You’re invited – The Bloggess

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day and I’m pretty sure that should be a national holiday.

So! Tomorrow (Saturday) is Independent Bookstore Day and that means lots of bookstores all over America will be giving out free Broken Oracle Decks (inspired by Broken and illustrated by Katie Gamb). Here’s a map of participating indie book stores. They each have their own sort of celebration and have lots of different offerings andContinue reading “Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day and I’m pretty sure that should be a national holiday.”

PUB DATE!

So today is the official pub date for Broken, which is exhilarating and terrifying because it means I will sit here on pins and needles for the next week to see how people actually like it. My virtual book tour starts tonight with me and my amazing friend, Luvvie Ajayi Jones at Powell’s (by wayContinue reading “PUB DATE!”

HELLO, STRANGELINGS!

me: Hello, and welcome to the first ever meeting of the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club! You: Wait…what happened? I just walked in and everyone is staring and I didn’t even know I had reading assigned and THIS IS MY NIGHTMARE. me: No, it’s cool. This is a super laid-back book club. I’m not even wearingContinue reading “HELLO, STRANGELINGS!”

You are Here book bags! (They’re free. FREE! Get one quick.)

UPDATED! It’s March 2 and 5,000 bag have been given away. Yay! Totes will be coming soon to those who got in on time! Just a quick update. Remember the book bags that my publisher is sending out for free as a special thank you to people who preorder my book, YOU ARE HERE: AnContinue reading “You are Here book bags! (They’re free. FREE! Get one quick.)”

I’M COMING TO YOUR TOWN. (But only if you live in one of the towns on my upcoming tour. Otherwise you may have to take a road trip.)

So! YOU ARE HERE: An Owner’s Manual For Dangerous Minds comes out in 3 weeks and that means I’m going on tour! Yay! It’s just seven stops but we tried to add a few places that I’ve never toured before so hopefully it will be awesome. And if it isn’t and only two people showContinue reading “I’M COMING TO YOUR TOWN. (But only if you live in one of the towns on my upcoming tour. Otherwise you may have to take a road trip.)”

IT’S HAPPENING. IT’S REALLY HAPPENING.

I got an email from editor saying “HAPPY PUB DAY!” and I was like, there’s a special day just for going to pubs? My God, we released my book on exactly the right day, but then I realized “pub” was short for “published” and OMG ::KERMIT FLAIL:: Y’ALL, MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY. Did youContinue reading “IT’S HAPPENING. IT’S REALLY HAPPENING.”