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Have I gone mad?
Posted in About Me, Authors, Twilight, Videos
Tags: Books, Edward Cullen, Stephenie Meyer, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight [My Journey Reading It], Videos
Super congratulations to Jeff Kinney, who happens to own the top two spots on the New York Times Bestseller list, his first book at number two and his latest one debuting at number 1. I know Jeff through slight acquaintance and attended his panel at the Texas Book Festival. Since I doubt he’ll brag about it I’ll do it for him, and point out that he’s six places above the National Book Award winner and has been up there for over 41 weeks.
On other news, I’m passing this around as something you should keep an eye on. The first book in this series is coming in March and already things are starting with their grassroots hype. I absolutely love the music on this site, and if it’s got anything to do with the feel of the book it’ll be spectacular. I emailed James Dashner, the author, and he is so excited about this book coming out. Once I get my hands on one I’ll write something up here.
Also, I just got word that my friend and bestselling author Kaza Kingsley has finished the third book in her series! As you read in my interview with her, the book will be called Erec Rex: The Search For Truth and continues the adventures of Erec on his journey to become king. Kaza will have all the latest news on it at her site. My site also had the honor of debuting the first word of the book as it stands now, which happened to be ‘It’.
As for me, I watched Pan’s Labyrinth last night and was captivated all the way through. I will write up a short review soon.
Posted in Authors
Tags: Books, James Dashner, Jeff Kinney, texas book festival
Thanks Kaza for being here. First, for all the writers here, I have always been curious about that very first book signing, your first time out with your published book. How did that go and where were you? What did you do to prepare?
My first signing at Borders Books in Cincinnati was fantastic. Of course it helped that everyone I knew and their brother showed up to support me. I was floating on air, truly. I didn’t do much to prepare – I didn’t even do a reading at that signing. It was too busy, so I just socialized and signed books. A lot of fun! Then I had a party at my house that night to celebrate.
You appeared at the Book Expo America some time ago to promote your books. What was the BEA like your first time there as an author?
That was an amazing experience. The Javitz center was enormous and packed with people. And the signings I did were incredibly busy. It was a little overwhelming – my publicist had given me a list of people to meet, but only a few of them were at their booths.
The best part was winning a bunch of awards at the BEA. ForeWord Magazine Awards took place in the middle of the Javitz center, and Erec Rex won silver for YA Book of the Year! The worst was that I got incredibly sick the second day I was there. It was hard to even walk. I had been throwing up all night.
Have you ever walked into a bookstore and stumbled upon your own book when you weren’t looking for it?
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Posted in Authors, Interviews, Writing
Tags: Authors, Books, Erec Rex, Kaza Kingsley
I spent my Saturday in the car most of the day, driving out to San Antonio and then rubber-banding back to Houston. I was up around 4:30 so we could get there on time, and unfortunately in my dazed stupor I forgot to pack a book. 
Luckily, I spotted a Borders while my mom was in Starbucks and I dashed in, stumbling up the stairs to find something. I managed to snag a copy of Eragon and was looking for the first Leven Thumps to try out, but unfortunately no one could find a copy before I had to dash back out again. The checkout people must be used to hurried customers like me: she start to offer me a Border’s card, but I waved my hands and said ‘Sorry, no time!’ So she slammed my receipt into the book, gave me a lightening-fast thank you, and had me checked out in 10 seconds, without even making me sign the receipt.
We proceeded to Houston and met up with a family who used to live close to here. We stayed there until around 9 at night. As usual it took a good thirty minutes before any of the kids would talk to someone as scary as me, but after a few British impressions, an alternate-reality Three Little Pigs story and quite a few jabs at their neighbors’ odd chimneys, all was well. I was quite surprised that good Catholic children like them knew the Souja Boy Dance, and even more surprised they knew who Soulja Boy was anyway. I tried to bring things back down to rated G by calling him 25 Cent- they cut me off saying I was wrong, it was 50 Cent. So much for un-subverting the youth. We made a bunch of videos with my cell phone camera, including one of them doing the Soulja Boy Dance and one of me as the Mad British Shusher.
On Sunday I was informed rather hastily that I am now the number 1 Kaleb according to Yahoo.com. Hopefully that will last a while. I followed that discovery with a bit more reading of Eragon followed with dashing out to be gone again by 1, to return by 7, and finally to fall into bed around 10.
Posted in About Me
Tags: 2007, 50 Cent, Books, Borders, Eragon, Houston, Leven Thumps, Soulja Boy
The movie is out on May 16th and I’ll be seeing it for sure.
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Tags: Books, movies, narnia
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