Month: March 2010

• the king abides.

  During my cyberstalking researching of Barry for this interview, I learned that he is a fan of Stephen King, especially the Dark Tower series. I, too, am a fan of the Dark Tower series, although I do think King lost it a bit when he wrote and released the final books in quick succession following…

  Miss Julie

  March 10, 2010

  awesomeness, books, interviews, personal experience, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness, ya lit

• play-ing, with friends

  Let’s get down to it, kids. I’ve been posting these Barry Lyga interview installments at a much slower pace than I’d like, because At&t is made of fail and I haven’t had internet access at home since the end of January, so I’ve been trying to steal time to work on the blog whenever possible.…

  Miss Julie

  March 9, 2010

  authors, awesomeness, books, interviews, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness, ya lit

• chicago: the cubs, heroes, and playlists

  I don’t care much f or sports. I recently watched a football (rugby? It was Brits; I rooted for Liverpool, per the instructions I was given) game, and I greatly enjoyed myself (the pot of tea I had helped with that), but generally I don’t get excited about sports. If I were to call myself…

  Miss Julie

  March 8, 2010

  authors, awesomeness, interviews, largely unsubstantiated, listener's advisory, OPINIONS!, ya lit

• archvillain!

  (Villain is a hard word to spell. I keep wanting to put the “i” somewhere else) Anyway, in this post Barry talks a bit about favorite archvillains, in honor of his new project, Archvillain, a new series he’s writing for middle-grade readers.** The question I posed was: One of your upcoming projects is Archvillain, wherein…

  Miss Julie

  March 2, 2010

  authors, fantasy, graphic, interviews, middle grade, reader's advisory