12 Months of Debsness!

As many of you know by now, I'm a proud member of debut2009, a community of first-time MG and YA authors we like to call the Feast of Awesome. We've put together a fantastic set of prize packages for the 12 months of 2009, and we'll be sharing the details with our loyal watchers soon!



We'll also be generating a lot of other great content as our members' books come out. Join here to become a watcher of our community -- you won't regret it!

Another KNIFE Giveaway!

The lovely and talented sarahtales (otherwise known as Sarah Rees Brennan, author of the forthcoming YA urban fantasy opus The Demon's Lexicon) has just sent me into fits of hilarity with her Totally Accurate And Not At All Made Up commentary on Knife, so I will make incoherent flailing gestures in that direction so you can enjoy it for yourself. No significant spoilers, so don't worry.

Oh, and her brother just became the poker champion of Ireland. I am not even kidding.

Anyway, Sarah is giving away another copy of the UK edition of Knife to a random commenter, too, so if you're worried about possibly not winning the one I'm offering here, you may want to check her post out as well!

My life in tweets

• 21:18 I have a terrible cold and feel yucky and am therefore blowing off trying to write anything tonight. Maybe I will read instead.
• 22:13 Contemplating quitting my one-week trial gym membership and trying the 30 Day Shred video to get fit at home instead. Hmmm...