Created for Necessity, Employed for Passion

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

Let's build a world. Explore what we believe by writing. In many ways my characters’ experiences with fate, destiny and free-will mirror my own. What is up to us and what isn’t? It’s one of the great questions of the human experience, I think. But no matter what is for us to control, we must own the identity. You’re a writer if you write. Period. Writing is a lovely way to spend one’s time. Enjoy it. And I hope you enjoy my writing here.

Friday, June 8, 2012

BEA RECAP!!!

Hey guys! Well, BEA is officially over and it was one. awesome. week. So awesome, in fact, that I am spending today in bed sipping on Kombucha and promising my body I will not go to the cupcake place again! It was totally worth it, tho.

I thought I'd give you guys a little recap... in photos!

Okay, so, full confession: I slid into BEA week off a weekend in Miami with my girlfriends. See pics below:

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It was super fun but I needed a lot of this when I returned:


Green juice!


Anyway... then it was BEA.

Tuesday was crazy busy and crazy fun. I woke up in the morning to do a radio interview--- I think it was, like, 6 am.

Then in the afternoon I had cocktails with the folks at my fabulous publisher, Simon and Schuster. It was fun but then I had to run to the Teen Author Carnival!

I did two panels--- one called "What's In A Name?" (Wonder where they got that title, huh?) and another on "keeping it realistic." It was super good times but alas, I have no pics!

Then it was off to my agency, Foundry's, party in Greenpoint--- and oh man, was that a par-tay. There were girls on roller skates and a huge projection screen with vintage Coppola. Here is a pic of me and my bestie Hannah:



WEDNESDAY was the AMAZING blogger event with The Reading Teen! I have never in my life seen such a magnificent view of Manhattan. Check it out, you guys:


New York was so sparkly!

I had an awesome time with my friends Jenny Han and Julia Devillers:


And my lovely Jess Rothenberg!



I signed all the giftbag books of When You Were Mine--- 60 total!



COOLEST THING EVER: I won these flowers that were HAND CRAFTED by Amy at Reading Teen and made completely out of Wuthering Heights and Harry Potter which you KNOW are my two lucky books! I nearly died and now they are in the most specialist spot in my apartment:


THURSDAY was a debut author event at the lovely Books of Wonder! I got to meet all kinds of fabulous new authors and readers. Here I am with the ever hilarious Meredith Zeitlin:



And here I am NOW. Friday am, sunglasses in bed, no plans on leaving:


Until TOMORROW-- SATURDAY--- When I am going to Books of Wonder with the wonderful Lauren Oliver and our other friends! Please, please come visit us. Here are the event details:

http://www.booksofwonder.com/events060912.asp


Hope you all had a great week and it was SO lovely to see so many of your smiling faces.

XOXOXO

R
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2012 at 5:00 PM

    So glad you were able to attend our Rooftop Party in NYC! The best time! So lovely to be with you. All the best, Liza

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  2. UnknownJune 18, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    You won the flowers?? I'm jealous! Those were gorgeous. And so was that rooftop! I think when I move to Manhattan I'm going to sneak up to the solarium and see how long I can camp out there before someone kicks me out. Probably not long, but it'd be worth it!

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