Hi all!

Wanted to let you know that How to Be Bad is now out in paperback. Yup, it’s out and the new cover is ADORABLE. Also included in the paperback is the story of how the book came about, a BAD girl quiz and the How to Be Bad Oh-So-Excellent playlist.

Check out the great widget above. If you wanna, you can also grab the widget and share it on Facebook, or Myspace or anywhere you’d like. Watch the videos on the widget! You will see footage of me getting a speeding ticket!

There is another awesome video that Emily made but I am waiting until later this week to post it. Don’t want to overload you all in one day.

Now go be bad!
xxx
Sarah

Hi all,

It’s your chance to vote in the Children’s Choice Book Awards! And I KNOW you want to vote for Lauren Myracle’s THIRTEEN in the 5-6 category! Why? Well, besides being an awesome book, the main character Winnie is reading Bras & Broomsticks in it! Yup! How cool is that?

So please go vote right here.

If you haven’t read THIRTEEN already, you should. It’s funny and sweet and one of my favorites. You can start with ELEVEN and then TWELVE and then read THIRTEEN or just go straight to THIRTEEN. And…I happen to know there’s going to be a FOURTEEN soon. Yup. And because I’m insanely lucky, I’m even going to get to read it early. It should be hitting my inbox this week actually… Right, Lauren???

xxx

Sarah

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post…but I’ve been very busy with my new baby!

Yup, Chloe was born on March 3rd and she’s doing great. She’s sleeping at the moment, so I’ll  write fast…

For those of you who remember Lauren Myracle’s Halloween challenge (which I failed), I’ve finally changed diapers. Many, many diapers. I’d put up a picture as proof, but I think I’ll leave it to your imagination. (And I can’t imagine Chloe would appreciate having her behind on the net). Truthfully, the diaper thing is not as bad as I thought it would be. After being a novelist for eight years–a job that includes constant rewriting, long-term planning, and never completing a project until three years later, it’s refreshing to have a task that can be completed in two minutes. First dirty, now clean!

P.S. I will no longer be updating the livejournal blog–If you’re on livejournal, you can follow this blog there: http://smlynowski.livejournal.com

A second piece of happy news: GIMME A CALL, the novel I just finished writing for Random House, has just been optioned by Paramount! Meaning…it might become one day become a movie. Hopefully.  You can read about it the deal in Variety, right here:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001557.html?categoryId=2431&cs=1

Andy Fickman, the fab director of Race to Witch Mountain is attached to direct and produce.

I will let you guys know more as soon as I do! And of course, if I hear anything about auditions I’ll post the info here. But I probably will not here anything about them. Sorry, that’s how Hollywood works!

Baby waking up…gotta run!

xxx

Sarah (or Mummy as I now refer to myself. In the third person. Constantly.)

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the deadline for the Magic in Manhattan contest is almost here…

What contest?

As Rachel and Miri know, life’s a ball when when you’re a witch. In 100 words or less, tell Random House what you would do if you could be a witch for day!

One grand-prize winner will win a trip for four to New York City (as well as lunch with another wannabe witch…me).

To enter the contest and for more details go to www.MagicinManhattan.com.

All entries must be received by March 1, 2009.

Good luck!

Sarah

Hi all,

Just a reminder that Ally Carter (fab author of the hilarious Gallagher Girls books) will be discussing Bras & Broomsticks at her bookclub chat at 5:00 pm Eastern time today, Feb 15.

For instructions on how to log on, go to her website a few minutes before five. Can’t wait to chat!

xxx

Sarah

Hi,

Thank you guys for coming!!!!!!! I love chatting with readers.

But I think I might need new chat software. The one I just did was fun, but some people got…unruly. And pretended to be me. If anyone is still on the chat (even though it is closed) know that I am not on it.

Anyway. Thanks for coming! Must go eat dinner now!

