by Diana Renn | Aug 1, 2014 | Barnes and Noble, Brookline Booksmith, Buttonwood Books, Gina Damico, I am a Reader blog, Latitude Zero, Latitude Zero book tour, New York Teen Author Reading Night
With apologies to Joyce Carol Oates for playing with the title of her classic short story (which has nothing to do with the actual content of this post), I thought I’d take a moment to catch up here, since I seem to be everywhere but on my own blog these days!...
by Diana Renn | Jul 21, 2014 | Gillian Murray Kendall, Hampshire College, In Deep, In the Garden of Darkness, Latitude Zero, Odyssey Bookshop, Terra Elan McVoy
This past weekend I had a fun road trip out to one of my favorite independent bookstores: The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA! On the two-hour drive from Boston–I purposely took the longer, scenic route–I started to contemplate how despite my penchant...
by Diana Renn | Jul 16, 2014 | Cannon Beach, gun violence in YA fiction, Huffington Post, Junior Library Guild, Junior Library Guild Selection, Latitude Zero, Latitude Zero launch party, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Third Place Books
Cake for the launch party Racing bib design by Renee Combs It’s been a fun couple of weeks launching LATITUDE ZERO! The kickoff was July 3, publication day. I celebrated with a party at Porter Square Books in Cambridge. I admit, I had some misgivings about...
by Diana Renn | Jun 30, 2014 | bicycle commuting, bike commuting, bikes in Boston, Boston Bike Friday, bpcp Consulting, Latitude Zero
Boston City Hall Plaza, Bike Friday breakfastI had so much fun meeting cyclists at Boston City Hall last Friday! Bike Friday is an awesome event to encourage bicycle commuting. Convoys came from Boston neighborhoods around surrounding towns and streamed into City Hall...
by Diana Renn | Jun 26, 2014 | bicycle commuting, Boston, Boston Bike Friday, Latitude Zero
Hey, it’s biking season AND summer reading season! I’m celebrating both at Boston Bike Friday, this Friday the 27th.If you’re in the Boston area, and you work in the city, Boston Bike Friday should definitely be on your radar. One Friday a month,...
by Diana Renn | Jun 21, 2014 | Itching for Books, Latitude Zero, Latitude Zero blog tour
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged here; I’ve been busy writing my third book, BLUE VOYAGE, and gearing up to launch LATITUDE ZERO . . . which comes out July 3! Author copies just arrived, pictured here!Today I’m kicking off my blog tour, at...