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Introducing Goth Girl Follies!
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on 03/09/10 at 05:22:00 PM in Writing AdviceHarvey Awards Nominating Ballot is Up!
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- March 2010
- My Method (03/02/10 at 12:32:02 PM)
- February 2010
- The NYC Teen Author Festival (02/28/10 at 03:12:58 PM)
- Announcing...Archvillain! (02/28/10 at 01:05:10 PM)
- What to Write (02/24/10 at 09:14:09 AM)
- GGR Winner #5 (02/20/10 at 04:58:17 PM)
- GGR Winner #4 (02/20/10 at 04:36:12 PM)
- GGR Winner #3 (02/20/10 at 04:26:56 PM)
- GGR Winner #2 (02/20/10 at 04:13:36 PM)
- GGR Winner #1 (02/20/10 at 04:11:41 PM)
- Ending Scenes/Friends as Critics (02/16/10 at 11:22:18 AM)
- My Lost Theory (02/16/10 at 10:58:35 AM)
- Old Car vs. New Car (02/12/10 at 08:45:41 AM)
- Getting Signed Books is Easy (02/10/10 at 03:57:55 PM)
- Copyright (02/09/10 at 11:27:36 PM)
- Fanboy: Ahora en Espanol (02/08/10 at 06:45:55 PM)
- A Psychiatrist Reads Boy Toy (02/07/10 at 07:12:25 PM)
- Teen Book Festival Blog (02/07/10 at 06:43:05 PM)
- New Book(s) Deal! (02/01/10 at 04:15:32 PM)
- January 2010
- Get a Signed Goth Girl Rising (01/27/10 at 11:42:47 AM)
- Operation Teen Book Drop (01/27/10 at 11:20:45 AM)
- Thanks to MCTBA! (01/27/10 at 11:06:31 AM)
- Be a Hero, Help a Hero, Get a Hero(-Type) (01/27/10 at 09:34:41 AM)
- Cursing (01/26/10 at 02:44:22 PM)
- Get A Life (01/26/10 at 01:40:52 PM)
- Applying the Apple Way to Your Life? (01/25/10 at 04:02:06 PM)
- 20 Questions Video(s) on YouTube (01/21/10 at 10:47:59 PM)
- Undercomplicating (01/19/10 at 03:55:01 PM)
- PC vs. Mac, Kid-Style (01/14/10 at 10:37:31 AM)
- Overcomplicating (01/12/10 at 05:17:24 PM)
- Some Award Nomination News (01/07/10 at 10:54:20 AM)
- December 2009
- Outlining (12/29/09 at 05:25:19 PM)
- Teen Author Reading Nights - 2010! (12/29/09 at 05:20:36 PM)
- Q&A Pt. 5 (12/29/09 at 04:56:49 PM)
- Security Kabuki (12/28/09 at 06:30:26 PM)
- Nisha Sharma's Writers on Writing (12/28/09 at 09:19:06 AM)
- Q&A Pt. 4 (12/22/09 at 06:36:50 PM)
- Recommended Reading 2009 (12/19/09 at 01:01:19 PM)
- Q&A Pt. 3 (12/15/09 at 04:00:06 PM)
- Signed Goth Girl Rising Available! (12/15/09 at 10:02:40 AM)
- Schemata Pages (12/10/09 at 02:27:52 PM)
- 20 Questions...Answered! (12/10/09 at 10:27:06 AM)
- Writing Advice Addendum (12/10/09 at 09:24:40 AM)
- Q&A Pt. 2 (12/08/09 at 02:51:56 PM)
- Hero-Type Paperbacks Arrive! (12/08/09 at 01:11:03 PM)
- WORD for Teens (12/04/09 at 12:44:36 PM)
- Q&A Pt. 1 (12/01/09 at 04:11:59 PM)
- November 2009
- Money (11/24/09 at 03:05:16 PM)
- NYMBC 2009 (11/22/09 at 04:01:22 PM)
- AASL 2009 (11/22/09 at 03:56:38 PM)
- Weird Publishing Goof (11/20/09 at 09:50:24 AM)
- Hero-Type in Paperback (11/18/09 at 09:34:04 PM)
- Building Character(s) Pt. 2 (11/18/09 at 09:28:06 AM)
