Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Dec 3, 2009, 8:34 pm
So I am not really altogether in my brain yet, because we just moved to a new house yesterday, and my life is a castle made of cardboard boxes. So I have only three things of value to say today. 1. I...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 26, 2009, 8:30 am
Today's Thanksgiving, and there are many, many things this incredible and insane year that I am grateful for, but I'm going to keep it short. I'm thankful: 1) that I am still wildly in l...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 25, 2009, 8:59 am
Dear NaNoWriMo, We're through. I know that you have enough people who love you and care for you that this break-up won't be difficult for you (Last collective word count of all NaNo'ers...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 20, 2009, 9:17 am
1. I could post about something awesome before going off to NCTE, but instead, due to popular request, I am posting my Awesome Brownies That Taste Like Box Brownies recipe. 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 19, 2009, 7:52 am
The collective You seems a bit down today, so if You are one of these, have a feel good post. A feel good song ("Any Fun" by Coconut Records) A feel good short video (it is 14 minutes long, but get...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 18, 2009, 12:53 pm
Whoohoo! We interrupt this Maggie-work-day to announce that LINGER is now available for pre-order!!! It has a tiny bit more about the novel. And I should also mention that the price will probably drop...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 18, 2009, 11:50 am
I've been thinking the past week about how much my reading habits have changed since I was a teen. It used to be that I would finish everything I started, no matter how little I liked it, and I co...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 16, 2009, 7:34 pm
First of all, Thing 1 wrote her first story today. It was this: "A Princess" And a princess loved the prince. The Prince loved the Princess. The End. So upon finding her writing this (she is f...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 14, 2009, 9:07 am
Hey, Virginian types: if you are in the area, I have a signing today from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Midlothian Barnes & Noble: 4600 Commonwealth Center Pkwy, Midlothian, VA 23112. Now I must manically g...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 13, 2009, 3:41 pm
Or, what a bestselling author's work looked like at age 16. Our theme on Merry Sisters of Fate this week is our horribly bad high school writing years, complete with examples. Today was my day to...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 12, 2009, 10:54 am
1. I asked on my twitter and facebook the other day if anyone would be interested in being able to buy signed copies of SHIVER or my other books online, and the answer was enough yes's to make me ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 11, 2009, 9:58 am
Okay, fellow NaNo'ers, what terrible things are you learning about yourself this month? (For those who just friended me and don't know any better, NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month, whe...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 9, 2009, 2:13 pm
Back from AASL in Charlotte, NC. There's more to say on this, but I'm about to word-war with Tessa for my neglected NaNo novel. So we'll let some pictures and music say it all. 1. Music f...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 5, 2009, 10:19 am
Okay, so since I'm using up all my letters on NaNo, I'm going to do a numbers post before I head off to AASL in Charlotte, NC, today. (Kindly pray that my head doesn't explode while on the...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 3, 2009, 11:00 am
As promised, I'm revealing the cover and first paragraph of LINGER today. A little bit about LINGER, for starters -- it's the sequel to SHIVER, it's coming out July 20th, and it is about a...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 2, 2009, 4:06 pm
Okay, so the title's a stretch. Mostly it's because I have the flu and I need to do a bullet post and I am too lazy to think of a better name for the post. 1. NaNo. I have 1,408 words at the ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 1, 2009, 10:22 am
Those of you also doing NaNoWriMo are infinitely aware that it is now November, and thus that writing can begin on NaNo novels. So what am I doing today? I am reading. Why, you ask, in a race to ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 1, 2009, 9:22 am
Okay, it's finally time to tally the results of the big Ballad contest! I have to say that this contest goes down as the only one that I have asked my readers to do something (apparently) illegal:...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 30, 2009, 5:03 pm
All right, I’ve already said that I’m doing NaNoWriMo -- attempting to write a 50,000 word novel entirely during the month of November, along with a few other thousand people (note: we are...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 29, 2009, 8:30 am
1. If you have been hoping and praying and begging for a live chat with Maggie Stiefvater, your hopes/ prayers/ beggings have been answered by Wild Things Book Club on Goodreads -- I'm doing a cha...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 28, 2009, 10:00 am
. . . and other cool prizes. I've just gotten back from two days of school/ library visits (hi, Franklin & Smithfield!) This is just a reminder that the giant Ballad contest deadline is coming u...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 25, 2009, 12:29 pm
For those of you familiar with NaNoWriMo, it requires no further explanation. The mere appearance of the word is inspiring cold sweats and a churning knot of anticipation and fear in your StomachParts...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 23, 2009, 4:38 pm
So I am finally back from my absolutely brilliant UK tour for SHIVER and so much happened that I don't think i can even begin to be coherent, much less figure out what is interesting to everyone a...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 13, 2009, 10:39 am
Because I am about to run out the door for my UK flight, I am not going to do a proper run down post on my Ballad launch party at Fountain Bookstore or my two days of panels and conferencing at James ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 8, 2009, 12:10 pm
I can finally, finally, finally shout this from the rooftops. One of my two critique partners (everflame ) and my very dear friend and one of the three Merry Sisters of Fate has a book deal that went ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 7, 2009, 9:36 am
