By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/16/2009
Which is National Novel Writing Month, if you didn’t already know, which means that tons and tons of people across the planet attempt to write a novel in a month. That’s right, an ENTIRE BOOK in ONLY... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/16/2009
Which is National Novel Writing Month, if you didn’t already know, which means that tons and tons of people across the planet attempt to write a novel in a month. That’s right, an ENTIRE BOOK in ONLY... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/8/2009
The release of The Everafter has made me think a lot about the things from my life that most often go astray. Here they are.1. A can of pop. I lose one of these almost everyday. It’s like I’m afraid ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/8/2009
The release of The Everafter has made me think a lot about the things from my life that most often go astray. Here they are.1. A can of pop. I lose one of these almost everyday. It’s like I’m afraid ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/8/2009
The release of The Everafter has made me think a lot about the things from my life that most often go astray. Here they are.1. A can of pop. I lose one of these almost everyday. It’s like I’m afraid ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/2/2009
I've spent the past few days on my honeymoon after getting married last weekend to my partner, Drew. Starting late Saturday night, we drove down the coast from Northern California to Big Sur, a place... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 10/2/2009
I was fourteen when I learned to take photographs. This was before auto-focus became the norm – and long before the age of digital photography. My dad had a big, complicated camera, and he said I cou... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/30/2009
I think one of the things that has so amazed me about writing novels is how the stories can spawn such creativity in other people. My latest novel, A Troubled Peace, exists because teens kept asking ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/22/2009
Somewhere, in a drawer at home, is a 200-page version of Purple Heart that I worked on for three years. Until I was so frustrated, I had to start all over again. I began with the image of a little bo... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/16/2009
Book Two of the Warrior Princess series is about to be published. In it, the hero Branwen first meets a girl named Blodwedd, the messenger and guide sent by the divine and uncanny Shining Ones.The th... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/14/2009
When readergirlz, the popular online YA book club, invited me to be its inaugural author in residence throughout the fall of 2009, I tried to remember the things that I searched for as an emerging wr... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/11/2009
Dear Readers, I'm feeling a lot like the fourth verse in the trusty Americana folk song, This Land is Your Land, as I've traveled from Lake Grove, Long Island to the Grove in Los Angeles, ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/8/2009
I am sitting in my study, looking out of the window at the soft green English countryside. A copy of IMMORTAL is next to me on my desk. Its beautiful blue and silver cover gleams like a piece of unde... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/4/2009
The most common question I’ve gotten since THE BLONDE OF THE JOKE has come out is: “You must have been a really big shoplifter, growing up, right?” The answer to this is actually no. The things I hav... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/4/2009
Okay introductions are in order here. My name’s Sang Pak and I’m a writer. Well one thing I’ve discovered with writing and trying to get published one has to have the tenacity and obsessive nature of... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 9/3/2009
My very first published novel, Never Cry Werewolf, comes out this month. Seeing it on bookstore shelves is a surreal experience. I believed in my dream of being an author, even when someone close to ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/28/2009
If you’ve ever seen me, I’m on the skinny side – 165 pounds, not a stick figure, exactly, but definitely not the kind of physique you immediately associate with a monster on the football field.So why... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/28/2009
People often ask me (and every other fiction writer), “Where do you get your ideas?” It’s a good question, but since my honest answer – “Um, I dunno” -- sounds lame, I usually mumble something about ... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/26/2009
Here’s the power you have as readers: you make sequels happen. I’d never planned a sequel to Under a War-torn Sky. I got my hero home—he survived his plane being shot down, Nazi interrogation, escape... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/21/2009
This is a book blog, which means I should probably be talking about my new book DupliKate, which means I’m about to write about clothes. Here’s one of the many awesome things about being a writer: yo... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/20/2009
Most people think of writers as consumed with the life of the mind, creating characters and scenarios out of thin air. I am, much of the time, but I have a dirty little secret -- I'm also obsessed wi... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/19/2009
i spent most of the weekend working on the sequel, and i’m falling in love with it.it feels exactly like when you start falling for another person–you can’t stop thinking about him. you wonder what h... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/18/2009
As I type this, I am 30,000 feet in the air, traveling from Los Angeles to New York (where I will be doing publicity for Hancock Park). I usually think of air travel hours as a great time to concentr... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/7/2009
People often say that the hardest part of any job is getting started. I guess; but I've found that this is only true if you never intend to finish. I've started a hundred novels, but finished only fi... Read the rest of this post
By: HarperTeen Editor,
on 8/5/2009
Week one:Hey! There’s an idea!Great characters. Killer plot.Might as well write it.Week three:Oh man, this is great.I’m a serious rockstar.Bestseller, lookout!Week five:Huh, that’s really odd.I thoug... Read the rest of this post
