
Doesn’t “Scott” look marvelously creepy? I do a lot of events, and most of said events usually include a question and answer session at which I am asked a question something like this: What do you think of Twilight/Harry Potter/vampire books/fanfic/The Downfall of Literature? I get the feeling most people
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One of the motivations behind The Heroine’s Bookshelf was to remind readers (and myself) that we are protagonists of our own lives. Call me egotistical, but I don’t see any reason why we can’t see ourselves as heroines, stars of our own particularly tricky novels, no matter how mundane or
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20 public appearances 12,000+ Google hits 1 dedicated book club 751 Goodreads adds and 131 ratings 1 Modcloth book of the month 110 blog posts 1 invitation to co-host the all-new Bitch Magazine YA Book Club 772 blog comments 44 Amazon reviews 1 Colorado Book Award finalist announcement 700+ postcards
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There are lots of things I never anticipated when I hit “send” on the manuscript I named and renamed silly things like “Fabulosity Squared” and “All-Around Documentness” just so I could get. through. writing. Enough to fill another book entirely. A three-event week, for example, mere days before the six-month
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Ah, author events. They’re always a crapshoot. I haven’t had a single nobody’s-there affair yet, but I always prepare myself mentally for a very small, tough, or otherwise unexpected crowd. Last night I had the pleasure of doing a book talk at Littleton’s Bemis Public Library…and was pleasantly surprised by
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