Over at Once Upon A Bookcase, Jo Stapley has the first part of a festive interview with Becca Fitzpatrick (author of Hush, Hush), Luisa Plaja (author of Split By A Kiss), Ruthanne Reid (author of Guardian) and Emily Gale (er, that’s me).
Owing to a considerable amount of confusion and bewilderment over my singing mice confession, I’ve uploaded some live footage of the “Let It Snow” mouse. He’s standing next to some book. Unfortunately his friend, the “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” mouse has been rushed to singing mouse hospital for Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery. He hopes to be fully recovered by Christmas Day.
I’m dancing the dance of a very lucky author this weekend… (I really am; my spontaneous dances are legendary…it’s been said I have the talent of Pheobe and Monica’s annoying friend Amanda from Friends (she dances at around the 3 minute 40 second mark in this clip):
And the reason for my dancing?
See here, where fellow YA author Cat Clarke on her blog “This Counts as Writing, Right?” comes up with five reasons to read Girl, Aloud (Cat’s debut will be published by Quercus…see her blog to find out more).
and also here, where one of my writing heroes, Luisa Plaja, of the brilliant “Chicklish”, calls my book “a wonderfully-observed, realistic and moving mix of relationship drama and gentle comedy”. This is very special because Luisa is one of the reasons I started writing Girl, Aloud back in 2006. If you don’t know her work (shame on you!) do check out Split By A Kiss (very soon to be followed by Swapped By A Kiss, which I’m dying to read).
and finally here, where author, bookseller, reviewer, supremo Litopia podcaster (yep, she’s a busy woman) Eve Harvey of Vulpes Libris describes it as “a dark comedy full of bittersweet self-effacing humour” and claims I nearly made her cry (only nearly? Hmm, more work on that needed! I’ll get ya good n proper next time, Eve).
Don’t forget to enter my competition to win a copy of Girl, Aloud – open to all! Winner to be drawn on Friday 4th December. See here.
(maybe not 50 times a day though).
In a nutshell: I’m a YA novelist and picture book writer with a profound inability to wear appropriate shoes.