Thursday, September 24, 2009

Another Translation

This is so exciting. The Stone Child will be read in Vietnam!

In Vietnamese!

I love getting this news...

Cheers,

Dan

Monday, September 14, 2009

October Event!

Hey there -

Peter Glassman at Books of Wonder asked me to come back for another visit, since we sold out of The Stone Child the first time around...! I'll be part of a panel featuring "Fantastic Fiction," with totally amazing authors John Connolly (The Gates), John Hulme & Michael Wexler (The Lost Train of Thought), and Daniel Kirk (The High Road).

We'll be presenting our books, answering questions, and signing signing signing! Come on out!

Here are the details:

Sunday, October 18, 2009 (!)
1:00-3:00 pm

Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

Hope to see you there,

Cheers,
Dan

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Neato Stuff

Well, it's been a week since The Stone Child's release, and what a week it's been! My book party (with David Levithan) at Books of Wonder was a smashing success. There seemed to be about a hundred people there... and they sold out of my book! (Psyched and disappointed about that at the same time, but more psyched than disappointed). I will write more about that awesome experience when I get some pics together... but for now...

A few other cool items:

The Barnes and Noble Review named The Stone Child as one of three Chapter Book recommendations for the week of September 2, along with Kate DiCamillo's The Magician's Elephant and Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Shines My Shoes. Two very big deal authors... and ME!

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bn-review/longlist.asp

One of my favorite Blogs

http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/

mentioned me and my book. This blog is dedicated to ALL things, John Bellairs, and is so cool. If you don't know about my favorite author , John Bellairs, (shame on you! :p ) pick up a copy of The House With a Clock in its Walls. From the creepy and comforting gothic setting, to the amazing illustrations by the classic and hilarious Edward Gorey, you won't be disappointed. I'd been reading the bellarsia blog for quite some time--and I'm so happy to have been mentioned in a posting there!

In other news, I'm up at my mom and step-dad's lake house, diligently revising my next manuscript, which is scheduled to be on Random House's fall 2010 list... I'm very excited about this one... so if you liked The Stone Child, get ready for next year! More (and bigger) spooks to come...

Cheers,

Dan