Right now, you can read Orienteering, written by me, with art by Erika Moen, on this very Internet. Okay so technically that doesn’t count as me literally being somewhere, but. Go read. It is a short comic, but things happen in it. At 6 p.m. tonight, I’ll be at the Cedar Hills location of Powell’s [...]
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Today I saw this little dead bird on the sidewalk, and I tried very hard not to think that it Meant something. When you’re in the business of imagining things, it’s easy to develop everyday conspiracy theories. See signs and portents. Be very superstitious. Sometimes, in fact, you use magical thinking to psych yourself up. [...]
If you saw Amber Keyser and her Angel Punk colleagues’ talk on transmedia at Kidlitcon — and even if you didn’t — I commend to your attention The Art of Immersion: how the digital generation is remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue and the way we tell stories by Frank Rose. If you’re not sure the book is [...]
I am still catching up from the fabulously-organized Kidlitcon. I was proud to share the podium (actually there was no podium, we were just in some chairs and we passed the mic around so it was less formal and thus better) during the Diversity panel with Sarah Stevenson, Justina Chen, and Brent Hartinger, and our [...]
Perhaps you’ve seen the post on Publishers Weekly, “Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay Characters in YA.” If you haven’t, go read it. It says many important things, including this: “Forcing all major characters in YA novels into a straight white mold is a widespread, systemic problem which requires long-term, consistent action.” Acknowledging the problem is crucial. [...]
1. I am in Girl Meets Boy, which is totally preorderable! Randy Powell and I collaborated on a story called “Launchpad to Neptune.” 2. I have signed up for the JoNoWriMo + 1.5 writing challenge, because I am looking for any and all ways to make the work in progress, you know, progress. Also because Jo is awesome. [...]
There are words elsewhere. Inside a Scrivener folder, to be precise. And they’re accumulating, although not as fast as I’d like. But when has that ever not been true?
This thing, people, it is genius. I am using it for devices and their accoutrements and also a toothbrush, because what? you never know when you might suddenly need to brush your teeth, right? It is basically like having a bunch of super sturdy rubber bands mounted on a stiff board, except more fabric-y. You [...]
