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September 08 Hi all! I'm getting all ready for the December launch of Parties & Potions! Yes, another teen book. I promise to start writing adult stuff again soon... I'm the meantime, a few things to ell you... First, Milkrun and Fishbowl are being reissued in November, so if you haven't already read them, check 'em out. The books might be available in the teen section of the bookstore, but please be aware that they are definitely 16 and up. These books were written as chick lit for adults, and are about twenty-somethings behaving like twenty-somethings. These versions were not edited for teens in any way. Second, I'm going to have a blog. In this space. Hopefully by the end of the month. So check back! In the meantime, you can read my kind-of-blog on livejournal at http://sarah-mlynowski.livejournal.com And finally, over the years some of you have asked me about getting books signed. While I'm not sure about my upcoming event schedule, I am going to be signing personalized bookplates. I set up a mailbox for this and everything. Want one? Here's what to do: Send a letter with a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) to: Sarah Mlynowski, 101 West 23rd Street #401, NY NY 10011 USA Please tell me who I should sign the bookplate for and if you need any special message (no longer than a line please!) I am happy to make up my own. Also, only one per person. Unless you are buying Parties & Potions for everyone on your Christmas list. Which would be awesome. (I'm going to cap it at ten at the moment, but we'll see how it goes.) Make sure to put the right address and postage on the SASE or you will not get the bookplate. You may also want to include your e-mail address in the note in case of problem.. Also, I'm kind of testing out how this is all going to work, so check back here for any changes... xxx Hugs & wishes Sarah
December 2006 Hiya, The tour is now long done, and I had a blast. Thanks to all of you who came by to say hello --it was great to meet you. At the moment, my countdown is on...to a new book, you wonder? No, the countdown to my 30th birthday. Two weeks to go. The bio on the back of the trade edition of Milkrun is now officially outdated. ("An irrepressibly optimistic twenty-something, Sarah Mlynowski is also the owner of numerous first-date outfits. Sarah lives and works in Toronto..") I guess the bio was already outdated since I haven't had first date outfits or lived in Toronto for in a few years. I enjoyed my twenties--I got published, I got married. I got my Greencard. I discovered avocados. (Yummy, delicious avocados.) But my 30s...thirty-something...that sounds mature. You have to be responsible in your 30s. There might be a house in your 30s. There might be children. There will definitely be gray hair. We shall see. As for books, I have a new teen book (Spells & Sleeping Bags) coming out in June, but nothing new for adults. (Although I know many of you have been reading my teen series, and I love that you do. We're all still 14 at heart, aren't we?) It’s the last of Bras trilogy, and it takes place at camp. Now I’m working on a new teen book with awesome teen authors Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart, called How to Be Bad. At some point this year, I’ll start a new adult book, and I'm wondering how you all feel about short story collections. I really like writing them, but I'm curious if you like reading them. Personally, I have mixed feelings about all collections. I love to buy them, but I don't think I've ever read one straight through. They tend to sit on my shelf without getting much love. Although I'm thinking I could include a Milkrun sequel in the collection as a novella...Hmm. Lots of decisions to make in my 30s...but for now, it’s vacation. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2007. xxx Sarah P.S. For those of you who stop by my site often, you should know
that sarahm.com now leads you here as well sarahmlynowski.com.
So you can (finally) stop trying to remember how to spell my last
name. Thanks to Todd and Darren for thinking of it and for figuring
out how to make it happen. _________ September 2006 Hi all, I'm on tour! Come say hello! And See Jane Write is finally out! So if you want to be the heroine of your own story...check it out. xxx Sarah
Aug 2006 Hi there, ME VS ME is finally out! Yes, I know it's been a while since my last adult chick novel was published. Sorry about that. As you can see from my teen site, I've been busy trying to write YA. Anyway, I'm thrilled that ME VS ME is now available, and I hope you like it. My summer has been pretty relaxed...we took a two week holiday
to Estonia and Russia, which was fascinating. It doesn't ever
really get dark there this time a year, which was both cool and
freaky. The picture below was taken at 11:30 PM in Tallinn:.
