Wow. Sorry for not blogging in, um, almost a year. I have two excuses. Decent ones, I swear!

First: the baby thing.

Second: I moved. Again. For anyone who’s counting, that’s two moves in one year. If you need boxes, I am your girl.

When I wasn’t packing, unpacking or changing diapers, I was editing and writing. (And watching Jersey Shore. But don’t tell anyone that, ‘kay?.)

What was I editing: GIMME A CALL. It comes out  April 27th.

What it’s about:

Devi is having a bad day: Her boyfriend broke up with her and she dropped her cell phone into the fountain at the mall.

Now it only calls one number.
Her number.
At age 14, three years ago.

Once Devi gets over the shock, she realizes that she’s been given an awesome gift. She can convince her younger self to fix all her mistakes! Or can she?

The book is told from two perspectives: Freshman Devi and Senior Devi, so you get to see both points of view. And it was SO MUCH FUN to write. I got to think about all the things I would do differently…and all the things I would want to know about the future, if I could. What would you want to know? What would you tell?

These days I’m writing a totally different kind of book. It’s called TEN THINGS WE DID (and probably shouldn’t have) and it’s about two teens who move into together when both their parents move away. Chaos ensues. The content is a lot older than my other teen stuff. Much racier. It’s kind of a cross between my YA and my chick lit. The first draft will hopefully, pretty please, be done next week. Fingers crossed. (For luck or for lying, you wonder? Good question.)

In this weeks news: PARTIES & POTIONS is now out in paperback!

Check out the series branding on top: a magic in manhattan novel. Cute, huh?

Eventually the earlier books will be reprinted with matching tops so that will be cool.

Also, the first two chaps of GIMME A CALL are in the back of the book so you can read it and get a sneak peek.

Oh! And I am going to have a live chat this Wednesday the 17th at 8 EST. In the events section of my site. Come by!

But…

Please do not pretend to be me in the chat. It’s seriously creepy.

Okay then. That’s it for today. Since I am not moving in the near future (I hope) I will try to write more often.

Hugs & wishes,

Sarah

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