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Thanks to Annalisa from Malaysia, who sent in this artwork: A portrait of Percy Jackson the way she thinks he might look.

For those of you interested in attending Camp Half-Blood in Austin next summer (and I’ve gotten a huge number of emails asking about this!) the dates and location have been…

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Interesting article in the news today. When I read about the $85 entry fee, I shared the feelings of the quoted lawyer. The contest sounded “terribly suspicious.” I wonder how…

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Here are a couple of pictures from our Colorado adventure. We searched the Garden of the Gods, hoping to find Pan, but no luck. The kids checked out the steam…

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I was privileged to give the keynote address at the annual Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers conference in Denver, Colorado, this weekend. My subject: Why write novels?For those who might be…

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As I was preparing to fly to Denver to speak at a writers’ conference, I came across an article Becky had printed for me last year about the trials and…

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I did something very uncharacteristic this week. I watched television. I am woefully uniformed about pop culture as far as TV and movies go. If it’s been on television in…

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Thanks to the Unshelved Book Club at Overdue Media for the hilarious book talk comic featuring The Lightning Thief. To check it out, go to: http://www.overduemedia.com/ and look at the…

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Two weeks ago, we officially took the plunge. After a year of thought and planning (and a fair amount of worrying) we began home-schooling our older son, Haley. For those…

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I get many emails from kids around the world asking if I can open a branch of Camp Half-Blood in their area. After the great success of the Austin camp…

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