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August 6, 2013

Foreign Furies




These are the Croatian and Chinese editions of Fury.



This is the UK edition of Eternity.


This is the German edition of ¹ó³Ü°ù²â.Ìý

I love seeing such varied interpretations of the subject matter -- all of them are dark and eerie, but in such different ways.

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Did you know that Lauren Oliver and I got together at the end of July to share stories of writing and friendship? Check out . Lauren and I hope to charm more readers in the Northeast this fall;...
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Published on August 06, 2013 11:06

May 14, 2013

Top 5 Children's Books

In honor of C, PLL Trendsetter Quinn shared -- the ones that helped ignite her love for reading.

Thought I'd do the same.

1)
I loved this book about two best friends who grow apart but eventually find a new friendship rhythm that accommodates their growth as individuals. Also those little bears are quite adorable.


2) (one of Quinn's picks, too!)
The combination of real-life photogr...
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Published on May 14, 2013 12:30

May 3, 2013

I'm back

Six months. That's how long it's been (well, really six months and a couple of days) since I blogged. Why am I so bad at this? When I do write, does anyone actually read it? What should I write about?

Five things I'm excited about:
1) . Um, excuse me? . That is all.
2) (strawberry and coconut flavors in particular).
3) My new, bright blue, J. Crew pants.
4) My garden! So far, I've planted: mixed lettuce, kale, chard, and peas. P...
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Published on May 03, 2013 08:59

October 30, 2012

DEAR TEEN ME release day!

I'm so proud to have contributed to the DEAR TEEN ME anthology, which in !

and I decided to go with a slightly different format: rather than writing to our own teen selves, we decided to write to past selves that we knew almost as well -- each other's. See, Lauren and I were practically inseparable from eighth grade on. We sang and studied together, we pined over boys together, we grappled with family dysfunction and the des...
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Published on October 30, 2012 10:12

October 24, 2012

Is everyone awesome, or am I just lucky?

Just gotta say, I thought it was a fluke last year when I got Becca Fitzpatrick and Moira Young as tourmates. These women are just too awesome, I thought. They must be the best of the best.

But now I'm just starting to think that all Simon & Schuster YA authors rule. Becca is just as cool as she ever was -- humble and sweet and smart -- and I'm totally fan-girling over Kresley Cole and Tonya Hurley. Kresley is a Southern belle with a killer smile and an even killing-er work ethic (I...
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Published on October 24, 2012 15:25

October 5, 2012

Careless Whisper, plus where I'll be this fall!!



For some reason this 1984 hit reminds me of the Fury series. It's slightly spooky and it references a betrayal ("guilty feet have got no rhythm..."). Sure, the fashion (do you SEE that bathing suit at the 2-minute mark???) and setting are decidedly un-New England, but I couldn't see those when I heard this song on the radio the other day and immediately thought, Em. This is Em's song.

Anyway, back to 2012.

I am thrilled to announce that I'll be visiting several far-flung US cities later this mo...
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Published on October 05, 2012 08:41

September 4, 2012

ENVY playlist!

Last year, I created a Fury playlist of songs that I felt corresponded with certain moods and scenes of the first book. You can .

Here's the one for ENVY, which is celebrating its book birthday TODAY! I tried to make a playlist on Spotify but it's too technologically complicated for me to deal with right now. So annoying!

Does this work?



Hope so. In case it doesn't, or in case you don't have Spotify, here is a screenshot of the playlist from my iTunes....
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Published on September 04, 2012 11:20

August 31, 2012

Nerding out

Are we disgusting or what??



Anyway, in case you weren't aware (doubtful!), it's Friday. Which means that the weekend is upon us! What are your plans?

Here are mine:

1) Clean my car. It's outrageous. Like a portable storage container for trash. Must be dealt with ASAP.

2) Get my life in order generally. I need to deal with some really boring crap like "paperwork" and "budgeting" and "scheduling"...blah blah blah, my eyes are already glazing over. Can't I just have someone DO THIS FOR ME? Do you ev...
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Published on August 31, 2012 10:12

August 30, 2012

UK release day! and the engagement story

Good morning, lovelies!


First things first. A big, whopping, loving, cozy, HELLO! to all UK readers who might be getting their hands on a beautiful, sexy, creepy copy of ENVY today. Yup, that's right -- today is the UK release day for Book Two in the Fury series, where we follow Em's fight against the mean girls of the underworld, the goddesses of revenge, the Furies, while meeting a new character, the flawed, sad, and easily manipulated Skylar. I can't wait to hear what you overseas readers t...
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Published on August 30, 2012 07:24

August 21, 2012

Times I Swam This Summer

One thing that you may not know about me, dear reader, is that I am obsessed with swimming. So much so that I remember every time I've gone in the water this summer. Do you want to hear about them? I thought so.

At Flat Rocks. First submersion of the summer. Freezing, but my boyfriend's mom went in so I wasn't about to wimp out in front of her.

In my co-worker's swimming pool, incredibly hungover on the day after the Fourth of July. Swimming was the only thing that saved me that day. I wanted...
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Published on August 21, 2012 10:40