E. Lockhart's Blog, page 26

I have been lax about posting. Twitter is distracting me!  I feel like I've done my blog when really I've only written 140 characters. 

The other thing that is distracting me is the book known as Roo4 -- the fourth in the Ruby Oliver series. I have to turn it in June 1. It is already a bit late. And it is HARD TO WRITE because I have to complete the series. There won't be any more after this. 
Writer's life tidbits:  I am in one of the coffee shops I write in. This one has wifi and plugs. The same

The Treasure Map of Boys comes out July 25th. First review is out:

"Written in the same fast and funny voice as the previous books... Heartbreak was never so much fun." ---  Booklist 

The SLJ Battle of the Books is over and Hunger Games takes it!

Go read the interesting Lois Lowry post. All I could think when I read it was: did she read my book? did Lois Lowry really read my book?But that is because I am a big egotist. It is also a very interesting essay. 
P.S. speaking of egoist, did you watch my movie yet?  Is three minutes long.
P.P.S Are you going to BEA? I will be around and about at breakfasts and auctions and dessert parties -- but NOT SIGNING. That is because my new book

For those of you who like the Ruby Oliver books, here is a picture of the inside of the B&O Espresso in Seattle, where Roo and her friends hang out. 

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A few quickie updates.

John Green won the Edgar award for best YA mystery for Paper Towns. Wooot!  I love that book a lot.
I got to hang out with him and Maureen Johnson (whose awesomely hilarious  book Suite Scarlett just came out in paperback), and Christopher Krovatin, author of Venomous and Heavy Metal and Me, at the New Jersey LIbrary Association conference. 
MJ and I strolled along the shore and hang out with a bunch of awesome and dedicated librarians, including Mistress Tea Cozy and the Que

Another Roo4 question, for Seattlites. What's a Seattle coffee shop or similar type place where teenagers would hang out after school to do homework, eat, drink coffee, etc. 

My characters go to the B&O Espresso, but now they need a new joint. They have cars, so doesn't have to be near Broadway. Could be U. District or Montlake or anywhere, really. 
Your help so much appreciated!!! 

Help me out!

In each Ruby book, Roo is reading something for school that connects with her current situation.She's read The House of Mirth  and The Scarlet Letter  both about women who are ostracized from their communities.
Now she is taking Contemporary American Literature. She is suffering from heartbreak (as usual). And interested in more than one guy (as usual). And has complicated friend issues (as usual). 
What should she read?   
Something that would be assigned accomplished high school stude

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Here is a fun widget Harper Collins made for the release of How to Be Bad. It shows all their professional type videos of me, Sarah and Lauren on tour -- including footage of a CRIME! (my flip flops were stolen)
Anyway, you can grab the widget and put it on your blog if you're so inclined. I'm going to go stick it on e-lockhart.com now.

My friend Alan Gratz, author of the just-out The Brooklyn Nine, has a new and extremely amusing video blog called "I Should Be Writing". Check out the latest entry.  

 

For the first time, I have made a youtube video! Check it out. Mock me if you will.
And share it with your friends!

--E