rgz LIVE! twitter chat with Laini Taylor!!!

Readergirlz, this one is for you! To celebrate LIPS TOUCH THREE TIMES and our amazing featured author Laini Taylor, join us tonight on twitter at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern for a goblin-fruited, secret love-infused, fabulous rgz LIVE! chat!

You won't want to miss this final monthly chat - we're rolling out a whole new format in November, which you can read about here!




Don't have a Twitter account? It's fast and easy to set one up!

Go to http://twitter.com/ to get started. All you will need is your name, a unique user name, and an email address. Add a password, and you're now on Twitter!

Search for readergirlz to begin following us and our tweets.

If you want others to see your posts ("tweets") during the chat, make sure the "Protect my tweets" box is not checked on the Accounts tab. If you want to get fancy, you can add a picture and customize your page in the Design tab.

Protect your privacy! No one can see your email address on twitter, but it's a good idea to choose a user name that doesn't give away your real name or location (especially if you are not an adult).


To join the Laini Taylor chat:

Click on the "Home" page and enter #rgz in the Search box. Our chat will come up, and you can jump right in! Be sure to include #rgz in your chat posts so that everyone else can see them and respond.

We'll see you there tonight!

rgz LIVE twitter chat with Maureen Johnson tonight!

Join readergirlz and me for a Twitter chat tonight with Suite Scarlett and Scarlett Fever author Mareen Johnson!

***sounds of cheering***

It all starts at 6pm PST/9pm EST - search for the #rgz discussion and follow @readergirlz and @maureenjohnson.

Don't have a Twitter account? It's fast and easy to set one up!

At http://twitter.com/, just click on the yellow "Give it a try" button to get started. All you will need is your name, a unique user name, and an email address. Add a password, and you're now on Twitter!

Search for readergirlz to begin following us and our tweets.

If you want others to see your posts ("tweets") during the chat, make sure the "Protect my tweets" box is not checked on the Accounts tab. If you want to get fancy, you can add a picture and customize your page in the Design tab.

Protect your privacy! No one can see your email address on twitter, but it's a good idea to choose a user name that doesn't give away your real name or location (especially if you are not an adult).


To join the Maureen Johnson chat:

Click on the "Home" page and enter #rgz in the Search box. Our chat will come up, and you can jump right in! Be sure to include #rgz in your chat posts so that everyone else can see them and respond.

We'll see you there tonight!

What the Hashtag?! Twitter recap

If you missed the chat with Holly tonight, check out What the Hashtag?! There's a complete archive available. Thanks to Bookaliciouspam for the heads up. Very cool!

June: rgz LIVE! Twitter Chat Recap!

Okay, this is a tad long, but I really only picked highlights! This is for our non-Twitter peeps! Listen in to John, rgz:

I hope to tour again sometime next year, but we'll see.

I'm a very amateur philosopher, but I'm fascinated by the same big ?s that obsessed me as a teen.

I really liked Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, and Salinger.

I think I was inspired by the IDEA of books--using ink on paper to communicate something--more than particular books.

Yeah, I was really deeply engaged in the religion classes I took as a student (but that was in college).

In a very broad sense, my current novel is set on a beach.

I started writing as a kid, but I got serious in high school and more serious in college.

I can't find just one thing I love about nerdfighteria. It's a huge, huge part of my life.

Well, I believe the world is essentially broken, and I guess I think the only true ending is an ambiguous one.

Oh sure, sometimes I feel misread. But my books don't belong to me. They belong to their readers.

I feel happy if I write more than 1,000 words in a day, but sometimes I make more progress deleting 1,000 words.

No, I write alone these days (well, aside from skype friends).

My advice to other writers is to read and read and read and read. And listen to criticism. It hurts but it's right.

I write for my readers. I am inspired by them, and I feel challenged by them.

I am inspired by this infuriatingly broken world we live in. I want to put it back together in my head.

Well I think one of the general challenges in life is being sociable without being untrue to one's self.

I loved the babysitters club when I was growing up. I loved series. I was like Eudora Welty in a sweet devouring.

Hank takes it personally that I've never written a protagonist with a sibling. I haven't stolen much from Hank.

Nerdfighteria has profoundly influenced my writing by showing me how smart and engaged contemporary teens are.

I wrote Alaska because I was obsessed with the problem of theodicy--how evil can exist with an omnipotent god.

Well I think one of the points of literature is to help us understand how to be human in a compromised world...

Although you won't like this answer, I think intense critical analysis of literature is a hugely important skill.

Broadly speaking, I wanted to write because I loved reading and wanted to be on the other side of the page.

I still don't think of writing as a career. I love it, but I don't know that I'll be able to do it in 20 years.

That was fun! AND CRAZY! You guys are the best.

It was a super fun chat. Join us next time if you can!

rgz LIVE! Twitter chat with John Green!

Join us tonight for a twitter chat with this month's featured author, John Green! We'll be talking about Paper Towns, spontaneity and well--who knows???

