Before There Was Twilight...

There was



New edition coming in July, with two bonus short stories about Simon and Zoë, one of which has never been published before.

Remember

I'll be at ConBust this weekend.

I'll be at ConBust Again This Year

ConBust is a Science Fiction convention at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. I'll be there on Friday, March 27 and Saturday March 28.

"What sets ConBust apart from most other sci-fi, fantasy, anime, and/or gaming conventions is its focus on the female members of the participating community. While the various realms of geekdom remain stereotypically male-dominated, ConBust is held to celebrate the work of women amongst these genres"

New Story Out Next Summer

I'd like to share the cover of an anthology from Candlewick Press that I will have a story published in next July. The collection is called Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical, and my story is entitled "The Mummy's Daughter."

As you can see, I'm in good company.

Less Than a Week

My Next Gig

I'll be speaking at the Silver Spring Book Fest on Saturday, October 25th. My presentation will be at 2 p.m. at the Silver Spring Library in Silver Spring Maryland. (Can I squeeze Silver Spring in one more time? LOL)

I'm Featured on

YA Author's Cafe today. Come read what I have to say and leave a comment there.

Night Bites

I'll be participating in a chat on Friday, October 17--6 p.m. PST, 9 p.m. EST On the Readergirlz MySpace forum.

A Werewolf Song inspired by Blood and Chocolate!

Well, the fact that Craig Robertson commented on my last post and tipped me off to a great movie reminded me to get my butt in gear and tell you about the wonderful song he sent me a few weeks ago called "Werewolf Country". It will be on his next CD due out in the summer of 2009. He composed the song after his 12 year-old daughter convinced him to read Blood and Chocolate. I was blown away that someone would be inspired to write a song because of the book, and very impressed with a father who shares his daughter's reading experiences with enthusiasm. The song is catchy and right on the mark, although I have to say I would have never linked werewolves and ukuleles in the same thought stream before this. LOL
Apparently there is a whole ukulele movement that I was unaware of which has enlightened me as to how cool and diverse ukulele music can be. Check out Ukulele Noir.

See the Movie that Inspired the Book

One of the many things that inspired me to write Freaks: Alive, on the Inside! was the 1933 movie Freaks directed by Tod Browning. I've just found the whole movie on line! Now you can see it.

[I had to remove this video because the link didn't work anymore and attempts to link to a non-existent movie were crashing browsers. Oh, well]

I found it on the Internet Archive thanks to Boing Boing.