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When People Hate You and/or Your Writing

May 6, 2015

I’ve seen a lot of talk lately from authors who feel that they aren’t loved for what they write or who they are, and in fact feel hated for what they write, or who they are, and that seems to have led them down some unfortunate paths. I don’t really want to hack on people […]

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A Thought About Writers

May 6, 2015

One thing stands out to me: I like writers. I like those people who struggle to say something with fiction. Those people who struggle to shape an idea, or a character or a scene, struggle to get a voice and hold on to it through the whole of a long project. I like those people […]

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The Windup Girl gets a new look!

May 6, 2015

Very nice new look, I think. This edition also includes “The Calorie Man” and “Yellow Card Man,” two short stories that I wrote in the same universe, and that were building blocks that led eventually led me into the final story.

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ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN Weird Industrial Meat Contest Winners

September 11, 2013

Well, that was fun. Apparently you really like digging for weird meat products. The results were hilarious and gag inducing. Now, I take my responsibility for selecting the winners seriously, so I’ll walk you through the results, and then announce the winners. First, I’m definitely looking for real meat products– so as much as I […]

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ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN Contest!

September 10, 2013

ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN launches today. Here’s the nifty cover: In honor of the infected meatpacking plant that starts the zombie apocalypse in ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN, I’m doing a contest. Whoever sends me a link or pic of the weirdest industrial meat product wins a brand new hardcover ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN, inscribed by me, for whomever […]

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Some thoughts after the National Book Awards

November 19, 2010

Above: Myself and Jennifer Hunt, my fabulous editor; My agent extraordinaire, Martha Millard, myself, and Anjula, the one who believed in me before anyone; and finally, Sara Zarr, NBA judge and previous finalist, along with myself and Jen, throwing the Little, Brown salute. I had a ridiculously good time at the National Book Awards. Lots […]

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