The one question that nobody asked here on the blog, but that I get quite a lot via email, is about turning my books into movies. It ranges from “Is there going to be a movie of this book?” to “You should totally turn this book into a movie. Why aren’t you?” Today will be […]
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Your Questions Answered (Part Two)
How much do we have to beg for there to be a third Oh. My. Gods. book? When will you start the Fins are Forever Splash Team? Will the Splash Team be opened internationally anytime soon? I’d love to! It would be great that your books were available in more languages. I’m still studying translation […]
Your Questions Answered (Part One)
Wow, I got a lot of great questions from you guys. So many that I’ve decided to break the post into two. The first few questions will be answered today, and the rest on Monday. Here goes… Have you toyed with the idea of writing another “Oh.My.Gods.” book, where we’ll get to know Nicole’s lineage? […]
The Jane Austen Path to Publication
Jane Austen’s birthday was last week and, had the venerable author possessed the power of immortality, she would have been an impressive 235 years old. The special date got me thinking about how much her life has impacted mine. If she had never been born, or if she had never become a writer, my life […]
The Book of Buts and Ellipses….
Writing every book is different. Your process changes or you have to shake things up because the story is unique or you’re just in a different mood when you write it. Sometimes, too, you get into writing ruts. I don’t mean like writer’s block—which I don’t believe in—but more like a scratched record that keeps […]
There Be Virgos
When I was in college I got one of those mini books at Barnes and Noble about Virgos (those born between August 23 and September 22). Before that I had always been a bit (a lot) skeptical about astrology. Stars and silk scarves and mysterious fortunetellers. But as I read through the lists of typical […]