Night!

xxx

Hi all,
I’m having a live chat on my website TONIGHT (Tuesday, Feb 3) at 7:00 PM EST. Happy to talk about PARTIES & POTIONS, the rest of the Magic in Manhattan series, writing, TV (how good was Gossip Girl last night?), Twilight (doesn’t it seem like all conversations lead to Twilight?), or anything you’d like.
The room will be open from 7:00 until 8:00 pm EST. Just go to the events section of my website and sign in.

There’s going to be another online chat coming up…this one hosted by superstar Ally Carter (author of the hilarious I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You and Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy.)  Ally has chosen Bras & Broomsticks to be her Feb book club pick! For more info go to Ally’s diary. I’ll pass on more info as soon as I get it, but the chat will take place in the Ally Chat chatroom (I don’t have the link yet) on Sunday, February 15th at 5:00 Eastern (4:00 central, etc.) time.

Hope to see you tonight!
Hugs & wishes,
Sarah

Hi there,

I’m doing a reading tomorrow!

Deets:

NEW YORK CITY, NY
Saturday, January 31, 3:00 pm
B&N Upper East Side
240 Eat 86th Street
New York, NY
212.794.1962
Free and open to the public

Hope those of you in the area can make it. I also hope there is not a snow storm like there was for my last New York event. People in NYC are afraid of snow. Since I am from Montreal, I laugh at these people.

xxx

Sarah

I hijacked Lauren’s blog! Tee hee. That was fun.

You can read my post here:

http://laurenmyracle.com/blog.html

And wish her good luck on her big speech tonight at the 4th Annual Freedom to Read Benefit at the Tattered Cover in Denver!

And if you haven’t already read her BRILLIANT BOOKS you should run, run, RUN to the bookstore. If you’re under 12 I’d start with ELEVEN and if you’re over 12 I’d start with TTYL. If you like being scared silly, start with BLISS. Happy reading!

xxx

Sarah

Hello. This is kind of a test. I have tried to syndicate my blog on livejournal and I want to see if it it’s working.

I could not syndicate on my own, so I had to break into Lauren Myracle’s account and do it from there. Thanks Lauren honey!!!!

Now that I know her password, I’m going to hijack her account one of these days and write my own blog. It can happen at any point Lauren…be afraid. Be very afraid.

If anyone wants to read my syndicated blog on livejournal the link should/will be http://smlynowski.livejournal.com

Choosing a name was tough. Seriously. I spent at least 25 minutes debating.

See, the livejournal blog I started (and that I will no longer be using) is http://sarah-mlynowski.livejournal.com so it wouldn’t let me double dip. Then I tried sarahmlynowski and was shocked to see that it’s already being used.

By who you wonder? Could there be another Sarah Mlynowski? No. There could not. There are about six other Mlynowskis in the US and Canada and I have already found them all on Facebook. That’s a story for another time.

But back to Sarahmlynowski on livejournal.

It’s a… fan club! Look! http://community.livejournal.com/sarahmlynowski

A fan club with only one member, but still. Sure, it hasn’t been activated since 2005, but I am all smiley about it anyway.

Although my husband may not love the tag line: Lovers of Sarah Mlynowski, Unite!

But I don’t think they/she means it that way.

So. Now that I’ve syndicated, what does this do exactly? I’m not sure. I think it means that people who want to read the blog regularly can sign up. If any of you have syndicated can you explain? Or let me know if I’m doing this correctly? Merci.

In other blogging news, the adorable Little Willow has posted my Q&A! Little Willow actually sent me many of these questions for the Spells launch but I am very bad with Q&As and never did them. But she is a sweetie and did not hold my suckiness against me. Check em out!

http://slayground.livejournal.com/459114.html

OK, I am off to get hot chocolate. It is my new obsession. Along with clementines.

Speaking of fruit, I just finished PEACHES today and I LOVED it. If you are looking for a great friendship novel, check it out.

Hugs & wishes,

Sarah