Awesome books for 2011

I already told you about the five 2011 books I'd pimp myself to get, but there are so many more than five books my mouth is watering for. So, here's a little feast for the eyes. This is the new Elevensies trailer featuring some of those YA and MG 2011 debuts that are on the horizon. Enjoy!

Newsflash: Sleep is overrated.

Before I get into the benefits of not sleeping, I wanted to remind you that, if you're going to ALA this weekend, my seriously cool editor will be there with Personal Demons ARCs! Stop by the Macmillan booth and pick one up!

So...sleep. It's sort of a waste of time, don't you think? I mean, all you do it lay there—unconscious, no less. Where's the fun in that? I believe in utilizing my time. I like to joke that I have a day job (my clinic), a night job (writing), and a weekend job (lecturing medical seminars all over God's green earth). When people find out that I work not one, but two other jobs, I invariably get the question: When do you find time to write?

The answer is simple. All the time.

This is a vlog that I did for the Elevensies’ A Day in the Writing Life series. Thought I’d share it with you.

Elevensies

The Elevensies is a really cool group of debut YA and MG authors whose first books are going to be published in 2011. What does that have to do with me? Well, I’m one of them. Even though I’m technically a Tenner, my book deal happened after the Tenner’s arbitrary cut off for membership, so the Elevensies were kind enough to take me in, and I will be forever grateful. Being part of a supportive writer’s community has meant I need much less Prozac helped me feel much calmer going through the publication process.

If you don’t follow the Elevensies blog, you should. There are fun interviews and great information to be had. We are amping up some really great features for aspiring writers and published writers alike. We also do a weekly “A Day in the Writing Life” feature, where writers such as Victoria Schwab, Lisa and Laura Roecker, Dawn Metcalf, and a ton of other super talented Elevensies give you a glimpse into how the process works for us. Today was my day, so check it out.