People ask me this all the time. "Will you write me into one of your books?" The answer is no. Hey, don't look at me like that. First of all, you don't know what you're asking. You would...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 6, 2009, 9:53 am
Okay, first of all, why did everyone let me get away with posting a Five Things on a Friday post on a Monday? Why did I even think it was Friday yesterday? I am counting on you guys to REMIND ME WHAT ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 5, 2009, 9:19 am
1. First of all, I die of the awesome. Check out the site for the Italian edition of Shiver. Warning for those at work and with small, impressionable dogs: site involves howling. It comes out in two ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 3, 2009, 3:06 pm
And trust yourself. That's what I would tell Luke if I were Yoda. Or anyone's mentor, for that matter. I have been barraged lately by would-be writers coming to me or other authors or editors ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 2, 2009, 6:29 pm
I know I just posted. But I wanted to keep this one separate as it deals with time sensitive stuff. First of all, BALLAD is now out! That means the awesome contest that involves a critique from the Me...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Oct 2, 2009, 6:17 pm
Time for my epic MBA rundown. Once again, mostly in pictures. Because I had to be lugging that giant camera around in my bag for a reason. Day 1 of MBA involved flying to Chicago late in the evening a...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 30, 2009, 10:02 am
i have been sitting on this news FOREVER (and I don't mean the novel FOREVER). So now I can stop being coy and start hyperventilating instead. Shiver. The. Movie. Unique Features picked up the ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 29, 2009, 9:07 pm
I am going to post about my Minnesota adventures tomorrow, but seeing as today is Tuesday and I'm supposed to post about Ballad (according to my own schedule) and I also promised Celtic music and ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 22, 2009, 9:36 am
All righty. I'm about to run off to Minnesota for six days of book related fun fun fun but before I left, I wanted to put up the rules and prizes for the most exciting Ballad contest yet (writers,...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 20, 2009, 4:01 pm
If there was a thought bubble above my head right now, it would contain this: If you're thinking, but that's nothing, you would be right. Because my mind has shorted out. Barnes & Noble is ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 17, 2009, 8:05 pm
Okay. So we had a total of 84 links/ entries -- which is pretty crazy-awesome. Thank you, guys, for getting the word out! Especially with Ballad, which doesn't haven't the collective might of ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 17, 2009, 12:03 pm
First of all, a reminder that tonight at 9 p.m. is the deadline for the Shiver/Ballad contest currently going on. Secondly, I can't believe Shiver's on the NYT list for the 7th week. That st...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 15, 2009, 9:06 pm
Dear Matt Costa, You may or may not remember that the letter that I sent you in July, letting you know that your song "Wash Away" had basically gotten me through the draft of LINGER. In that letter, ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 11, 2009, 6:14 am
Today is 9/11. I remember when that day was just amusing because it was the same as dialing 911. It had no significance whatsoever. Now, it’s hard to escape its influence. I live in Virginia, fa...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 10, 2009, 11:19 am
Also, just to remind folks, I am part of the group signing this Saturday, 9/12, at Creatures N' Crooks. This is my last signing at Creatures N'Crooks because, unfortunately, they're closin...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 10, 2009, 11:06 am
So in honor of my Ballad Thursday post, I thought I would cheat slightly and link to all of the teasers I did for Lament, right before it came out. Do you guys remember that? There are several hundred...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 9, 2009, 3:10 pm
Today, I did a public service announcement involving bad guitar, brief animation, and some singing about why Kraken are the new Vampires. Hopefully this will open people's eyes to a whole new spec...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 8, 2009, 11:27 am
Remember how I said I'd do a Ballad related post every Tuesday and Thursday until October 1st when it came out? Well, it's managed to be Tuesday again, so here goes. I will probably post about...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 3, 2009, 6:25 pm
I'm leaving at o'dark thirty tomorrow morning to head to Dragon*Con & Decatur Book Festival in Atlanta. Here's the final schedule (ooh, also please note that the Ballad launch has been cha...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Sep 3, 2009, 12:30 pm
It is now one month out from Ballad's release date (October 1st), which means it's time to do some fun count down things. I think I shall spam you guys with Ballad stuff every Tuesday and Thur...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Aug 31, 2009, 3:04 pm
There are a few reasons why me doing this meme is wretched and depraved. 1) I am supposed to be writing. I am actually in the middle of a very *spoilery* scene in FOREVER. 2) I already have a debu...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Aug 31, 2009, 8:15 am
I have decided that, for me, giving a five star review to a book is like getting engaged to your boyfriend. I have been thinking a lot about what makes me like a book and what counts as a good book....
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Aug 29, 2009, 8:12 pm
Okay, I have film on the brain. I just saw Nanny McPhee and I have a new favorite actress for Grace -- Eliza Bennett. You can see it, can't you? And I know no one will agree with me, but I think ...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Aug 27, 2009, 11:22 am
I get asked all the time if I will read my readers' unfinished manuscripts (the answer is no, I can't, not legally) or if I have suggestions on how to find critique partners, and how I found m...
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Maggie S. posted an article on Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Aug 26, 2009, 10:26 am
I have been intensely remiss in not posting about my launch party details, but I was waiting on photos from various cameras not belonging to me. Now I think I have enough to go by! The day began as ...
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