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(More) Demigods of the Week!

I usually don’t nominate more than one set of demigods per week, but what can I say? There were a lot of cool kids at Rabbit Hill! I guess I…

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Demigods of the Week

Thanks to Zach and David, who came all the way from upstate New York, about 180 miles, with Zach’s dad Tom, to see me at the Rabbit Hill Festival in…

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Me at the Missile Factory

Yesterday Jeanne DuPrau, Neal Shusterman, Gail Carson Levine and I spent the day visiting the middle schools of Westport, Connecticut. I’d never spent the day traveling around with other authors…

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Blogging from Connecticut

Yesterday I spent in the air, on my way to the Rabbit Hill Festival in Westport, Connecticut. I arrived late at La Guardia in New York and got to experience…

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Demigod of the Week

Yesterday I visited Buda Elementary and met with some very excited 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. Buda is a little town south of Austin. My uncle lived there back in…

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A Week of Firsts

One thing I love about doing author visits: Every week is different. I never know what to expect, but it’s always fun. My week started with some excellent news: the…

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Prepare for Battle . . .

. . . The Battle of the Labyrinth. Today, Publishers Weekly announced the title for Percy Jackson 4, along with a first look at the cover by John Rocco. You…

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Thousands of Hyphens Perish in OED

An interesting article in the news today — more proof that the English language is fluid and evolving. Far from being set in stone, our rules of grammar, usage, spelling,…

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The Missouri Blog

The picture shows me reading in Dexter, MO. The caption might be: “Ye gods, who wrote this sentence??” I spent this week in the heartland – southeastern Missouri. Thanks to…

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