Cool, no? I'll be hanging around New York for the rest of the month finishing up a story I'm writing for Scholastic. ...then in September I'll be starting my 12-city tour. I could not be more excited. If any of you have been keeping up with my site for an extended period of time, say since back in 2003, you know that I have never been on a tour. So I have no idea what to expect. Will it be exhausting? Exhilarating? Will anyone come? I'm also a little unclear about how many outfits (particularly pairs of underwear) to bring...three weeks worth? Or do I find a laundromat? Send out to hotel laundry? Wash in sink? Excuse for shopping? For those of you wanting to go on a writing tour of your own, start by buying See Jane Write, which is a girls' guide to writing chick lit. I co-wrote it with my fab former editor Farrin Jacobs. It'll be coming out mid-August, but I think Barnes & Noble is already selling it on-line. It's very colorful, very cute and very user- friendly. So if you want to write...check it out. Happy August! Sarah
June 2006 Hi everyone, Lots of books out this month! First of all, for the teens (or the teens at heart) FROGS & FRENCH KISSES is now available in bookstores everywhere! It's the sequel to BRAS & BROOMSTICKS, so if you haven't read that yet, check out the paperback version now out. GIRLS' NIGHT OUT also comes out this month. This chick lit collection (which I co-edited with the fabulous Carole Matthews and Chris Manby) features short stories from some of the biggest names in women’s fiction (including Emily Giffin, Meg Cabot, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Lolly Winston, Kristin Gore, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus). Plus, all author and editor royalties go to the children’s charities War Child and No Strings. So not only will buying this book give you a great night in, but it will give you that just-drank-a-hot-cup-of-coffee, warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you do a good deed.
And for you Canadians out there, I want to let you know that Carole Matthews and I edited a special collection just for those north of the border. All author royalties go to War Child Canada. The author line-up is slightly different, too. In addition to the HUGE names I listed above, we also have stories from Candace Bushnell, Sophie Kinsella and some fantastic Canadian chick lit writers! Stay tuned for updates on Me Vs Me (a USA Today Critics' Pick!) and See Jane Write coming in August. In writing news...I've finished Spells & Sleeping Bags, the third book in the Bras & Broomsticks trilogy. It take place at summer camp. Thankfully, my weekend at Pripstein's (my summer home away from home as a kid) was an excellent memory refresher. The sequel to Milkrun is set to be published November 2007. Of course I have to, um, write it first. I think it's going to take place five years later.... And check out my events and come say hello, kay? Happy reading! xxx Sarah ______________________________________ October 11, 2005 Happy fall! Hope you all enjoyed the rest of your summers. I’ve been busy finishing Girls' Night Out (the companion charity collection to Girls' Night In). Red Dress Ink will be publishing in the US, and Penguin in Canada this June. If you’re in the UK or Australia, check out Ladies’ Night – Girls’ Night In 4, which is already out and includes my story Know It All. Frogs & French Kisses (the sequel to Bras & Broomsticks) is done, proofed and coming out on June 27. Like Life But Funnier (the chick lit how-to book I wrote with Farrin Jacobs) is now called See Jane Write. The first draft is finished, and Farrin and I are smack in the middle of revisions (to be published fall 2006) .For those of you who want to write chick lit-- this is the book for you. It’s funny, helpful and addresses all the questions you guys always ask me! I’m about halfway done with the first draft of Me vs. Me (formally called Going Both Ways) for Red Dress Ink. The book was slotted for June 27 (the same day that Frogs & French Kisses is coming out) but has now been moved to July 25th. I’m considering writing a sequel to Milkrun next …what do you all think? What I’ve been up to the last few months…I went to my camp reunion! Camp was such an important part of my childhood -- I spent ten summers at Pripstein’s as a camper and as staff –and going back for a night (oh, yes, we stayed over) was both surreal, incredibly fun, and excellent research for Spellbooks & Sleeping Bags (the third book in the Bras & Broomsticks series.). This picture is of my bunkmates - yes, most of us showed up. That's Christine, Elissa, Rebecca, Mel (my camp BF) and me. I hadn't seen any of these girls in years - it was great to catch up.
This is of the bunk bed that I actually slept on. That's me on top and Rebecca on the bottom. Rebecca and Mel were nice enough to bring me bedding so I wouldn't have to lug in from NY.
