Oh hello, friends. As many of you know, I have been recovering from the flu for several days, and my doctor has just prescribed me a massive bottle of codeine cough syrup to help alleviate this rib-shattering cough that I’ve been enjoying so much. He has also ordered me to rest for a few days, [...]

Since I busted the wall of secrecy on the YA Author Mansion a few days ago, I have been flooded with e-mails . . . AND the doorknob to my room “mysteriously fell off,” resulting in three days of captivity until someone took the door off the hinges and released me.
I don’t care. I won’t [...]

Hello, friends. I made it. I’m at the desk in the London Office, drinking my tea.
I got two pieces of news while I was in transit. One, Girl At Sea was named one of the 2008 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age. The second is that Girl At Sea has been named [...]

Day two of my “posting every day” week, and already I’m groaning. But this is partially because I drove halfway across England today, and now I have to pack to get on a flight tomorrow.
So, let’s see how may questions I can get through before I have to go ask Oscar if he’s seen my [...]

Wot? Wot? Wot is this? The 4th of July and I’m in . . . England? On this day of American national freedom, I’m starting it in England, and ending it in . . . wait for it . . .
PARIS.
Yes, Paris. The city that has caused me nothing but trouble in the past. [...]

Were you wondering where I was?
Friends, I was here, but not online. In the buildup to the release of Girl At Sea, the tour, and work on the new book . . . much work had to be done.
Not the least of which was the repainting, rearranging, and rewiring of the New York office. This [...]

Daphne Unfeasible, my much-loved agent, and I go way back. And we have an agreement. We don’t talk about Paris. Even when French rights were sold for my books, we still won’t talk about Paris. We just kind of skip over the subject. There is a reason for this.
Daphne and I knew each other somewhat [...]