Ding dong. Pizza delivery. I’ve got one bacon, pineapple and ham here for Heather Brewer…
We’re coming to the end of this tour and I admit I am totally lax about being all professional-pizza-delivery-technician now. In fact, I am going to ask for a piece of this pizza because this is one of my favorite kinds. Sorry. But I feel at home and Auntie Heather and I are informal types. Pizza is on me, K? So… Last month, my book Please Ignore Vera Dietz came out. I’ve been delivering cyber pizza (doing interviews–call it brain-pizza or answer-pizza) ever since and here I am, finally at your place where I can kick back for a minute. First: Thank you for having me! Second: Thank you being an amazing friend. Third: this couch is really comfy. Dude. I am never getting up off your couch.
HEATHER: Which of your characters has been the biggest struggle to write about and why?
ASK: The hardest character I’ve had to write was Charlie Kahn in PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ. See, I was a little in love with Charlie, the same as Vera was, so when he acted like an ass or thought he was real tough, I was as disappointed as she was. I knew he was dead from the minute I started writing, so while I built the character up and loved him more and more, it just broke my heart that he was dead. I think we all know someone like Charlie—someone who is a good person but who gets involved with the wrong people and makes big mistakes. I think we all know people who are complete winners who are convinced, no matter what we tell them, that they are complete losers. And that’s just so sad.
HEATHER: [Amy thinks: Mushrooms AGAIN. Uncanny.] OMG, gimme gimme gimme an embarrassing picture and description!!!
ASK: Okay. This is me in sixth grade. It is 1982. I am growing out my only ever perm. And yes, I am wearing a cotton shirt. Get it? COTTON SHIRT? The wallpaper you see there is the wallpaper that was in my bedroom in the house I grew up in. It was very flowery. The glasses I got at a yard sale. The cotton shirt is courtesy of my sister’s clever art project. I was her model. I call this the flailing-my-arms look. Very modelish, don’t you think?
HEATHER: Where do you find to be the best place to write, the easiest place to get into the zone of the creative process?
ASK: Heather, I think you can totally relate to this, but this year has been so filled with the business of it all, I could probably write ANYWHERE right now! But my favorite place is my office, in my basement—or, temporarily in my bedroom so I have some natural light while I write about a girl who looks at the sky a lot. I feel rusty at the moment–a little like I forget how to write, man. I can’t wait to take this winter and push out this next book because book #5 is on its heels, too, and needs to get out!
AMY: Truth or dare time!
HEATHER:
- TRUTH: What’s the grossest thing you have ever done?
- DARE: Write an entire chapter with Cheetos stuck up your nose.
ASK: See—I love Cheetos so much, I was considering the dare because heck yes, I would eat them even if they’d been up my nose. But then I realized that because of my time raising chickens, I have done some really really gross things. And so. Without going into much detail, I have cured an egg-bound hen. Meaning…the egg gets stuck, and one must use Vaseline to—uh—you know…move it along. And a close second: Dusting chickens for mites. Bleh.
Thank you so much for having me drop by. Now if you’ll kindly roll me off your couch, I’d better get to my next destination…only two more stops to go! Tomorrow, come by The Story Siren and find out more about the pagoda who talks in PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ.
Oh. Hold up. I should tell you a little something about the book before I go, right?
18-year-old Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything. So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone. Will she emerge and clear his name? Does she even want to?
“Brilliant. Funny. Really special.” –Ellen Hopkins, author of NYT bestselling Crank, Glass and Tricks
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OMg i want to read her book 1ST COMENT O YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHA I <3 U HEATHER
wow thats awesome
The book is phenomenal, but I must admit I admire a person who can utter the line, “Without going into much detail, I have cured an egg-bound hen.”
Hey heather its your vlad lool alike just wanted to say hi and the book looks awesome
wow heather congrats on the book, im pretty sure it will be hit just as usuallhttp://heatherbrewer.com/blog/2010/11/11/a-s-kings-pizza-delivery-blog-tour-for-please-ignore-vera-dietz/#commentform
Awesome! im 6th!
7th
My lucky number!
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
whatss going ON????
hi thier peeps im going to watch harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone tonight on abc family can’t wait for that! im also going to watch camp rock 2 the final jam and i heart jonas dvds too can’t wait for that either.well g2g ttyl vladimir vampire drudge
im sooo confused…………..but awesome im 11th
Omg, SOOOOOOOOOO cool!!!!!!! (luv the part about not getting off the comfy couch, i LITERALLY loled! like my mom’s all, “y r u laughing?”
