by Diana Renn | Jul 30, 2012 | Apocalypsies, author events, Barnes and Noble, Edmonds Bookshop, Edmonds Sister City Commission, Marissa Meyer, Realm Lovejoy, Seattle authors, Seattle bookstores, Tokyo Heist, Tokyo Heist events
Today’s post will be hasty, as I’m writing to the soundtrack of Tom and Jerry cartoons. It’s breakfast time in our hotel room, and my 5-year-old and his dad are in full vacation mode. That means breakfast with Tom and Jerry on YouTube. Sigh....
by Diana Renn | Dec 12, 2011 | Apocalypsies, December Debuts, Tokyo Heist, Tokyo Heist ARC giveaway, Word for Teens
Today I’m guest posting at a really fabulous blog called Word for Teens. I’m talking about Japan and giving away an ARC of TOKYO HEIST! Drop by if you can, and be sure to check out the “December Debuts” features all this month for sneak peaks...
by Diana Renn | Jul 26, 2011 | Apocalypsies, Elevensies, Sheela Chari, Vanished
One of the great things about being a member of the Apocalypsies (a group of kidlit authors with 2012 debuts) is the chance to get the inside story on the Elevensies and their 2011 debuts. We each interview an Elevensie around the time of their book release date. I...
by Diana Renn | May 16, 2011 | Apocalypsies, conferences, NESCBWI, SCBWI
Spring brings showers — for me, showers of new information and new friends and contacts. It’s conference season, the time of year I like to put on actual clothes (as opposed to the pajamas I work in most days) and emerge from my cave. In years past, I...