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Twitter Updates for the week ending 2009-10-04

I get antsy when people talk about advanced #education only in terms of future employment options. #Thinking: worthwhile just as it is. #fb #
guy before me in line complained that his latte tasted like #coffee. #customerfail #fb #
Glitter and jazz hands! It's the cover of my next book: http://ow.ly/slAa #
Why I'm busy: RT @GalleyCat @kimberlyburnspr: In a perfect world, freelance publicity should be set up 4 to 6 months before your pub date. #
Georgia, Times, Trebuchet, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica: it's been good, safe fun, but I'm sick to death of looking at you. #webfonts #
Oh no, reindeer! RT @CBCNews: 2010 Olympic team uniforms revealed by the Bay http://bit.ly/2hYh8n #
RT @thatwhichmatter: vendrification (n): process by which gourmet food trucks threaten to displace street vendors: http://j.mp/10K8o2 #
Grant app submitted, on to short story. Then, Pinky, we try to take over the World. #fb #
Hungry writers, I give you Grant Application Stew: http://y-eh.ca/x/4 #
RT @inkyelbows: The Biggest and Most Common Misunderstanding About Book Publishing by @EdelsteinScott http://bit.ly/YALek #
RT @DevineOne, @robroc Do your Yellow Pages go straight to the recycle bin? Remove yourself from the distrib list. http://is.gd/3MHZE #
RT @helainebecker, @good_education, @stephonferguson If you think education is expensive, try ignorance… Derrick Bach #
outlined a short story on the trip home from New Hampshire yesterday, and I don't even *do* short stories. #fb #

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October 5th, 2009

Y-Eh! Interview with Alan Silberberg

I’m interviewed today by my neighborhood pal Alan Silberberg. Alan is a middle-grade author, cartoonist, and TV writer whose latest book, MILO is coming out later this summer. I’m really looking forward to reading it. He interviewed me about everything from food to writing… and then things got a little personal. ALAN: Did you have [...]
- June 14th, 2010
- in Media Clippings
Rhythm and Blues on YA Book Shelf

I’ve had the great pleasure of seeing Rhythm and Blues all over YA Book Shelf this week. Melissa is making tons of noise about YA on her blog, and the enthusiasm is infectious. If you love reading and YA, you should definitely check it out, and I’m not just saying that because of this glowing [...]
- June 11th, 2010
- in Media Clippings
Y-Eh! Interview: Nelsa Roberto

Rhythm and Blues protagonist and spotlight hog Alya has done it again. She’s interviewed another author for you, for the Y-Eh! blog tour. Alya’s subject is Nelsa Roberto, author of YA novel ILLEGALLY BLONDE– the story of Lucy do Amaral, the determined and adventurous daughter of strict Portuguese parents, who is torn between two worlds [...]
- June 10th, 2010
- in y-eh