Today starts THE WAKING: DREAMS OF THE DEAD blog tour hosted by Little Willow. Here's the first stop and also the dates of all his other stops. Follow The Waking blog tour: Monday, September 28th: Little Willow at Bildungsroman Tuesday, September 29th: Courtney Summers Wednesday, September 30th: readergirlz Thursday, October 1st: Kiba Rika at lectitans Friday, October 2nd: Sarah's Random Musings...

The Poetry Friday round-up is here so leave your links in the comments and I'll round them up through-out the day. (Note, I'm on West Coast so expect some delay.) I had so much fun doing this audio of the first poem in my book Hugging the Rock that I thought I would repost it for Poetry Friday. It's called, NO ROOM. I hope you like it.   Read about the evolution of the poem NO ROOM from its...

Okay so I was able to watch the premiere of Vampire Diaries because I'm stupid and didn't realize that Bones premieres NEXT week. And I'm glad I did! Because I'm in love. Paul Wesley is my new crush. HUBBA HUBBA - the boy is pretty. And he can act - a plus! Ian, who? Yeah that's right. I actually thought that Ian Somerhalder didn't look as good as he had on LOST but he makes a lovely bad boy...

You know how I'm on my neverending quest for creating a more structured writing life? This is becoming absolutely imperative, as the summer is rapidly dwindling away and I return to my teaching duties at UD come Sept. 1. So, for all of you writers out there, I pose the following questions: 1. What does your typical writing day look like? 2. What kind of goals do you have for a given day? Page...

So you may have heard me talking about this little book I wrote called THE SWEET LIFE OF STELLA MADISON . It actually came out about nine days ago, on July 14th, but my Internetz went on the fritz and my laptop was all messed up and life generally Got In The Way. But. STELLA is finally out, yay! Feedback thus far has been the kind to put a smile on my face; Kirkus and SLJ loved it, and most of the...

Administration Happy birthday to iroshi ! Hello to new readers aliseadae , notadoor , and robling_t ! Medical Had another night of meh sleep. This can stop any day now, really. Blogathon Thanks to new sponsor dormouse_in_tea , we're up to $483.34! SPONSOR ME TODAY! Auctions go up at blogforbarcc on Monday. Which means I really have to...

So, yesterday on Facebook I announced that Joe and I had officially decided to postpone our wedding until October 2010. This was really more for the benefit of my close friends and family than the general public, but since my LiveJournal posts feed into my Facebook page, I figured I'd elaborate here for their benefit as well. (I say all of this because I don't want anyone thinking that I think information...

It is I, the lovable monster Grover, and I have taken over the blog because... How do I say this? Carrie is not doing well. Oh no, she is not doing well at all. She is revising the NEED sequel again. She is pretty much at the point of Writer Nervous Breakdown . Have you not heard of this? I, Grover, will explain. Writer Nervous Breakdown is where writer (in this case Carrie) screams and cries...

I’d like to give tribute to two very special authors today. Their paths to publication may be different, but I admire them equally and am honored to call them friends. Kerry Madden is the author of the widely acclaimed Maggie Valley Trilogy  and a variety of other works. I fell in love with Livy Two in GENTLE’S HOLLER and followed her all the way to JESSIE’S MOUNTAIN. Kerry’s most...

I logged in on the right day to be able to say Happy bday jenpo ! My ninja vacation is over, and I am cursing the Indiana cold after a week of sunny, 85* weather. While out of town, I caught a yellowtail, kissed a stingray, visited Hell, and bruised my bum on The Man-driven jetboat. But, more importantly, I read books. I'd recommend the following for those who enjoy YA literature: Skulduggery...