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Monday, April 15, 2013 4:14:52 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Panel at L.A. Festival of Books 4-20:
A.S. said, "This week is LOS ANGELES WEEK. Wow. That came fast. Friday night I will be at the Los Angeles Festival of Books Award Ceremony with Mr. King and I may or may not be wearing my lucky boots. Then on Saturday, I will be part of a fantastic panel..." more

Monday, April 01, 2013 10:37:20 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled NYC Author Carnival in Pictures, Kinda:
A.S. said, "I know I'm on a blog break, but I hit 23,000 words on the new book last night, so I am giving myself a half hour to post a few pictures from NYC Author Carnival before they become completely irrelevant. It was a fantastic time and I have to thank..." more

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:23:59 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Gone Fishing.:
A.S. said, "I'm about to go fishing for a while. (I don't really fish. I used to sit by the river while Mr. King fished and write in a tiny book about things. I have no idea where that book is, now that I mention it. I'm guessing it's in the attic here with..." more

Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:27:50 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled 21 years is a lot of years:
A.S. said, "So, today is my anniversary and I'm in the library because Mr. King is working the circ desk and we're going to go out to lunch. In between then, I have to finish the library minutes for tonight's meeting and check the personnel paperwork I'm..." more

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:16:09 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled #43inAZ and Arizona in Pictures:
A.S. said, "I am giving myself an hour to write this blog. I will rely on pictures, mostly. But first with the words. (Warning from the future: there is time travel required in order to piece together this story. My brain is fried. Forgive the brain-fried..." more

Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:12:25 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Let's Snuggle:
A.S. said, "The wind is outrageous. Philly airport delays are running at least two hours at this point. All I can say is: this had better be over by tomorrow morning at 8 because there is a groovy bookstore, and 86-degree pool, and a hot tub waiting for me in..." more

Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:20:19 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled The REALITY BOY cover reveal is here.:
A.S. said, "YOUR MISSION: IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR PHOENIX YOU HAVE A MISSION. I'LL BE AT CHANGING HANDS BOOKSTORE IN TEMPE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH AT 7PM. I CHALLENGE YOU TO PACK CHANGING HANDS WITH HUMANS TO KICKOFF MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND...." more

Sunday, March 03, 2013 1:44:15 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Introducing Glory O'Brien & St. Paul Read Brave in Pictures:
A.S. said, "I am on the run. I have a half hour to write this and then I can totally go roller skating tomorrow. READ BRAVE: I didn't get a lot of pictures. But... St. Louis was awesome. Avalon School was amazing. Students and faculty. St. Paul Library was..." more

Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:10:01 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled L.A. Book Prize Finalist News & Mark Your Calendars!:
A.S. said, "St. Paul! I will be in you NEXT WEEK. Public Events are: Merriam Park Library on 2-27 at 6pm  OR Addendum Bookstore on 2-28 at 7:30 pm. Visit! Bring friends. Wear togas. It's all good. * * * Arizona, I will be in you in two weeks. It..." more

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:57:59 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled A little piece of GLORY for Beth Kephart:
A.S. said, "One of my favorite books of 2012. My good friend Beth Kephart wrote a blog earlier this week in which she shared part her her work in progress (WIP.) The work, as usual for Beth, was fantastic. She also asked us, many of her writing friends, to..." more

Friday, February 15, 2013 1:01:53 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled A Valentine Poem:
A.S. said, "Mr. King and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Never did. I've got 26 years of practice not caring one bit about February 14th (outside of V-Day, of course.) (Which reminds me: Are you rising today? I am.) It's not that we're not romantic...." more

Friday, February 15, 2013 1:01:52 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Valentine's Day bonus video:
A.S. said, "More on Read Brave! St. Paul, I can't wait to be in you!"

