mary e. pearson

The final book of The Jenna Fox Chronicles is out!  There will be a launch party and signing at Mysterious Galaxy this Sunday!  You can find more details about that and other spring stops here!

Just another note, my blog has moved permanently to my website, but LJ is still listed in a lot of places as my blog so I periodically post links here for those who haven't updated the address.

Writing for teens and a few thoughts
on the starting place . . .

What a summer.  Just back from a week long road trip up the California coast . . .

I added a new page to my website  For Writers.  

I've received more than the usual amount of mail lately from . . .

A gorgeous new cover for Scribbler of Dreams!

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
--Ernest Hemingway

I'm starting to write a brand new book and I’m at that giddy stage, the in-love stage.  Everything is possible! The pages ahead of me are an endless open territory.  My characters will do great things!  Hideous things!  Gut-wrenching things!  There are no limits to what I can do with setting!  It will be a character in itself. And the plot?  It will weave into complicated rivulets that will test the limits of my character!  That’s what beginnings are, open territory where everything and anything is possible . . . more

Whew! Shaking the dust off. I have a completely revamped website. And some news on the third book in the Jenna Fox Chronicles! A title and a pub date! Come and see.
Virtual open house with cupcakes . . .

http://www.marypearson.com/blog.html

Over on The Jenna Fox Chronicles  Facebook fan page there is a giveway--one week left to throw your name in the hat!

Happy New Year?

Egad, I've had a long hiatus from my blog.  Last year was an insane year for me.  So much going on!  Here's the short list:

1.  My youngest daughter got married.  (Beautiful bride and wedding!)
2.  My first grandbaby was born. (I am smitten!)
3.  I had a new book published!  (The Fox Inheritance!)
4.  I wrote and had my first short story published! (Gargouille in Enthralled anthology!)
5.  I wrote and had my second short story published! (The Rotten Beast from Tor!)
6.  I went on a very long group book tour! (Pen Fatale tour!)
7.  And . . . ta-da! During all of this, somehow I wrote ANOTHER book! (The third and final of The Jenna Fox Chronicles)

It still makes my head spin.  I honestly don't know how I did it all, but I do know I was busy, and some things had to go by the wayside--like keeping up on my blog.  And the gym.  And cleaning. And . . .

So I'm hoping 2012 is a bit less hectic.  I am finishing up revisions of the book I mentioned in #7.  No title yet.  My editor and I are still working on it, tossing around possibilities.  It should be out this time next year.

And new stories ideas and characters have already come courting.  I keep pushing them away which is what I always do with stories, and then finally, I succumb to the ones that just won't stop wooing me. But right now I will keep them at bay until I finish these revisions.

(Are revisions ever really ever finished?  But that's another post.)

In just one week the Pen Fatale Tour will kick off! I'm so excited!

I'll be touring with authors Jessica Brody, Gabrielle Zevin, and Alyson Noel, meeting readers and fans all across the country. Meeting readers is one of the best things about being an author. Their passion for books is inspiring and makes me want to get back to my keyboard and write!




Here's the schedule of public stops.  Besides these, we will also be meeting with lots of different schools during the day.

TEXAS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
6:00 PM Barnes & Noble, The Woodlands, TX

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
7:00 PM off-site event hosted by Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX

OCTOBER 1, 2011
Austin Teen Lit Festival, Austin, TX
Pen Fatale panel will be moderated by author Margo Rabb

ILLINOIS

OCTOBER 4, 2011
7:00 PM in-store event at Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL
Panel will be moderated by Mary Harris Russell, contributor to Chicago Tribune

COLORADO

OCTOBER 5, 2011
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Boulder, CO

OCTOBER 6, 2011
7:00 PM in-store event at Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch, CO
Panel will be moderated by Claire Martin, The Denver Post

CALIFORNIA

OCTOBER 9, 2011
3:00 PM in-store event at Vroman’s, Pasadena, CA

OCTOBER 10, 2011 5:00 PM event at Upland Public Library, Upland, CA with Mrs. Nelson’s Toy & Book Shop

WASHINGTON

OCTOBER 12, 2011
7:00 PM in-store event at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
Panel moderated by Stephanie Dunnewind, The Seattle Times

OCTOBER 13, 2011
7:00 PM Barnes & Noble, Lynnwood, WA

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For ALL the details, locations, and times, visit the Pen Fatale page HERE!