
Mary Arnold OUr book group had a lively discussion of TRUANCY yesterday, and we're now reading the sequel.

Keyholders #3: Inside the Magic by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton JonesOh, no! Mr. Leery has been kidnapped by the evil Queen of the Boggarts. It’s up to the apprentice Keyholders Penny, Luke, and Natalie to rescue him. Together with their links, a unicorn named Kirin, a dragon named Dracula, a...
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Now in paperback! Chance Fortune in the Shadow Zone by Shane BerryhillAt the end of their freshman year at the Burlington Academy for the Superhuman, Chance Fortune and the Outlaws saved the universe. Though he lacks a superpower, Chance used his natural talents and quick wits to form his team, t...
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It seems that I often hear people talking about their comfort zone, and it usually involves a comment about trying to get “outside” of that zone. Like most people, I think I automatically bought into the idea that we should always attempt to do this, because it somehow would either bring us new i...
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By Susan Chang, Senior EditorAs an editor, one of the things I love to do is come up with ideas for books I’d like to read and find the perfect person to write the story. These ideas come from anywhere and everywhere: TV, magazines, web surfing, video games, comic books. One day, I was sitting at...
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By E. Van LoweIt amazes me where the inspiration for our stories comes from: a dream, a song, a fleeting image—and sometimes failure. That’s how it was for me. The inspiration for Never Slow Dance With a Zombie came out of a failed pitch.In Hollywood we sell TV shows by pitching them. In 2004, w...
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This was the title of a post that my editor sent me this morning. The post was done by my publicist Amber Hopkins. David Lubar's My Rotten Life (Click here: Amazon.com: My Rotten Life (Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie) (9780765316349): David Lubar: Books) and Never Slow Dance With A Zombie (...
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I'm on the radio!A few weeks ago I did an interview for Rick Kleffel of NPR's The Agony Column that showed up on the radio this morning. My friend Harold sent me an email telling me he heard me on the local NPR station this morning. While he heard me locally I think the interview went national. ...
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THAT is a photo of a makeup job done by Hollywood makeup artist, Cat Elrod, who happens to be doing the zombie makeup for Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Fest. The subject is a fashion model turned... scary as hell!I met Cat on a shoot I did in the spring. She was just doing regular makeup for th...
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Every year...Seven days before Halloween...On the 24th day of October...The zombies rise...But on this day, they not only walk... they DANCE!To celebrate the day the zombies dance, the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Fest is coming to LA. This event is FREE. All you need to do to participate is...
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Every year...Seven days before Halloween...On the 24th day of October...The zombies rise...But on this day, they not only walk... they DANCE!So this year to celebrate the occasion, I will be hosting the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Fest. Where all my friends, followers and fellow zombie lovers...
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Title: Ender's GameAuthor: Orson Scott CardPublisher: TorFormat: PaperbackPages: 336Release Date: February 2002In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. ...

I want to thank everyone who came out to the Zombies & Other Creatures of the Night panel yesterday at the West Hollywood Book Fair. For those of you who didn't come, it was standing room only, and we had a blast. This coming Saturday, October 11th, at 11:00AM, I will be signing at the Nort...
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Tor Teen Contest starts today
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Are you ready to win some free books--mine included? The Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter Contest starts tomorrow @ 12:01 AM. Each daily winner gets their choice of one of six YA zombie books. These are the books to choose from:

Author Dom Testa makes an appearance at the MPIBA Trade Show in Denver.Related Links:Club GalahadBig Brain ClubBook Trailer for The Comet’s Curse by Dom TestaRocket Kids ‘09–An Interdisciplinary ProjectThe Comet’s Curse Educator’s GuideMore BroccoliVideo: Creating the Curse with Dom TestaVideo: D...
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Tomorrow is the last day of the tour. I might be on national radio. I'm not sure. As the magic eight ball says, (paraphrased) things are fuzzy. Then again, I just discovered a restaurant right next to my hotel with 300 tequilas (and awesome mole), so the fuzziness might not stem from exterior...
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I've finally found the perfect use for Twitter. A contest. A contest in which you can win free stuff (in my case, books) just for tweeting. I've had the hardest time trying to figure out why people love Twitter so much. But I figure if someone were giving me free stuff for tweeting, I'd be tweeti...
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I'm delighted and honored to announced that my YA novel Little Brother has won the 2009 Sunburst YA award for best Canadian sf novel for kids. The Sunburst is named for Phyllis Gottleib's first novel, my friend and the "mother of Canadian science fiction," who died this year, so it's especially p...
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I put the wrong date for the book fair on my website. It's this Sunday, October 4th, not Sunday, October 2nd (October 2nd is Friday--duh!) . This is what happens when people trust me to keep my own schedule. But whether I got the date right or not, I will definitely be at the West Hollywood Book ...
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I'm on the road for 13 days (lucky me). I'm calling this the Zombie tour, not because I'm promoting my zombie book, but because I have a killer schedule, and I'm also trying to write a book, or at least the second half pf one, while I'm traveling. The tour actually starts to...
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Author Dom Testa introduces the characters from his award-winning Galahad series.Related Links:Club GalahadBig Brain ClubThe Comet’s Curse on FacebookBook Trailer for The Comet’s Curse by Dom TestaRocket Kids ‘09–An Interdisciplinary ProjectThe Comet’s Curse Educator’s GuideMore BroccoliVid...
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(09/15/2009) Read a free preview of chapter 1 of Book 11 - Dark Mage! Check back 09/22 for Chapter 2 and 09/29 for Chapter 3!
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(09/14/2009) Sorry for the lack of updates in August, gang. Everyone's been hard at work getting Avalon: Web of Magic Novel 11 "Dark Mage" and the second Avalon: The Warlock Diaries manga all finished up and to the printer. Look for both of those at a bookstore near you this November!
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Comic Book Club’s Pete LePage shows his support for CHANCE FORTUNE AND THE OUTLAWS via podcast! http://www.youtube.com/user/comicbookclub?blend=1&ob=4#play/all/uploads-all/1/6tqzd25uLq0
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I love it when reviewers get what I'm doing. And I love it when they say nice things about my writing. Stacy Dillon, in her blog, welcome to my Tweendom, said (among other nice things), "David Lubar gets kids, and this book is gross and funny and perfectly paced." And Abbey the Librarian sa...
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Adaptation of Nozomu Tamaki's manga of supernatural intrigue
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