Back on Valentine’s Day, I was going to write a love blog. But then I didn’t. Because I’m not constrained by made up holidays designed to sell humorless, earth-destroying greeting cards. I refuse to capitulate to the system in this way. No. I will write my love blog when I feel like it, and now, [...]

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? This is the 29th day of BEDA. Twenty-nine days of straight blogging. There was a time that I thought this would kill me. And yet, here I am. I spoke at a library conference today, along with John Green and E. Lockhart, so I’m just getting this in under the wire, [...]

This morning, I sat down next to Robin Wasserman (who, indeed, is still sitting next to me). I noticed something she had sitting next to her. It was this:

Yes! “You’re a-Z SUPER Guide to the Opposite Sex,” published by Scholastic in 1979!
“But is it any good?” I asked her. “My readers deserve only the best [...]

Today, I am starting up an old feature called ASK MJ, in which people ask me things and I answer them. These questions have been coming in on the Ning, on Twitter, and on Facebook. I think I will be doing many ASK MJ blogs, so please continue to send in your questions!
Many of today’s [...]

If you have been around here for a while, you will know that I am more than a little obsessed with the holiday season. I love Cheer. I cannot get enough. Soon, I’ll be opening the MJ Holiday Workshop, as I do every year, to distribute CHEERFUL things, like books and cards.
And in the past, [...]

Okay, seriously. I don’t ever want to pack my suitcase again. I know some people like a vagabond life on the road, riding the rails and sleeping rough and eating stew out of a can . . . but I am done for now. I have bounced from London to Bologna to DAPHNE’S WEDDING, to [...]