- Not Your Mother's Book Club (11/13/09 at 10:22:49 AM)
- Building Character(s) (11/10/09 at 05:32:14 PM)
- Two Quick Questions (11/03/09 at 09:40:54 AM)
- October 2009
- Cover Letters (10/27/09 at 05:42:21 PM)
- Cover Story @ Melissa Walker's Blog (10/26/09 at 12:24:16 PM)
- OMGeektastic! (10/24/09 at 10:11:05 AM)
- 20 Questions Update! (10/23/09 at 11:33:06 AM)
- BookPage (10/22/09 at 09:54:37 AM)
- The Path to Publication (Part 6) (10/20/09 at 02:31:24 PM)
- Minimates: Share the Love (10/20/09 at 07:49:49 AM)
- Kyra Speaks: Macleanspace! (10/20/09 at 07:38:26 AM)
- Getting a Minimate (10/19/09 at 10:09:56 AM)
- Happy Goth Girl Rising Day! (10/18/09 at 05:48:07 PM)
- Minimates Gaffe! (10/18/09 at 03:15:15 PM)
- Oops! Sorry, Wolverine! (10/17/09 at 02:26:52 PM)
- GalleyCat (10/17/09 at 11:29:09 AM)
- Amazon Reviews (10/15/09 at 10:21:35 AM)
- The Path to Publication (Part 5) (10/14/09 at 09:04:16 AM)
- PW Reviews GGR (10/13/09 at 08:50:17 AM)
- First Batch of Minimates...Given Away! (10/09/09 at 03:04:49 PM)
- HuffPo Annoys Me (10/07/09 at 02:18:53 PM)
- The Path to Publication (Part 4) (10/06/09 at 03:52:31 PM)
- Get a Minimate with Goth Girl Rising! (10/06/09 at 09:39:54 AM)
- 20 Questions for Yours Truly, Update! (10/01/09 at 03:45:34 PM)
- How to Get a Goth Girl Minimate (10/01/09 at 01:56:19 PM)
- September 2009
- The Path to Publication (Part 3) (09/30/09 at 09:36:47 AM)
- Buy Goth Girl Rising, Get a Minimate! (09/22/09 at 11:05:05 PM)
- The Path to Publication (Part 2) (09/22/09 at 04:41:26 PM)
- Tweeting Goth Girl! (09/21/09 at 08:57:39 AM)
- Goth Girl Rising is Real! (09/18/09 at 10:39:12 AM)
- Attend Kidlitosphere 2009! (09/16/09 at 08:29:48 PM)
- The Path to Publication (Part 1) (09/15/09 at 02:57:35 PM)
- Goth Girl Minimate Pix! (09/11/09 at 06:01:31 PM)
- Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest Winner! (09/10/09 at 09:08:23 AM)
- Cinematic Prose (09/09/09 at 08:33:26 AM)
- Amazon.com (09/08/09 at 09:08:12 AM)
- Goth Girl Strikes a Pose! (09/04/09 at 09:14:32 AM)
- To Publish or To Post? (09/01/09 at 10:03:30 PM)
- August 2009
- Overwriting (08/25/09 at 08:29:52 PM)
- 20 Questions for Yours Truly (08/20/09 at 10:50:38 AM)
- Point of View (08/18/09 at 09:58:23 AM)
- Julie Halpern (08/14/09 at 03:17:56 PM)
- Goth Girl is Now a Toy! (08/13/09 at 06:55:12 PM)
- Reality (08/11/09 at 05:42:02 PM)
- Adverbs and Starting Actions (08/04/09 at 04:20:51 PM)
- And the ARC Goes to... (08/01/09 at 10:19:34 AM)
- July 2009
- Dialogue Part 5 (07/29/09 at 08:42:01 AM)
- Dialogue Part 4 (07/23/09 at 08:14:48 AM)
- Geektastic! (07/16/09 at 04:50:45 PM)
- Dialogue Part 3 (07/15/09 at 12:20:54 PM)
- Dialogue Part 2 (07/07/09 at 04:51:25 PM)
- Dialogue Part 1 (07/01/09 at 12:03:58 AM)
- June 2009
- Win the Goth Girl Rising ARC! (06/26/09 at 12:22:28 PM)
