Deborah Halverson

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Down with the New, Up with the Old

April 25, 2008

Update: The “new” www.DeborahHalverson.com website is back in the shop for repairs. The old one is up and running as before.

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing

DeborahHalverson.com Gets a Facelift

April 25, 2008

My website just got a new look! After a few months of tinkering in my “spare time” (and desperately thumbing through a 900-page “Dreamweaver for Dummies” book), I have revamped and now relaunched my main website, www.DeborahHalverson.com. Check it out and let me know what you think. Do keep in mind, though,

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Shout Out to Bishop Gorman High School

April 22, 2008

Hello to the gang at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas! We just spent a day together, with another ahead of us tomorrow, and I’m totally jazzed. Your questions and enthusiasm about HONK IF YOU HATE ME and BIG MOUTH have been nothing short of super. And your input so far for Novel #3 […]

Filed Under: Especially for Teen Readers

Shout-Out to Mrs. Weiner’s Class

February 22, 2008

A big HEY! and a high five to the sixth graders of Gaspar de Portola Middle School. Thanks so much for a fun morning. You have the most fantastic ideas for stories, and that humdinger you told about Mrs. Weiner’s accidental lock-out was hilarious. I’m glad you were all able to escape the classroom; thank […]

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New gig: San Diego Children’s Book Festival, May 4, 2008

February 21, 2008

San Diego now has its own children’s book festival! The free event, held on May 4, 2008, will be a dynamic, day-long family festival that invites children – from tots through teens – to experience the magic of books and meet some of the country’s top authors and illustrators. The Festival promotes literacy and benefits […]

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Writing with My Feet

February 2, 2008

I wrote my second novel, BIG MOUTH, in five months, during my triplets’ naps. The boys were just 12 – 17 months old in that period, and the darlings obliged my budding writing career by sticking to two naps a day, lasting a minimum of 1.5 hours each. Then the selfish little critters dropped their […]

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On the Fritz

January 27, 2008

Having computer problems is like trying to walk a marathon with only one shoe–you can do it, but it hurts. Right now, I have some kind of USB cable problem that prevents me from downloading photos from my camera. That’s why I’m posting an old photo of my son at the keyboard. Perhaps the fact […]

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New Gig: Southern California Writers Association

January 27, 2008

This week I spoke with a class of third graders about the joy of stories–writing them, reading them, loving them. Next month I’ll be speaking to a group of professional writers aged twenty to seventy about the business side of publishing. In between I’ll be writing about poker. I have the best job, don’t I?

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Shout Out to Ms. Staberg’s Class!

January 23, 2008

Thanks, gang, for all your great questions and for being such wonderful hosts. I hope you turn all those clever ideas into stories. Happy reading!

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, Especially for Teen Readers

Big Mouth to be an e-book!

January 13, 2008

Word just came that BIG MOUTH will be published as an e-book. What fun! Delacorte/Random House says the e-book edition should be out toward the end of July, a month after the hardcover hits stores. So folks with an e-book reader will be able to download it come summer. I’ll post more as I know […]

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, Especially for Teen Readers, News

Honk If You Think Pepsi Kicks Butt

December 27, 2007

HONK IF YOU HATE ME may have a few laughs at the expense of the fast food world, but in reality the fast food world needs no help from me when it comes to inciting giggles. Here are some stand-out fast food moments from the past year: McDonald’s, Part I: “Salt lands McDonald’s employee in […]

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, Especially for Teen Readers, Honk if you...

Honk If You Love Holes in the Ground

December 20, 2007

I pulled Monalisa Kent, the reluctant star of my novel HONK IF YOU HATE ME, out of a hole in the ground. An eight-inch-round hole, to be precise. One of the first things I ponder when I read a new book is the inspiration for the story. What sparked that initial idea, or image, or […]

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Honk If You Love Men in Tights

December 16, 2007

HONK IF YOU HATE ME is a book about secret identities, about the wish to be greater than who you are, about the need to feel like you’re more than the schlup that the outside world sees. Kind of puts you in the mind of superheroes, doesn’t it? Think Superman. Think Batman. Think Wonder Woman. […]

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Shout out to Hillsdale Middle School

November 29, 2007

Hey, all you Huskies in Ms. Walther’s and Ms. Morrison’s classes. Thanks for two great days of book talk, hot dog talk, tattoo talk, and all the other stuff we yakked about. And a special thanks to all of you who shared your stories with me. Looks like there are some future novelists at Hillsdale. […]

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, Especially for Teen Readers

“Odd” Jobs

November 27, 2007

I was a professional video game player. No lie. Someone actually paid me to play video games five days a week, eight hours a day, for nine months. My mission? To figure out the secret codes and hidden levels in the hottest games and then work them into one-page summaries of the games’ instruction booklets. […]

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