There are all kind of ridiculous things that happened - one cat fight between two women that ended with a friend falling into the lake. Another friend getting insulted because we woke her up in the middle of the night - which led to an argument, which led a quasi- bunk meeting. Appropriately absurd since our bunk was notorious for needing bunk meetings back when we were teens. I'm sure you'll get to read more about it in a short story one day... Also went to beautiful South Carolina with my in-laws, and Atlanta with Todd. Both trips provided some much needed R&R. Upcoming: for those of you in Montreal, I’m speaking at Jewish Public Library on November 7th. It's a fund raiser for the children’s department, and my first event in Montreal since Milkrun was published….find out more about the event here! Enjoy the season… xxx Sarah August 8, 2005 Hiya, Hope you're all enjoying your summer! Mine's been pretty calm. Hard at work on Girls' Night Out (the companion charity collection to Girls' Night In), Like Life But Funnier (my chick lit how-to book) and Me vs. Me (formally called Going Both Ways) for Red Dress Ink. Here's the back cover copy my fab editor Farrin Jacobs wrote, in case you're interested: ___ Gabby Wolf has pretty much, almost definitely (this close!) come to a decision: She’s trading in Phoenix (nice but uneventful life with boyfriend) for Manhattan (dream job as producer for highly successful news show). Then Cam swoops in and gives her a sparkling engagement ring, making her decision even more impossible: Husband vs. career. Vera Wang wedding dress vs. sexy first-date outfits. Planting roots in Phoenix vs. playing the field in Manhattan.... She wishes she didn’t have to decide, that she could have it all. She never expects her wish to come true. Suddenly Gabby’s living two lives. Whenever she falls asleep in one, she wakes up in the other. She’s got the best of both worlds – what more could a girl ask for?! Right? This fantastic (and fantastical) new novel from bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski will have you flipping pages as quickly as Gabby flips lives to find out which Gabby reigns supreme in the battle of Me vs. Me. ____ What do you think? Now I just have to finish the book... So far this summer: As of last week I have an adorable new nephew, Isaac. And I also am officially an old married lady - just celebrated my one year anniversary! No big plans for the rest of the month. Although I am going to my summer camp reunion in a few weeks. That should inspire at least one book, no? Have a great rest of summer! xxx Sarah May 11th 2005 Hi!
Bad: Upcoming: More later… xxx Sarah April 8th, 2005 So I’m feeling a little old. Husband and I went to see Maroon 5 last night and we were definitely the only people over eighteen there. Also, apparently, people no longer raise lighters during ballads. Instead they lift their cell phones. Is this normal? Anyway, all is good over here. I’m doing lots and lots of events to promote BRAS & BROOMSTICKS in April and May so check the events page for details and if I’m in your area, please come by! Book News: Movie News: Have a great week! And enjoy the weather. It's finally Spring!
March 10, 2005 Hi all! Come by my live chat today at 3:00 EST. Yes, I know it's smack in the middle of the day, but work is boring, no? Also...check out this exciting Bras & Broomsticks movie news!
xxx Sarah Feb 22nd, 2005 BRAS & BROOMSTICKS is now out! Find it at your favorite retail
outlet today! xxx Sarah February 7th, 2005 Today is the best day ever. Why? Because Law & Order is filming outside my apartment. Oh yes. If there are any L&O junkies such as myself reading this, you can imagine my excitement. When my husband woke me up this morning with the news, I jumped in the shower (no snooze button necessary) debating what I would wear. I'm embarrassed to admit I even put on makeup, um, just in case they needed an extra witness or something. (You never know, right?) Anyway, they did not seem to need any extras, but they were nice enough to let me hang out and watch Dennis Farina and Jesse L. Martin do their good cop/ bad cop thing. An excellent way to start the week. It's even warm out! More good news - I've been getting some terrific reviews for BRAS & BROOMSTICKS, which comes out in two weeks. Read them all here. A funny, happy, romantic
chick lit book I just finished: Alison Pace's If Andy Warhol
Had a Girlfriend. If you're looking for something fun to
read, check it out! xxx Sarah
January 20th 2005 Hiya, What I’m doing now: Getting very excited for the February 22nd publication of Bras & Broomsticks. Yay! It’s finally almost pub time. I’ve put up the first chapter, the adorable cover, and even international covers here. Hope you like! I’ve finished Frogs & French Kisses, the sequel to Bras, and it’s now with my editor. At the moment, I’m working on Going Both Ways, my next RDI novel. And no, it’s not about what you think. I’m also working on a short Bras related novella, where the main character auditions for an American Idol-type show. If anyone reading has tried out, can you drop me a line here and let me know? I have some questions…I promise I won’t laugh at you. Kind of. I’ve been doing lots of reading, too. My fave books of the month: The Year of Living Famously, by Laura Caldwell (about a woman whose husband is a star); Prep, by Cutis Sittenfeld (about boarding school). My fave books for teens: Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchetta and Girls In Pants, by Ann Brashares. (Yes, know it hasn’t come out yet, but I’m a very lucky girl and got an early copy.) It’s freezing in New York. The hurts-to-breathe kind of freezing. Reminds me of Montreal. Walking outside is so painful, that I caved in and bought my first pair of Uggs. I know, I know, they’re so 2004, but you know what? My feet have never been toastier. Stop laughing. I'm also going to use this space to put up some pictures. The first is from the GNI launch in NY. Check out Lynda Curnyn, Carole Matthews, me and Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. The second is of my new and adorable nephew. I'm teaching him how to yawn.