- Show and Tell and More (06/24/09 at 11:44:48 AM)
- Harmony Book Reviews: Hero-Type (06/17/09 at 03:18:27 AM)
- Write What You Know (Kinda) (06/15/09 at 02:34:14 PM)
- Writer's Block (06/10/09 at 01:58:37 PM)
- Barry's Blogger Book Bonus Lives! (06/05/09 at 12:19:31 PM)
- Inspiration (06/03/09 at 11:45:10 AM)
- May 2009
- Even More Fun with Amazon's SIPs (05/26/09 at 05:24:09 PM)
- Education (05/26/09 at 01:49:28 AM)
- Goth Girl Rising Trailer Contest (05/22/09 at 11:08:54 AM)
- How to Tell When It's Not Crap (05/19/09 at 01:00:52 PM)
- Q&A: YA POV Change! (05/18/09 at 12:18:28 PM)
- A Million Bad Words (05/13/09 at 12:24:18 PM)
- YA Gender Bending! (05/12/09 at 06:33:58 PM)
- Q&A: YA Sequel! (05/11/09 at 01:37:30 PM)
- Q&A: Desert Island YA! (05/09/09 at 02:51:10 PM)
- Resistance is Feudal...Online! (05/04/09 at 05:14:02 PM)
- April 2009
- Wolverine is Everywhere! (04/23/09 at 02:09:50 PM)
- Graphic Novel Reporter: Wolverine (04/22/09 at 07:06:50 PM)
- Why I Don't Like Earth Day (04/22/09 at 11:33:07 AM)
- Goth Girl Rising...on Sale? (04/18/09 at 11:36:36 AM)
- Wolverine Makes it into More Stores (04/15/09 at 08:33:20 PM)
- What I'm Working On (04/11/09 at 01:28:32 PM)
- Marvel Hotline: Wolverine (04/08/09 at 05:52:01 PM)
- Wolverine is Out in Stores! (04/08/09 at 05:41:32 PM)
- Wolverine Excerpts @ Marvel.com! (04/07/09 at 07:08:17 PM)
- Diamond Bookshelf: Wolverine Interview (04/06/09 at 12:44:08 PM)
- CBR: Wolverine interview (04/01/09 at 05:59:12 PM)
- March 2009
- Marvel.com: Wolverine Q&A (03/31/09 at 07:46:15 PM)
- More Fun with Amazon's SIPs (03/27/09 at 10:49:50 PM)
- "Szechwan Panda" Lives! (03/26/09 at 08:13:04 PM)
- Jackasses Attack Library (03/16/09 at 07:28:27 PM)
- All A-Twitter (03/16/09 at 11:30:09 AM)
- 4/8/09 & 4809 (03/11/09 at 08:21:46 PM)
- Watchmen (03/07/09 at 01:49:07 PM)
- February 2009
- Newsarama: Wolverine Interview (02/19/09 at 05:56:47 PM)
- Teen Literature Festival, NYC (02/19/09 at 01:25:56 PM)
- Imperial Beach Teen Blog: Interview (02/19/09 at 12:20:14 PM)
- ComicsSpotlight Interview (02/17/09 at 01:21:53 AM)
- What Wolverine Means (02/12/09 at 05:29:44 PM)
- SNIKT! (02/11/09 at 04:53:30 PM)
- Boy Toy in Paperback (02/11/09 at 11:53:06 AM)
- January 2009
- This Book Makes You Look Great! (01/17/09 at 12:55:33 PM)
- Really, Amazon? (01/16/09 at 12:34:59 PM)
- November 2008
- Did someone say “Sequel?” (11/19/08 at 07:37:35 PM)
- The Brookdale Clothing Store is Now Open! (11/05/08 at 11:47:56 AM)
- October 2008
- I Get My Geek On (10/16/08 at 12:31:56 AM)
- September 2008
- Hero-Type is Available! (09/23/08 at 08:56:36 PM)
- Long Live the Legion! (09/03/08 at 02:56:05 PM)
- August 2008
- Famous Authors (08/12/08 at 09:44:16 PM)
- July 2008
- I'm So Happy (07/18/08 at 07:36:29 PM)
- Smart-ass Reporter Pwned by Geeks (07/12/08 at 01:23:09 PM)
