blog tour post-mortem
After many long, hard weeks out on the road (what am I talking about?), the MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS blog tour has come to an end. I think we all learned… Read more
After many long, hard weeks out on the road (what am I talking about?), the MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS blog tour has come to an end. I think we all learned… Read more
Do you want to chat with me? And also with my literary agent, Stephen Barbara? Do you want to hear the INNER WORKINGS of our author-agent relationship, like how I… Read more
I am judging two things over the coming weeks. One is a YA novel writing contest. The other is a dance-off. Here’s the deal with the writing contest: http://www.writingclasses.com/ContestPages/YAPitch.php. I… Read more
So this bizarre/amazing thing happened to me a week ago: I received in the mail a package of mint Milano cookies. No note, no explanation. Just cookies. The return address… Read more
I’m on a blog tour! My roommate– who got her Master’s degree in Publishing and is therefore an expert– told me, “Oh, you have to do a blog tour. They… Read more
This is a video of me in S&S’s Studio 4 sharing my thoughts on MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS, some life advice for my characters, and opinions on whether or not success… Read more
Some of you have been like, “Leila I WANT to support you in all your blogging endeavors, but somehow your blog has no RSS feed!” Now it does: http://ericg15.sg-host.com/?feed=rss Welcome… Read more
I’m doing a reading at 4pm on Saturday at the B&N in Burlington, MA! I used to WORK at this B&N. True story. I was 19 years old and I… Read more
I just ate my body weight in whole wheat pasta. I told my roommate that I am “carbo-loading.” What am I carbo-loading for? Revising a manuscript, of course! Why do… Read more
Now that I can look up my own sales figures on Bookscan, it seems unlikely that I’ll ever do anything else with my time. I am TOO CURIOUS. I just… Read more
I wanted to name a character “Cabel,” but I couldn’t tell if that was a name or not, so I spent like ten minutes looking it up on facebook, trying… Read more