Like in the Sky.

I’m going to be an author! Again! 

Found out this week that St. Martin’s Press is going to publish my third book next fall. It’s called Fangirl, and it’s about … well a lot of stuff. Fan fiction. Farmboys. Girls who would rather live inside of other people’s stories than risk living their own. (And about how maybe this isn’t a such bad thing …) Also, taco trucks. And twin sisters. And slippery slopes.

I’M EXCITED!

To celebrate, my husband bought me this cake, which is a replica of my college graduation cake. (For reals.)

Nice, achievable hair. 

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wehadfacesthen:

Sailor and kitten, 1912. Wonderful photo.

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Geez Louise, this picture.

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neil-gaiman:

Happy Other Mother’s Day

Neil Gaiman is my favorite writer. But the book Coraline is my least favorite Gaiman book. (Does that mean I still like it better than almost every other book? Hmm. Not sure.) However, I loved-loved-loved the movie.

This is how I feel about Stardust, too. Meh on the book. Hooray on the movie.

Is it okay to talk about not liking something by your favorite creators? Or do you owe them 100 percent kindness — just to thank them for making you so happy the rest of the time?

I can’t read/watch/enjoy something without taking it apart in my head. So almost always when I’m talking about an artist or a piece of art that I love, I’m also talking about the parts that I don’t like …

And then people will say, “I’m surprised you didn’t like that.” And I’ll say, “Are you CRAZY? I effing LOVE that.” 

Anyway …. this Other Mother’s Day card is excellent.

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I really like Sherlock, even though I’m almost completely uninterested in the mysteries.

Maybe the mysteries are great, and I’m just not enough of a mystery person. I’m always like, “That’s it? That wouldn’t even make it into an Encyclopedia Brown book. That was … not awesome.”

But I LOVE just about everything else, especially the relationship between Holmes and Watson. I could watch them negotiate each other for hours and hours on end. 

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So, one of the only things that really bothers me in the HP books is the way eating is treated. Ron is a complete glutton (and often Harry is, too), and it’s played for laughs. But Dudley’s gluttony is obviously a judgment on him. Dudley eats a lot, and Harry is disgusted. Dudley is lazy. Dudley gets turned into a pig. The message seems to be: If you eat a lot and stay thin, like Ron, you’re quirky — but if you eat a lot and get fat, like Dudley, you’re disgusting. When we listen to the audiobooks in the car, my husband always says, “Thank god good people have better metabolisms.”

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Redheads are fascinating colors, even in black and white.

(I have to restrain myself from giving every character I write red hair. So I really went for broke with the main character of my next book, Eleanor.)

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All my Hulk hopes have come true. (NOW FOR “HULK 3: THE RESIGNED SHUFFLING.”)

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I love that Rookie has an ongoing feature called “Ask a Grown Man.” I love that Jon Hamm agreed to do it. I love how EXHAUSTED and STERN he is in this video. Like he just stayed up all night chaperoning a slumber party and he does NOT have time for your NONSENSE.