Monday, February 11, 2013 4:42:22 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Goodreads Giveaways!:
A.S. said, "I'm so excited about sending my 2014 book into my editor, I'm giving away books over on Goodreads. First, for my German readers, the PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ translation: .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia,..." more

Saturday, February 09, 2013 11:36:16 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Soup for Authors: Corn Chowder:
A.S. said, "First post of many on this subject. Something Andrew Smith left out of his brilliant online writer's conference: If you want to be a writer, then you better know about soup. Don't get me wrong. Andrew's conference is worth all the money you pay for..." more

Friday, February 08, 2013 9:44:16 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled 2013 NYC Teen Author Festival:
A.S. said, "Check it out! Here's the schedule for the NYC Teen Author Festival this year.  David Levithan has the coolest ideas, doesn't he? 2013 NYC Teen Author Festivalhttp://www.facebook.com/NYCTeenAuthorFestivalMonday, March 18  (Mulberry Street..." more

Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:48:13 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled It Happened. I'm all Emotional about it, too.:
A.S. said, "So there's a school called Avalon Charter School in St. Paul. They are presently reading EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS as a group for the St. Paul #ReadBrave One book, One city event. Many of them entered a video to win the VIP pass onto the Born Brave..." more

Monday, February 04, 2013 10:40:12 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Huge Blog: Part two OMG Blogger is trying to kill me:
A.S. said, "That's what I looked like the first time it ate my blog post. Okay. Look. Blogger ate my damn blog post twice. TWICE. This is what I looked like the second time it ate my %$#*ing blog post. So this blog, which now took me an hour to compile..." more

Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:24:07 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Huge blog, Part One: Catching up:
A.S. said, "So I never got to the best of 2012 post and tomorrow is February, so we'll just say that 2012 rocked so much that we didn't have to recap all that awesome. While there are several reasons 2012 rocked as hard as it did, this picture illustrates one..." more

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:24:05 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled A kid excited about her new library book:
A.S. said, "This is my kid excited about her new library book on the walk home from school. This is why literacy dollars count. This is why library dollars count. This is why education dollars count. This is why time reading *with* our kids counts. All..." more

Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:42:01 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled It Grows in Caves:
A.S. said, "A quick picture post to let you know I am alive. I am alive. I have been in my cave.  Here are pictures of cave life. Working on the last revisions of Max Black using the patented TOC method. 1. Print TOC. 2. Use highlighters to..." more

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:56:03 AM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled A poem for Hanna and Mareike:
A.S. said, "I promised a poem for Hanna and Mareike. This is one of my favorites, though every time I open it I revise it more. I think I wrote it around...I have no idea. Maybe 1998-ish? When I say "one of my favorites" know that I don't think my poetry is..." more

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:52:02 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Gaga/King/Books/Creativity!:
A.S. said, "Um. Yeah. Lady Gaga rocks. Here's a link to how King and Gaga can be used in the same sentence. Or blog post title. Or whatever. There are chances here to win stuff. Cool stuff. Here's the deal. Lady Gaga and her Born Brave Bus is coming to St...." more

Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:42:02 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled The Writer's Middle Finger Part Seven: The critical and the humanist brain & breaking bullshit rules.:
A.S. said, "This one's about those other rules you need to ignore. The rules out there that tell us what we should be writing about. Oh writer. Please don't listen to these rules. It starts like this. Author sits at desk. Brain tells author to write a..." more

Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:42:02 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Thank you, today's inspiration & Monica!:
A.S. said, "Thank you all for the amazing support and response to The Writer's Middle Finger Part Seven. I am so grateful to have readers who take the time to thank me for posts like that, and to fellow writers who spread the word. I just got back from a school..." more

Monday, December 24, 2012 1:41:17 PM
A.S. King wrote a blog post titled Monica Never Shuts Up:
A.S. said, "Popping my head in to say: MONICA NEVER SHUTS UP, a collection of my adult short stories, is now available for download. CLICK HERE. There is good news and bad news.  Bad news first: Kobo closed down for the holidays on the 21st of..." more