The chat will start live at the top of the hour over at twitter. John Green can be found on twitter at realjohngreen and don't forget to put the #rgz tag on your questions to him!

rgz LIVE! with Lisa Yee!

Welcome to rgz LIVE! with Lisa Yee! We're super excited to have her visit, and the chat will start at the top of the hour--make sure you're here and ready to talk about hope, rgz!

rgz LIVE! chat tonight with Lisa Yee!

Join us tonight at the readergirlz blog for a live chat with Lisa Yee, author of ABSOLUTELY MAYBE! It's sure to be hilarious, maybe even with a guest appearance from Peepy:



It all starts at 6pm PST/9pm EST. See you there!

rgz LIVE! Twitter Party with Elizabeth Scott!

Join us tonight for our first ever twitter chat with Elizabeth Scott, the winter Author in Residence. Ask her about her books, her video blogs for readergirlz...anything!

The chat will start live at the top of the hour over at twitter. Elizabeth Scott can be found on twitter at escottwrites

rgz LIVE! Twitter Party tonight with Elizabeth Scott!

Stop by twitter for a chat with Elizabeth Scott, author of THE UNWRITTEN RULE! Live chat at 6pm PST/9pm EST - see you there for our first ever rgz twitter chat! (Elizabeth Scott is on twitter as escottwrites).

Don't have a Twitter account? It's fast and easy to set one up!

At http://twitter.com, just click on the yellow "Give it a try" button to get started. All you will need is your name, a unique user name, and an email address. Add a password, and you're now on Twitter!

Search for readergirlz to begin following us and our tweets.

If you want others to see your posts ("tweets") during the chat, make sure the "Protect my tweets" box is not checked on the Accounts tab. If you want to get fancy, you can add a picture and customize your page in the Design tab.

Protect your privacy! No one can see your email address on twitter, but it's a good idea to choose a user name that doesn't give away your real name or location (especially if you are not an adult).


To join the Elizabeth Scott chat:

Click on the "Home" page and enter #rgz in the Search box. Our chat will come up, and you can jump right in! Be sure to include #rgz in your chat posts so that everyone else can see them and respond.

We'll see you there tonight!

rgz LIVE! chat with Deb Caletti!

Welcome to our rgz LIVE! chat with Deb Caletti! We're super excited to have her visit, and the chat will start at the top of the hour--make sure you're here and ready to talk about truth, rgz!

rgz LIVE! chat tonight with Deb Caletti!

Stop by tonight for a chat with Deb Caletti, author of THE SECRET LIFE OF PRINCE CHARMING! Live chat at 6pm PST/9pm EST - see you here!

rgz CAMEO with Diane Duane!

Welcome to our rgz CAMEO chat with Diane Duane! It's an online release party! We're super excited to have her visit from Ireland, and the chat will start at the top of the hour--make sure you're ready to talk all about her books, and especially her latest, A Wizard of Mars!

rgz CAMEO with Diane Duane tonight!

Stop by tonight for a special online release party with Diane Duane, author of A WIZARD OF MARS! Live chat at 6pm PST/9pm EST - see you here!

rgz LIVE! with Scott Westerfeld

Welcome to our rgz LIVE! chat with Scott Westerfeld! We're super excited to have him visit FROM AUSTRALIA, and the chat will start at the top of the hour--make sure you're here with your steampunk goggles on, rgz!

rgz LIVE! chat with Scott Westerfeld tonight!

Stop by the readergirlz blog tonight for a LIVE chat with Scott Westerfeld, author of the very cool steampunk novel, LEVIATHAN!

The live chat starts at 6pm PST/9pm EST - hope to see you there!

rgz LIVE! with Sharon Draper

Welcome to the readergirlz LIVE! chat with Sharon Draper! We're super excited to have her visit, and the chat will start at the top of the hour--make sure you're here!

rgz LIVE! with E. Lockhart

Join us for a live chat with the amazing E. Lockhart. Now is your chance to learn all of Frankie's secrets, and maybe some of E. Lockhart's own.

The chat will go live at the top of the hour!

rgz LIVE! with E. Lockhart tonight!

Tonight at the readergirlz blog at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST, join us while we chat with E. Lockhart herself about pranks, boyfriends, and clever girl characters.



See you here!

rgz LIVE! with Beth Kephart

Join us tonight for a "farewell chat" with Beth Kephart, last fall's readergirlz Author in Residence. Beth did an awesome job and set the bar high. Chat with her about her lyrical, award-winning books and about her marvelous writing advice.

The Chat will go live at the top of the hour.

rgz LIVE! with Beth Kephart tonight!

Join us tonight for a rgz LIVE! chat with Beth Kephart, our first Author-in-Residence!

Beth Kephart is the amazing author of several books (including the delicious mystery NOTHING BUT GHOSTS), and she's been our author-in-residence since December. We have one last chat with her tonight at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST, right here at the readergirlz blog. Don't miss it!