USED TO BE- The Reveal
The fine people at Simon Pulse are bundling The Education of Hailey Kendrick and Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood into one book that will be available in July. Check out the DIVINE new cover!
Do or Di is now available in ebook format at your favorite store.
Unraveling Isobel is now available from booksellers everywhere.
Fourth Grade Fairy, Wishes for Beginners, and Gnome Invasion are now in stores everywhere.
The Education of Hailey Kendrick is now available from booksellers everywhere.
Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood is now available from booksellers everywhere.
Watch the Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood trailer
Unpredictable is now available from booksellers everywhere.
Random Monday Book Week Catch Up and Family Visits
So people have asked: how was Book Week? Awesome and exhausting, all at the same time. I kicked off the week by having a chance to visit my publisher’s office in Toronto. It was great to meet everyone, not just because they had cupcakes (but the cupcakes were a nice thing).
The idea of doing the school visits and library talks freaked me out. I’d been practicing in front of my dogs, but let me be clear you don’t know fear until you’re facing 200 elementary school kids and told to entertain them. My natural introvert self wanted to crawl under the desk. I went with my go-to plan when I’m freaked out, I pretended that I was the kind of person who is super outgoing. It worked out great. The kids and teens were fantastic. Lots of great questions. My favourite is still: “In your days was there disco?” I considered saying that no, when I was young we didn’t have disco or any musical instruments so we just beat rocks together to make sound.
TD Book Week is one well-oiled book organizing machine. I traveled by plane, train, bus and car. What was shocking is that I didn’t get lost once. Given my near terminal case of being directionally challenged it’s pretty impressive. Huge thanks to my coordinator, Monika who kept me on track, all the librarians, teachers, drivers and students who made me feel so welcome. Authors spend most of our time at home alone just sitting around making stuff up. It was great to feel like a rock star for a week.
My mum and dad are coming for a visit this week. As a result I am running around cleaning the house and making sure to stock the fridge with their favourites. I am convinced that no matter how old you get (and trust me, I’m getting pretty old) you still want your mom and dad to be proud.
Under the heading things that make me happy is this video. It doesn’t matter how many times I watch it, I still smile. Could be because I know all the words.
