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  1. The Importance of Masks

    I’ve embraced our new mask-wearing present. The evidence is now overwhelming that they slow the spread of disease AND protect the wearer. I’m immunocompromised. I don’t want COVID-19. I know people who’ve been left with an array of side effects from supposedly mild cases. It is a nasty virus we don’t know nearly enough about. […]

  2. On Not Writing Fiction During The Pandemic

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants I’m […]

  3. The Problem With Making the Cut

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants I […]

  4. Prescience? Nah.

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants A […]

  5. Life In NYC In The Time Of COVID-19

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants In […]

  6. Justine’s Guide to Increasing the Lifetime of Your Clothes

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants When […]

  7. Vintage Style Not Vintage Values

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants I’m […]

  8. Where Do You Want Your Money To Go?

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants One […]

  9. Women of a Certain Very Stylish Age

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants I […]

  10. Miss Manners Says: DON’T SHAKE HANDS DURING A PANDEMIC!

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. Or follow me on Instagram: @DrJustineFancyPants COVID […]

  11. I’m Still Not Active On Twitter; Come Join Me On Instagram

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. This is for all the lovely friends […]

  12. Dr Justine Fancy Pants

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. I’m taking my obsessions with contemporary fashion, […]

  13. On Packages and Space-Time Anomalies

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. I’ve been having a surreal experience with […]

  14. Monday’s Post on Friday. What are Days Anyway? Climate Change is Fact.

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. This post was supposed to go up […]

  15. Learning How To Outline

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. I’m not an outliner. I use my […]

  16. Tweets I Would Tweet If I Were Still on Twitter

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. This is an automated tweet linking to my latest blog post. I will not see any of your replies. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, or anything else, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. I may not be on Twitter at […]

  17. “Tweet”

    When your dress eats your arm . . .

  18. Quotidian Climate Catastrophe

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. My sister is texting to find out how we make the niece scrambled eggs. I ask Scott how and text his response. Outside the sky is grey and the […]

  19. Australia is on Fire

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. The front pages of newspapers worldwide are showing the catastrophic fires burning in Australia. I’ve been getting texts and emails and pings from friends overseas, wondering if I’m okay.1 […]

  20. Why I Left Twitter, or, the Last Day of 2019

    Note: I’m not on Twitter. If you wish to discuss any of these blog posts with me, leave a comment on my blog. I will respond. This has been a horrible year for me.1 Or, rather, it’s been a horrible two years–more than two years. In June 2017, I woke up feeling weird. It was […]

  21. Appearances 2018

    Tuesday 6 March, 2018, 3:45pm East Stage Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden Adelaide Festival Writers Week Scott Westerfeld interviewed me about My Sister Rosa, psychopaths, and writing psychological thrillers.

  22. Elegy

    Content warning: ELEGY is a tough read, absent of hope. Do not read unless you’re feeling strong. For Doselle Young Six months before the world ended, I went to yet another doctor, shopping for a hypnotic that would find my off switch. “I have bad dreams.” “Do you think you could take your sunglasses off? […]

  23. Elegy, New Short Story by Justine Larbalestier, i.e. me, is Online Now

    “Elegy” is my first publication since My Sister Rosa. It was tough to write and, I have to be honest, it’s a tough read too. I seriously advise you not to read it if you’re feeling low. “Elegy” publishes in the tenth issue of the wonderful new anthology, Foreshadow, which is the baby of the […]

  24. Street Harassment: 2003 Viewed with 2018 Eyes

    Fifteen years ago I wrote this and then never posted it because I never finished it. I post it here now because, frankly, I’m a bit freaked out by how blasé I am about harassment. Why now it only happens a few times a week. That’s awful, fifteen-years-ago Justine! I hated being harassed then and […]

  25. New(ish) US paperback cover of My Sister Rosa + Scott news

    It published on 26 December 2017 but I was too cold and frozen fingered to blog about it so here it is now in all its glory. SoHo Teen have done Rosa proud: My Sister Rosa has been shortlisted for the Adelaide Writers Festival Book Awards in the YA category. I’m thrilled. They only give […]

