When I first heard STAY was going to be an audiobook, I thought it was pretty cool, but I also thought it might be strange to hear someone else reading my work. I honestly wasn't sure if I'd want to listen to it.Then, I heard Brilliance was doing the audiobook, and well, when it comes to audio books, it doesn't get better than Brilliance. And then I got to talk with Julia Whelan before she recorded STAY to go over name pronunciations, etc. From our talk, I could tell that she really "got" Van, and all of a sudden I couldn't wait to hear the audio version. At the risk of sounding completely … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
The Other 1/4
Thanks to a Google maps mishap, I got lost on my way to the Syracuse University Bookstore Book Fair. When I finally found the fair location, I parked my car quickly, grabbed my bag, and ran toward a giant ice cream cone that I assumed was fair-related (thankfully, it was). I did not take any note of where I parked my car. So when The Accountant & The Other 1/4 stopped by at the end of the event to meet up so we could grab dinner, I came to the realization that I hadn't the foggiest where in downtown Syracuse I'd parked my car."I think it's on Harrison," The Other 1/4 said, with great … [Read more...]
STAY Reader Photos!
Okay, so the STAY on Vacation project got a little confusing. There were photos on the Facebook page (but apparently the upload process is complicated) and some on Twitter (but apparently the Twitter archives are often hard to access), so I decided to simplify things.Now, you can upload photos directly to AllieLarkinWrites.com, so we're moving over there! Take a photo of STAY in your life - with your dogs, on vacation, with a friend, at a cafe, or hanging out around the house, and upload it to be entered to win a $50 iTunes gift card! When we reach 50 photos, I'm going to add a STAY-themed … [Read more...]
Book Fairs and German Shepherds and Bigfoot, oh my!
Well, I didn't mean to vlog and disappear like that!I've spent the past week playing catch up on all the things that didn't get done while I was away. I'm starting to think that I need to find a way to be comfortable in the realm of not caught up, because I am always falling short of grabbing the "all caught up" brass ring. Is that just a normal state of life, or do you find that you have actual leisure time where everything that needs to be done is just done and you can sit around reading, or watching tv, or go play mini-golf without everything else hanging over your head? Or do you have … [Read more...]