY to tell him what was going on. He gave his usual balanced advice—he told me to reply to a lot of the great comments and e-mails that [...]

You asked! How can I refuse you? I’ve always known you guys were sharp—sharper than me by a longshot. You know that if you only know what to fear, you can fear more effectively.
Maybe you’re asking yourself, “How is it that Maureen is such an expert in what to worry about?”
The answer can be [...]

At the moment, both Free Monkey and I are on the road. He is in LA, and I am in Georgia, spreading the word of Girl At Sea.
First, the Monkey report.
FREE MONKEY is now in Los Angeles for the first stop of his World Tour. (The visit to Hank was a pre-tour stop to prepare.) [...]

The first article has just appeared in the local Barltesville paper about the banning, and right now, I am just the tiniest bit steamed about it. Fortunately, FREE MONKEY is here, and he talked me down a bit.
Here’s the link, first of all. But you’ll see I have copied almost the entire thing below. Save [...]