  26. Appearances 2017

    Saturday, 4 March 2017 North Dallas Teen Book Festival Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039 Tuesday, 7 March 7, 2017, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Writing for Children and Young Adults Forum: Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld Klein Conference Room, Room A510, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Room 510, 66 West […]

  27. Editions

    Rights inquiries about My Sister Rosa should go to my fabulous agent: Jill Grinberg of Jill Grinberg Literary Management jill AT jillgrinbergliterary DOT com My Sister Rosa is published in Australia and New Zealand by Allen and Unwin and in North America by Soho Teen. The English language audio version of My Sister Rosa is […]

  28. Bye, Bye Twitter (For a bit)

    Late Sunday night I realised I hadn’t looked at Twitter all day. That never happens. I’m a Twitter addict. Sunday was wonderful. We cycled from the East Village to Red Hook and back, via Vinegar Hill and Dumbo, taking breaks to eat and explore the various neighbourhoods along the way. It was splendid and I […]

  29. The Faddishness of Publishing

    NB: Every example I give in this post will soon be out of date. I’m only talking Young Adult publishing in the USA. What follows may be a tad exaggerated. Publishing may be an old and crusty industry, that sometimes still runs on handshakes, but it is also flighty and driven by fads. Right now […]

  30. On Writing a Good, Kind, Nice, Empathetic Main Character

    What’s the hardest part of writing has to be one of the most frequently asked questions. For me the answer to that question depends on what I’m writing. I don’t just mean whether I’m writing a blog post or a novel. It changes with each particular piece of writing. My latest novel, My Sister Rosa, […]

  31. Me at NYC Teen Author Festival

    The NYC Teen Author Festival begins this Sunday. I will be at the opening event on Sunday to cheer everyone on. Here’s my schedule for the rest of the festival: Wednesday, 22 March, 42nd St NYPL, South Court, 6-8: Writing New York City A gathering of writers who’ve written about New York City talking about […]

  32. The Problem with “Boy Books”

    Every time I hear someone talking about the lack of boy books I die a little inside. Books have no gender. The lack of boy books is not a problem1; the problem is adults assuming boys will only read books about boys. Here are two terrible assumptions embedded in that one little phrase boy books: […]

  33. Appearances 2016

    Thursday, 4 February 2016 at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm Double book launch My Sister Rosa/Summer Skin book launch with the fabulous Kirsty Eagar We will discuss Sex and Psychopaths And answer all your questions for we love Q&A! Kinokuniya Level 2, The Galleries, 500 George St, Sydney, NSW Wednesday 10 February 2016 at 6:00pm for […]

  34. Edgar Award Nomination and My Sister Rosa Extras

    My Sister Rosa has been nominated for an Edgar Award. The Edgars are the Mystery Writers of America awards. They are named for Edgar Allen Poe. I am ecstatic. Let me explain, when I was little Edgar Allen Poe was one of my absolute favourite writers. I read his short stories over and over. They […]

  35. Extras

    My Sister Rosa went through many, many, many drafts. In the process I changed the structure multiple times, switched from past to present tense, and cut more than 60,000 words, which I think is a record for me. Here are a few of the scenes that didn’t make it into the final version. I’ll leave […]

  36. Religion in My Sister Rosa

    One of the characters in My Sister Rosa, Sojourner Ida Davis, is a deeply religious progressive Christian. This has elicited a range of responses from readers: from horror from the non-religious: Ewwww! Why is there religion in this book? To horror from conservative Christians, some of whom have expressed grave doubts that Christians like Sojourner […]

  37. Last Day of 2016

    I almost didn’t write this post. It’s been such an awful year in so many ways. As a US citizen the election was particularly foul. People I care about had awful things happen to them. Some favourite celebrities died.1 But I am a creature of superstition and I’m convinced if I don’t write this post, […]

  38. Guest Post: Ambelin Kwaymullina: Thoughts on Being an Ally of Indigenous Writers

    Today Ambelin Kwaymullina, who is an Aboriginal writer and illustrator from the Palyku people, has generously allowed me to publish this essay. I’ve been an admirer of Ambelin Kwaymullina’s work for some time. Not just her wonderful dystopian trilogy about a far future Australia, The Tribe series, but her thoughtful essays. She has become one […]

