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News About the New Series! 20 Jun 2013 | 01:09 pm
Yesterday we finally announced the new series I've been dying to tell everyone about. There was a nice little blurb on the NYT blog, but it didn't actually say much about the books themselves. So I'm ...
Hollowland Graphic Novel 30 May 2013 | 09:04 am
As you may recall, I mentioned that my zombie series The Hollows was being adapted into a graphic novel. For the past several months, I have been working with Dynamite Comics and writer Tony Lee and a...
Books for the Red Cross 23 May 2013 | 08:24 am
Most of you have probably seen the devastation from the tornado in Oklahoma. The footage of the tornado, and the total destruction left behind it is so completely mind boggling, I can't begin to fatho...
How to Give Yourself Writer's Block 19 May 2013 | 05:32 am
I get this question a lot: "How do you get over writer's block?" But I decided to do the opposite and write a blog called "How do you create writer's block?" It occurred to me to write this because I...
The Countdown to Tidal 19 May 2013 | 04:45 am
According to the countdown I have on my phone, it's only 17 more days until Tidal comes out (and only 80 more days until the final book in the series Elegy is out). I plan on having lots of stuff abou...
An Addendum to Yesterday's Post 9 May 2013 | 06:54 am
Yesterday, I wrote this blog: My Reaction to the Gender Coverup, and in reaction to this piece by Maureen Johnson - The Gender Coverup - and also this piece by Deborah Copaken Kogan, and even this old...
My Reaction to the Gender Coverup 8 May 2013 | 02:37 am
I'm writing this post, and I'm angry. I usually try not to write things when I'm angry, but right now, I don't care. I just read this blog - The Gender Coverup written by Maureen Johnson, and now I'm ...
Less Than a Month 8 May 2013 | 01:36 am
It's less than a month until Tidal comes out, so I'm basically going crazy at this point. I cannot wait for you guys to read it. I'm doing a Watersong Book Club over at Wattpad where I'm discussing t...
My Writing Analogy 30 Apr 2013 | 01:30 pm
When I finish a book, I always expect there to be a sense of pride and accomplishment or sadness and emptiness at leaving the book and its characters behind, particularly at the end of the series. But...
Watersong Blookclub! 23 Apr 2013 | 07:43 am
With Tidal's release only six weeks away, I thought a fun thing to do would be to do a kind of interactive book club for the Watersong series. People who have already read the series can have a bit of...