author events and books to read

It's officially author event season and I LOVE IT. If you've ever wanted to try going to hear an author speak and get your books signed, Allison and I have discovered that this is when it starts to pick up again after a lull for winter. We went last weekend to see Jay Kristoff, co-author with Amy Kaufman (who was unfortunately too pregnant to travel from Australia, next time she comes to America again we're definitely going because she's so nice and funny), for their new book Aurora Rising. I haven't read it and I already know I'm going to love it, that's how good they are together. Illuminae is one of my all-time favorite series, it's unique and impossible to put down and so much fun to read, and I just trust they're going to do great work. If you want to read great sci-fi definitely check it out!

We had another event on Tuesday, too, for Claire Legrand, author of Sawkill Girls, and Marissa Meyer, author of The Lunar Chronicles! If you haven't read Sawkill Girls and you want something creepy and epic and impossible to put down, you should definitely go find it. And Marissa Meyer is probably one of my top authors ever, and I don't need to tell you to go find her books because odds are pretty good you've already read them. But if you haven't, see the sentence I wrote about Illuminae. Plus romance.

I also have an exciting trip I'm going to take in September: I'm going to the PNWA Writer's Conference! I've been wanting to go for years and this time I decided to just go for it, so that's super exciting and scary at the same time. That also means, with the possible exception of July for Camp Nanowrimo, I'm going to be focusing on editing The House on the Rocks for sure. I'm still learning how to edit, so if you have any useful books or articles, please let me know! I'm always looking for new tools and resources.

That's all for now! Talk to you soon!