Please world...

Stop with the devastation.

This has been a hard few months watching the world get so battered by Mother Nature. First the horrific floods in my home state of Queensland and then the devastating Christchurch earthquake in my adopted country of New Zealand (the second in six months) and now the earthquake and tsunami that has hit Japan. And it's so hard to know what to do. I think we all donate as much money as we can afford and of course send our prayers and best wishes to everyone, but most of all I think we all just turn and see what we've got and count our blessings.

Anyway, there is no real point to this blog post, apart from the fact that I'm constantly thinking of all these people who have had their lives ripped apart and broken and I really hope that there is someway for them to get well and heal.

Btw, one of my favorite YA bloggers, the wonderful Diana at 'Stop, Drop and Read' has just left a message in the comments about what she's doing to help. She's giving away free arcs and will donate shipping costs to the Red Cross in Canada so they can send more help to Japan. Here is the link and I hope you all go and visit her. Retweet this button on every post blogger

Some news and some fun

As normal, my blogging efforts are pretty bad but I thought I'd swing by and share that Fairy Bad Day has sold Australian rights to Penguin Australia! I'm ridiculously excited about this since right now I don't get to do many physical author-girl things, so this is my chance - watch out world!!!!



In other news, I was so excited to receive a copy of Emily Gee's The Sentinel Mage in the post. I've been a long time fantasy fan and Emily's books are totally amazing - she is one of the most talented authors I know and a jolly nice person into the bargain so if you get the chance then please check her out!








And speaking of all round awesome people, have we all seen Jessica Brody's book trailer for her June release, My Life Undecided, because it's ridiculously amazing. It's like watching a Nickelodeon show (and I say this is the best possible way since between you, me and the wall, I'm very fond of Nick shows, especially iCarly and Josh and Drake!!!!!)




And finally, I'm talking about my favorite pieces of art over at Teen Fiction Cafe so please come and join me!!!!! Retweet this button on every post blogger

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

You might think that I would get sick of this song by now, but you would be wrong and since I've almost finished my new proposal I thought I get Mr. Ice to see me home. So let's stop, collaborate and listen... Retweet this button on every post blogger