- Bragging (07/10/08 at 11:56:22 AM)
- June 2008
- Holy crap, you guys! (06/04/08 at 11:47:27 AM)
- Want a FREE copy of Hero-Type? (06/03/08 at 06:18:31 PM)
- May 2008
- SBBT: A Chair, Fireplace, & A Tea Cozy (05/21/08 at 12:00:55 PM)
- April 2008
- Boy Toy Gets Turned Around (04/06/08 at 09:51:26 PM)
- March 2008
- Teenagers from...the Future! (03/31/08 at 04:00:35 PM)
- Superman's Co-creator Has His Day (03/30/08 at 12:41:00 PM)
- Yet Another Fanboy Video (03/15/08 at 07:37:27 PM)
- Now I Love NY, Too (03/15/08 at 01:04:09 PM)
- Givin' Away a Story... (03/10/08 at 08:46:04 PM)
- I Love LA, Part Deux (03/09/08 at 03:26:17 PM)
- February 2008
- Aussie Boy Toy Review (02/28/08 at 02:14:21 PM)
- Another Fanboy Video (02/25/08 at 01:31:27 PM)
- Drinking Milkshakes (02/24/08 at 03:40:22 PM)
- I Love LA (02/23/08 at 02:02:56 PM)
- In Which an Award is Given... (02/14/08 at 12:35:40 PM)
- A Question for Writers (02/04/08 at 02:29:24 PM)
- Teen Second Life Literary Festival (02/02/08 at 05:35:22 PM)
- January 2008
- TeenReadsToo on Boy Toy (01/28/08 at 12:22:37 PM)
- British Fangirl on YouTube (01/22/08 at 08:33:50 PM)
- Lord Vader Comes to America (01/22/08 at 01:40:17 PM)
- Two Best Books (01/16/08 at 05:44:16 PM)
- Steve Jobs, Books, and an Idea (01/16/08 at 03:43:32 PM)
- Whoa! Nominated for a Cybil... (01/07/08 at 07:29:10 PM)
- Becky's Book Reviews Interview (01/07/08 at 07:21:29 PM)
- Loving the Copyeditor (01/02/08 at 12:02:16 PM)
- Boy Toy Goes Down Under (01/01/08 at 03:19:39 PM)
- December 2007
- Kirkus Likes Me, I Think (12/27/07 at 12:40:08 PM)
- November 2007
- The Two Tribunes (11/27/07 at 04:40:56 PM)
- Very Funny (11/24/07 at 01:17:22 PM)
- October 2007
- USA Today on Boy Toy (10/18/07 at 10:35:59 AM)
- September 2007
- Poised at the Edge Interview (09/21/07 at 01:48:05 PM)
- Darth Harmonica (09/21/07 at 11:56:32 AM)
- Heidi's Pick Six Interview (09/21/07 at 10:46:13 AM)
- SLJ on Boy Toy (09/19/07 at 10:20:35 AM)
- It's over; I win (09/19/07 at 09:03:41 AM)
- Two More Boy Toy Reviews (09/14/07 at 02:29:33 PM)
- A Moment of Geekery (09/11/07 at 03:24:49 PM)
- PW Chimes in on Boy Toy (09/06/07 at 04:24:02 PM)
- More Boy Toy Reviews (09/03/07 at 03:14:17 PM)
- Cat Endorses Fanboy (09/01/07 at 09:04:13 AM)
- MySpace Books Features Boy Toy (09/01/07 at 08:53:19 AM)
- August 2007
- Arizona: Day 2 (08/28/07 at 06:30:19 PM)
- Arizona: Day 1 (08/28/07 at 05:42:33 PM)
- Two More Books (08/23/07 at 06:36:09 PM)
- Some More Boy Toy Reactions... (08/23/07 at 02:45:48 PM)
- Boy Toy and BookSense (08/16/07 at 07:14:21 PM)
- Tess Has it Right (08/15/07 at 01:09:38 PM)
- Brush with Geekness (08/08/07 at 05:45:44 PM)
- Boy Toy is Out! -- UPDATED (08/05/07 at 10:57:08 AM)
- Robin in PW! (08/02/07 at 06:44:46 PM)
- July 2007
- More Love, More Beauty (07/30/07 at 01:00:36 PM)
- Love, Beauty (07/18/07 at 09:21:07 PM)
