Sara Ryan

Hey all — Just a quick note to say that all the copies of The Rules for Hearts are now spoken for by and/or en route to gay-straight alliances in Omaha, Nebraska; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Peoria, Arizona; Lethbridge, Alberta, and a few different GSAs in Edmonton, Alberta! A special thanks to Kris Wells of the University [...]

1. You can still get in on the GSA Rules giveaway! 2. But if you do not hear from me soon after you email, that is because I am Going Away To An Undisclosed Location (A Different One This Time) for a week, and I will have minimal access to the Internet. (I do not [...]

After last night’s concert, in addition to an unexpected catharsis, now I have enough Mountain Goats T-shirts to go an entire work week wearing a different one each day. Yes, I am that much of a fan. (Did you notice the Goats lyric in Rules? )

Near the end of a phenomenal Mountain Goats show. Amazing energy, the barn has been in flames all night, and even though I want to punch the drunk screamers just as much as usual, I’m still so glad I’m here. John launches into the song, people are pogoing around the floor, nodding their heads  vigorously [...]

I can’t remember if it was during the Teen Book Fest or afterwards that livygrrrl told me that L.M. Montgomery’s journals were published. It took me a while to track down the first two volumes, and I haven’t yet read the last three, but Montgomery has been on my mind, and I wanted to write [...]

Crispin cannot bear to be parted from our friend Terri, who lives a block away, so he follows her when she comes over. Snag cannot bear Crispin’s proximity. Snag is trying to manifest a microwave cannon with the power of his MIND. (He was unsuccessful.)

1. I am still giving away copies of The Rules for Hearts. 2. The group that inspired the giveaway: 3. Other people are giving things away too! You can get a Bliss shirt from Lauren Myracle, and until November 30th, you can read Alan Gratz’s book Something Rotten — the whole book, not just an [...]

Hey all: I’m excited that The Rules for Hearts will be coming out in paperback in January. So excited, in fact, that I’m going to give away some hardcover copies to celebrate! What’s on offer: Copies of The Rules for Hearts for gay-straight alliances. Consider it a belated honoring of National Coming Out Day, an [...]

…on my lunch break: 1. You can still get tickets at the door for Rick Riordan’s talk tonight at the First Congregational Church. 2. Go read David Chelsea’s super (and rhyming!) Yard Sale comic. (Favorite bit of dialog: “Three for a quarter — that’s pretty darn low!” “You’re not buying secondhand underwear, Joe.”) 3. I [...]

My super exciting Friday night: Unpacking the SPX suitcases, beginning to tackle associated laundry. Corralling the paperwork that if left unchecked will cover all available surfaces. Feeling like Sisyphus knowing that I am leaving town yet again in a couple of weeks. I like travelling, or rather, I like being in other places, but I [...]