First, hello to any visitors from BlogHer! Recently I was fortunate enough to have my post, Why I Use The F Word be featured there, so welcome to any visitors that are stopping by via BlogHer. Please feel free to look around and I hope you enjoy what you find. Comments are moderated here, but…
“My reality is filled with young people who don’t see themselves reflected in books. And if you don’t see yourself in books, do you exist? Do you matter? Does anyone care about your life? Your story? Well, I know that we all matter, and my goal as an artist is to make sure others know,…
The DUFF: the designated ugly fat friend. The one girl in a group that’s just not “as pretty” as the others. DUFF: it’s a “real” thing, you know. You can look it up on Urban Dictionary, where it’s been an entry since 2003. The DUFF, the girl in any group who’s just not as pretty,…
This was life in Gentry — going to school every day, blending into a world where everyone was happier to ignore the things that didn’t fit, always willing to look away as long as you did your part. Otherwise, how could they go on living near their neat suburban lives? When I was little, all…
Thanks to the amazing Amy Reed (You guys have read Beautiful, right?! It’s like Go Ask Alice but only 100 times better and less full of crap and more full of awesome writing.) I was alerted to the Huffington’s Post recent feature “13 Great Books For Gay Teens.” First, I want to applaud the Huffington…
A few housekeeping notes. For reasons you might expect, comments are now moderated. Don’t despair if you don’t see your comment immediately appear, I’m getting to it right away. And a big, heartfelt thanks to everyone who has recently encouraged and supported me and, more specifically, this blog. It meant more than you probably know….
my response to the 2011 Quick Picks Committee I always knew I was going to end up making this post, but I really didn’t think it was going to be within my first 10 entries. Good to get it out of the way, I suppose. Mainly, this post is a response to some comments from…
I’ve been absent for a bit because I was attending the 2010 ALA Annual conference in Washington, D.C. You can read about my top five experiences at ALA at the PLA blog. I was super-excited and nervous about it, because this year is my first year on a selection committee and we were having our…
First, thanks to all the amazing responses on my last blog, being linked from Courtney Summers own blog definitely made my week! Using random.org the winner of my copy of Some Girls Are is Claire, hooorah, who I have contacted via e-mail. If I don’t hear back from her, I’ll try again. Definitely keep reading…
“We’re the kind of popular that parents like to pretend doesn’t exist so they can sleep at night, and we’re the kind of popular that makes our peers unable to sleep at night. Everyone hates us, but they’re afraid of us too.” At least, that’s the kind of popular Regina Afton used to be. But…