  39. My Sister Rosa USA Tour (updated)

    My eighth novel (and eleventh book), My Sister Rosa, publishes on Tuesday 15 November. These are my tour dates. I’ll be in Charleston, New York City, Chicago (area), Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta. If you’re in New York City we’re having a launch party on Sunday the 13th at Book Court. Details below. Would be lovely […]

  40. On Putting Your Work Out There

    The authors copies of my eighth novel, My Sister Rosa, arrived today. It publishes in the US and Canada in less than a month. I’ve been through this eight times, eleven times if I count my non-fiction book and anthologies, yet it never stops being exciting and it never stops being scary. All I ever […]

  41. Accompanying Scott Westerfeld on His US Tour

    For the next two weeks I’ll be accompanying Scott on his US tour. We’ll be hitting the San Francisco/Bay Area (Menlo Park, Santa Rosa, and SF), LA, the Phoenix/Tempe area, Chicago, Princeton NJ, and New York City. Do say hello and if you’ve got anything you’d like me to sign I’m more than happy to […]

  42. Launching Wai Chim’s Freedom Swimmer

    Tomorrow, Friday 16th of September I have the great honour of launching Wai Chim’s first YA novel, Freedom Swimmer, and it’s a corker. The book was inspired by Wai’s father’s escape from Mao’s China by swimming to Hong Kong. Wai tells a story of privation and love and friendship. The central relationship between Ming and […]

  43. Brisbane Writers Festival! This Weekend! I am in you!

    Hello, Brisbanites, I will be in your fine city this weekend doing the following things at the Brisbane Writers Festival. All my events are on site. SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 11.30am – 12.30pm Panel: Psycho Auditorium 2, SLQ Justine Larbalestier, Caroline Overington, Caroline Kepnes moderated by Meg Vann Nothing I love more than talking about psychopaths. […]

  44. My WisCon 40 Guest of Honour Speech

    Today in honour of James Tiptree, Jr.’s birthday I’m publishing my guest of honour speech from this year’s WisCon. WisCon is the longest-running feminist science fiction convention in the world. It’s an amazing con. My fellow guests of honour, Nalo Hopkinson and Sofia Samatar, will also be publishing their speeches. Both speeches are amazing. Check […]

  45. White Fragility post + posting WisCon GoH Speech soon

    Last week I had a guest post over at the fabulous Reading While White blog. (I would have posted about it sooner but I’m on a writing holiday.) As you will have noticed from posts like these white folks and race is something I think about a lot. If you haven’t already seen it do […]

  46. Lili Wilkinson’s The Boundless Sublime

    This Tuesday, 9 August 2016, at 6 PM I have the great pleasure of launching Lili Wilkinson’s amazing new novel, The Boundless Sublime at Kinokuniya in Sydney. The Boundless Sublime is a chilling thriller that deals with death, grief, brainwashing, cults, psychopaths, guilt, empathy, resilience and survival. Ruby Jane Galbraith’s brother has died under tragic […]

  47. How to Write Protagonists of Colour When You’re White

    Step One: Ask Yourself Why Why are you writing this book? Why have you decided to write a protagonist whose background is different from your own? Is it because you want to make the world a better place? Because doing so seems to be the cool new thing? Because you lived for many years in […]

  48. Paperback US edition of Razorhurst in and My Sister Rosa News

    Razorhurst is now available in the USA as a paperback, with a whole new look. The new cover is getting a very strong response. As a bonus, this brand-new paperback includes the first two chapters of My Sister Rosa. Cool, huh? You folks of the USA and Canada will get a teaser to get you […]

  49. Me in Madison, Wisconsin

    This weekend I’ll be a Guest of Honour at WisCon in Madison Wisconsin. WisCon is the longest running feminist science fiction convention in the USA. I used to be a regular attendee and always had an amazing time. This will be my first time back in ten years. Pretty cool to return as a Guest […]

  50. Which of My Books to Read First (Updated)

    This post is so I have somewhere to send people when they ask me which book of mine they should read first. Click on the links to learn more about each book. Authors who sensibly only write the one kind of book don’t have to write guides like this. I’m not envious. Honest. Update: There’s […]