Jealous or Anything: The Jealousy Book
Edited by Marissa Walsh, including essays by the always-excellent Jaclyn Moriarty, Ned Vizzini, and E. Lockhart, to name just a few, is available now. It also includes an essay by yours truly.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385733175
I would have announced this on the February 14th, which is when the book went on sale, but I refuse to recognize Valentine’s Day to show my solidarity with all those people for whom the day is just another reason to feel bad that they haven’t yet met someone. In support of those people, James and I celebrate “Middle of February Day.” (Nothing says I care like a piece of Stilton cheesecake with rhubarb coulis served warm or cold in the middle of February. Or anytime, really.)
So, Happy Day After Middle of February Day, everyone. Have a piece of cake for me.
(Please note that I’ve sent the City of Nanaimo a letter asking them to do me a solid by including the little forest at the end of the lake as part of the million plus acres that were recently set aside as a park in BC. I’m still waiting to hear. In the meantime, I’ve got a little something planned to let the neighborhood forest know I care…)