Speaking of GNI - we just sold RDI the rights to the sequel. And some amazing new authors have agreed to contribute, including Kristin Gore, Emily Giffin, Elizabeth Buchan...and many more. Look for it next summer. In the meantime...stay
warm! October 5th A pretty busy month already. Highlights: I went to the recording studio to hear Ariadne Meyers (she was Emma on Kate & Allie!) tape the Bras & Broomsticks audio and was very impressed. Her voices for all the characters were adorable, and she looked just like did on TV. The entire experience was surreal for me, since this is the first time my books will be available on CD. All my non-reader friends won’t have any more excuses. I was also on a “chick lit panel” at the New York is Book Country Fair, along with Lynda Curnyn, Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Heather Cochran, Courtney Litz & Michael Weinreb. At first the audience was a bit shy, but they quickly warmed up and asked us lots of questions about chick lit, which I’m always happy to discuss. Personally, I’ve never had a problem with the term. What do you think? Useful or derogatory? Feel free to let me know in the contact section. Lowlight – the Expos have left Montreal. This probably doesn’t matter to the majority of you, unless you too have a husband who is/was also an Expos fan. Which you probably don’t since the reason they are moving is their lack of fans. Anyway, if you do, or if you are a fan yourself, I feel your pain. We are currently looking for a new baseball team to support. I am rooting for the Yankees since they seem to always win. Despite all the above mentioned excitement, I’m still expected to write. I’m currently working on the first draft of Frogs & French Kisses, the sequel to Bras & Broomsticks. No point in telling you more about it since you haven’t read /listened to the first one yet… (but you will in February, right? Or at least buy it for your younger sister?) Events: I’ll
be signing Monkey Business at 7:00 on Thursday December 2nd, at
the Barnes and Noble in Chelsea. It’s 675 6th Ave, New York
City, NY. I’m also going to be doing a live chat on October
20th, at 8 eastern time right here at my website. So if you want
to be reminded, sign up in the events
section. Hope to see you all
there!
Girls' Night In hit the USA Today bestseller list!!!!!!!!!! Number 119 to be exact. I could not be more excited. If you live in NYC, I'll be signing this BESTSELLING collection that I co-edited along with Chris Manby and Lauren Henderson, on September 20th at the Chelsea Barnes and Noble, at 675 6th Avenue (at 21st Street). Signing starts at 7. My contribution is a story called “Know It All” about what happens when your roommate is psychic. All royalties are being donated to the charity, War Child. You can also order it here, or find it in any bookstore. You can also read about how the book came about in piece this piece from USA TODAY. What's new: I got
married. Yes, my fian—um…husband (how long will it
take me before that word easily rolls off my tongue?) and I finally
tied the knot. We then went to Kenya and Seychelles for our honeymoon
and had the most incredible time. We saw loads of elephants, giraffes,
gazelles, and even fornicating turtles. In the Seychelles we went
scuba diving and sat on the beach. And my husband—embarrassing
admission ahead—decided that it was time for me to learn
to ride a bicycle. As absurd as it sounds, up until last week
I had know idea how. As a kid, I refused to take the training
wheels off and my parents eventually gave up on trying to teach
me. So on our honeymoon, my husband held on to the handles and
ran up and down the street with me. And let me tell you, you have
NO idea how hard it is to learn this skill in your twenties. My
body still aches. But while I may not have mastered turning, I
think I basically got the hang of the pedaling part. Mostly I’m
looking forward to being able to use the expression, “It’s
just like riding a bicycle” in conversations. Writing Stuff: Girls’
Night In is out! Go buy it and help a great cause!
Monkey Business hits stores in October. It’s about four
students in business school who focus on everything BUT studying.
Pre-order it
here. Bras and Broomsticks (my first YA book), about a girl
who finds out her sister is a witch, is coming out in February.
Buy an early copy for your younger sister here. And enjoy the last
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