SF Bay Area Teens! Enter the Figment teenquake writing contest by Sept. 18th! Great writing prompts for mystery, fantasy, straight fiction and poetry. I’m judging the poetry. Happy writing! Info here. And here’s a blog post I wrote for Figment.com on writing Sky.
Hi Everyone! Breaking news: The Sky Is Everywhere has been nominated for YALSA’s Teens Top Ten Books of 2011! If you are 12-18 years old and feel like voting–do! Voting is open now until September 16, 2011 only. Honored to be on the list–such great company! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/teenstopten11
Giveaway!
Want to win a signed copy of the awesome new US paperback edition of The Sky Is Everywhere? Want to read an in depth interview with the author, whoever that is? Want to win a magic journal where you can write your own poems? If so, head over to Gayle Forman’s blog right this minute!
The US paperback of The Sky Is Everywhere is out! I’m totally in love with the new cover and this awesome new edition has a discussion guide for book clubs, a Q&A with me and more! Head to your local bookstore or order it today!
New Website for the paperback of The Sky Is Everywhere!
Check out the beautiful new website Penguin made for The Sky Is Everywhere and the gorgeous new paperback cover and the Q&A I did about writing the novel!
Kepler’s
Nina LaCour, author of Hold Still, Heidi R. Kling, author of Sea, and me at our reading in Kepler’s in Palo Alto last night.
The event was called Reality Bites–Teen Realistic Fiction. We had a blast!
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, check it out! The INCREDIBLE Word for Word Performing Arts Company will bring selections of The Sky Is Everywhere to the stage on Friday October 14th at 6:30 PM, directed by Delia MacDougall, at the Z Space, 450 Florida Street, SF, CA 94110. I am so excited about this! Here’s the event link: http://www.zspace.org/w4w/otp/jandynelson.htm