Which treats of YA authors sharing the Great and Awkward of their teenage years. Today I’m delighted to have another guest post! Last week we saw Josh Berk, jazz cowboy, on the cusp of becoming a teenager. This week I give you the charming and sweet Tina Ferraro. You may recognize her from adorable bookContinue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (14) Tina Ferraro”
Category Archives: teenage years
A Bad Fauxmance
Things to do while you’re waiting to be published: Pretend you are. I snagged this idea off Neatorama who got it from Miss Cellania. But it is indeed hilarious. At least to me. Not only can I pretend I wrote a romance novel I can put an embarrassing picture of myself on it too, somehowContinue reading “A Bad Fauxmance”
Self-Deprecating Sunday (13) Guest Post
In which the YA author shares what’s Great and Awkward about the teenage years. Today we have my first guest post with Josh Berk. This week we’ve been celebrating the upcoming launch of his YA novel, The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin. It releases this Tuesday from Knopf books for young readers. And I’m 100%Continue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (13) Guest Post”
Self-Deprecating Sunday (12)
In which the YA Author showcases The Great and Awkward of being a teenager. This Sunday we have Junior Prom. This is not the year of the escalator incident. That was the year before. You’ll see in this year, I’ve decided to wear a gown with straps. My date was the sweetest guy ever, andContinue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (12)”
Self-Deprecating Sunday (11)
In which the YA author showcases what’s strange and lovely about the teenage years. Today I give you my seventh grade school photo. Um, it’s not a mullet, right? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight? I’ve got at least an inch I could trim back on each side before it qualifies, I think. Also, there’s that perm. The first oneContinue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (11)”
Jacket On Jacket Off
Jackie Chan as Mr. Miagi. I am 100% excited about this! Don’t make fun.
Self-Deprecating Sunday (10)
In which the YA author showcases her teenage years in all their awkward wonder. What, no one else goes cherry-picking in a fedora and sweater vest? P.S. If anyone is curious, that is a cross I was wearing. (And it was made out of wood.)
Self-Deprecating Sunday (9)
In which the YA Author showcases her teen years in all their awkward glory. To be fair, I think this photo was taken circa 1984/1985 which puts me at about 11-years old, so this falls more in the awkward category than it does the the teenage years category. But I couldn’t resist showing off theContinue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (9)”
Self-Deprecating Sunday (8)
In which the YA author showcases her teenage years in all their awkward wonder. This is my eighth grade school photo. I kind of can’t believe I’m posting it. Can you imagine if I’d worn my blue glasses? You know what I remember about this photo? It was re-take. I hated my first one. ButContinue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (8)”
Self-Deprecating Sunday (7)
In which the YA author showcases her teenage years in all their awkward wonder… So, I went home to Indianapolis for Thanksgiving. It was a lovely for many reasons. One of those reasons was that I found some new teenage photos. But also, I read some great books including Mudville, by Kurtis Scaletta, which youContinue reading “Self-Deprecating Sunday (7)”
Jody Sparks Mugele 