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| At elite Hilliard Prep School, the competition is fierce, the gossip is worse, and Blake has just arrived back on campus after an unexplained two-year absence. |
| Step behind the velvet rope with this powerful and hilarious field guide, and unlock the secrets to popularity and personality. |
1. How did you get started writing?
I wrote my first novel when I was thirteen. I read Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone and decided that I wanted to be a writer. After that, I wrote a
few not-so-good novels. Once I got the not-so-good novels out of my system, I
started writing not-so-bad novels and published a couple of short stories and a
newspaper column. When I was eighteen, I submitted a query letter to a bunch
of literary agents via email and then I sent a dozen requested manuscripts out to
agents. One of them offered representation. We sold the novel four months later
to an editor at Random House.
2. Can you come speak at my school?
Yes, I'd love to. But, like a vampire, I have to be invited. If you are a teacher or
librarian or person in charge of that sort of thing, please check out my press kit
here and feel free to contact either me directly or my publisher (either one).
3. Are you writing another novel?
Yes. But I'm not supposed to talk about it.
4. Please?
Fine. I can say this: it is very different from the two books I've already
published, and it is something I've wanted to write about for a very long time.
Also: swords!
5. Are you going to write another book about Skylar and Charley, or
another nonfiction book like Social Climber?
Probably not. Sorry.
7. How do you juggle school and writing?
Frequently, I fall asleep in the shower. Also, my days are specially engineered to
be 28 hours long.
8. You never update your blog!
That is a very good question. Oh wait. Actually, it's a declarative statement. I
know. I suck. This cannot be helped. The reason for the frequent lack of
bloggage is either because I am busy sunning myself on a chaise lounge whilst
eating bon bons in a bandeau bikini, or because I take six classes per semester
and have a full-time job and a million extracurriculars. But I am trying!
9. If I emailed you, would you reply?
The sight of my email inbox never fails to stagger most people. If you emailed
me, I would read it and maybe possibly reply if I am not distracted by something
shiny. That is, I would try to reply. But I would definitely read it.
10. I want to be a writer. Hey, you're a writer.
Your powers of observation are astounding.
11. Shut up. Well, can you help me become a writer?
If I have to.
12. When is this FAQ going to end?
Oh hush, it's already over.