- Apparently, I'm Old (07/18/07 at 04:40:31 PM)
- How to Write the Great American Novel (07/11/07 at 09:25:05 AM)
- What if Libraries Didn't Exist? (07/10/07 at 04:42:11 PM)
- The Ultimate Bookstore Tour (07/06/07 at 11:58:26 AM)
- June 2007
- Bendis Speaks on Fanboy! (06/30/07 at 11:40:27 AM)
- Mac vs. PC (06/27/07 at 10:59:43 AM)
- ALA: Done (06/26/07 at 09:37:27 AM)
- ALA: Day 4/5 (06/25/07 at 09:18:17 AM)
- ALA: Day 3 (06/24/07 at 10:35:25 AM)
- ALA: Day 2 (06/22/07 at 11:39:04 PM)
- ALA: Night 1 (06/22/07 at 07:08:13 AM)
- Writing Gay/Gay Writing (06/20/07 at 09:08:13 AM)
- Um... Hello? Librarians? (06/15/07 at 03:32:48 PM)
- God is on our Side (06/05/07 at 04:35:39 PM)
- May 2007
- Fanboy Goes to Hollywood (05/28/07 at 03:41:14 PM)
- Go. Now. (05/25/07 at 12:19:19 PM)
- Lost: I Knew It (05/23/07 at 10:21:28 PM)
- Superman vs. Batman (05/22/07 at 11:31:24 AM)
- Heroes: Noah (05/21/07 at 11:31:02 PM)
- Lost: Penultimate (05/16/07 at 11:55:27 PM)
- Heroes: Penultimate (05/14/07 at 09:01:20 PM)
- Lost: Say WHAT? (05/09/07 at 10:06:21 PM)
- Heroes: T-Minus 3 and Counting (05/07/07 at 09:37:45 PM)
- The End is in Sight (05/07/07 at 09:34:43 PM)
- Lost: Yes, Yes, Oh God, Yes (05/02/07 at 07:22:16 PM)
- Heroes: The Future Ain't What it Used to Be (05/01/07 at 08:56:25 AM)
- April 2007
- Stupid Google Tricks (04/30/07 at 04:54:20 PM)
- G'day! (04/29/07 at 03:41:26 PM)
- I'm on iTunes (04/26/07 at 10:18:28 PM)
- Fanboy Goes to College (04/26/07 at 10:02:41 AM)
- Lost: Sex = Death (04/26/07 at 09:24:27 AM)
- Krypton Discovered! (04/24/07 at 07:48:03 PM)
- Heroes: Death and Life and More Death (04/23/07 at 09:52:49 PM)
- Lost: Mr. Des's Wild Ride (04/18/07 at 11:00:58 PM)
- Day-um! (04/16/07 at 05:40:11 PM)
- Lost: No! Yes! No! (04/12/07 at 08:35:42 AM)
- Issues with Issues (04/11/07 at 04:16:17 PM)
- On MySpace (04/06/07 at 09:31:32 AM)
- Lost: Necessity (04/04/07 at 10:09:12 PM)
- river's end bookstore (04/03/07 at 02:15:33 PM)
- Teen Book Festival 2007 (04/03/07 at 12:16:20 PM)
- March 2007
- Syracuse Post-Standard Pt. II (03/31/07 at 07:31:57 AM)
- Syracuse Post-Standard (03/29/07 at 12:39:15 PM)
- Lost: Jungle Gump (03/29/07 at 08:40:00 AM)
- Fan Mail (03/26/07 at 02:05:41 PM)
- When Rejection Gets Ridiculous (03/26/07 at 01:48:11 PM)
- Back to School (03/21/07 at 09:45:39 PM)
- MadTV Goes Mac-Mad (03/15/07 at 10:56:31 AM)
- Lost: Locke Lies? (03/15/07 at 09:56:03 AM)
- Royalties (03/08/07 at 02:39:00 PM)
- Cynthia Leitich Smith (03/06/07 at 02:04:23 PM)
- Heroes Stays the Course (03/06/07 at 01:55:13 PM)
- Lost Didn’t Suck... (03/01/07 at 08:57:50 AM)
- November 2006
- Why Writers Care (11/22/06 at 10:10:12 AM)
- September 2006
- Literary vs. Popular (09/03/06 at 12:12:47 PM)
- August 2006
- Publication Timeline (08/14/06 at 03:59:46 PM)
- The Wish List (08/14/06 at 10:34:50 AM)