Frequently Asked Questions:
APPEARANCES & SIGNED BOOKS
HOW CAN I GET A SIGNED COPY OF YOUR BOOK?
If I've been in your town recently, signed copies are sometimes available at your local bookstore. Otherwise, you can order one from Porter Square Books (no extra cost for a signed copy) and they'll mail it to you.
CAN YOU SPEAK AT MY BOOKSTORE/SCHOOL/BOOK CLUB?
It will mostly depend on scheduling—I'm limiting my speaking engagements in order to focus on writing another book. Contact my publicist, Juliana Kiyan, or Kate Berner at the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau, with your event details—their information is above.
FOR WRITERS
I'M A WRITER JUST STARTING OUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE?
Here's a piece I wrote about my own tips for beginning writers, and here's an interview with The Writer magazine in which we talk about my writing process and some advice for new writers. Janet Burroway's Writing Fiction and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird are great books on craft, while for advice on the writing life, Stephen King's On Writing and Betsy Lerner's The Forest For the Trees may be helpful. For advice on getting published and on agents, AgentQuery.com is an excellent site—check the "Resources" section at the top for lots of concrete advice.