Um… Nice.
my dad is a chicken farmer, but the chickens he grows are… umm well, the ones you eat in happy meals so they dont lay eggs
Thanks for the interview–this interview was WIN!
Okay, let’s see..
From the reviews I’ve read so far (haven’t read all the ones you’ve been linking…) I’ve heard Charlie is pretty swoon-worthy. I can’t wait for my heart to be broken. Love the photo. Book 5?? Wow. You’re thinking pretty far ahead. Keep ‘em coming, crazy lady!
My dad used to live in a chicken farm. He hasn’t told me any disgusting stories, but he told me how he got this scar on his hand. A chicken bit him or something, or rather scratched, and my dad went berserk-o and ripped the chicken’s head off. I hope the chicken was tasty.
Seriously, this is one of the most fun blog tours I’ve been able to follow. It’s also so easy to read them. Or maybe just because I worship you.
BTW, my copies of DO100D & PIVD are here!! I’m so excited! And I hate how the cover of PIVD looks like cheese. Speaking of cheese . . .
haha cass, i’ve gotten scratched by one when i was working, dude they’ll just like run right into you
confuzzledness is seeping into my brain….
I NEEEED COFFFFFEEEEE OR A PIXIE STICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just found one of the popular girls really likes me and i have liked her for like a year.
CHEESE? Just what kind of insane dayglow green cheese you got there down under, Cass?
Heather DOLL. Mwah mwah mwah. Please don’t kick me off this couch. I am so comfy.
KOOL!!!!! I WANNA READ THAT BOOK!!!! BTW happy Vetrins Day!
who has ne advice for dating a popular girl?? u rule auntie heather!!!
Hmmm advice for dating a popular girl? HA WHO CARES? Honestly Sprat it doesnt matter if she is popular or not she is no different then other girl. So my advice for you is don’t treat her like she is different just becuase she is popular. Thats just dumb, No one cares if your goth and she’s nottt and if they do then thats their problem. All that matters is whether or not you two like eachother. This isn’t a movie, not everyone knows exactly what going on.
Autie hether should’ve come by us! She should next tour for you have many minions here who wish to see youZ!
It seems amazing. And I so want to read it!
auntie why didnt u blog 4 soooo long ?
26, awesome! i was 6th, now 26th
woo hoo!! new blog from Auntie Heather FINALLY!!!
i must say though that the egg thing scared me…
i am very happy for you Auntie.
WE SHALL RULE THE WORLD!!!!
you should check me out on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/Blueburrystorm13
thnx
I thought it was so funny with the truth or dare bit.I was laughing so hard.I really like the sound of PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ. I’m going to look for it at Borders tommorow!
P.S. I’m in a SUPER GOOD MOOD TODAY!!! 
I didn’t understand any of that. I’m either out of it or…..I’m out of it.
To Andy sixx lover I love Andy sixx too.what ur favorite song from the black veil brides?mine is perfect weapons.to sprat just treat her with respect and be kind to her and other stuff and just cause your goth doesn’t mean she doesn’t like u.well g2g ttyl Vladimir vampire drudge
That books sounds really awesome!
haha cheetos? Really? Lol you two goofy authoresses…
O.O Uhm, my moms boyfriend has chickens… I will never look at them the same again.
Who knows why
Baha he named his favorite chicken Mildred
Anyway, if one of his chickens’ eggs ever got stuck, my mom nor her boyfriend would be able to find me. No way I’m gettin’ close to that! O.O’
Knives and pens is defiantly the best bvb song
kinda not the same without Sandra there
Sorry huns but their new stuff is pretty lame
the morticians daughter
YESSSSS!! she said yes!! i have liked her for about a year and i finally asked her out last night!!
Wasnt this Please Ignore Vera Dietz like a prize thattt Auntie was giving out??? Hmm I wonder who won…It does look good and I could serously use a book to read right noww. Wonder if Borders has it, I might go and check it outtt ha
I want to read your new book PLEASE
There’s a good chance your Borders might not have it. So if they don’t, ORDER IT and pick it up on your next visit! Auntie Heather will tell you–sometimes books like VERA seem too weird for those big shops to carry them, so you have to make them get it FOR you.
And hey–thanks for all the interest! You’ve love VERA DIETZ. There’s a talking pagoda and flow charts. See?
I’m really lost right now… and that book sounds okay. ki feel like that gurl killed him anyway. XD
heather i have one question for the books. Will you make movies when you get the chance?And will there be a published book of thomas Tod’s journal.
and i have one more question but i might take it back because i’m only on the tenth grade bleeds book. Does meredith and Vlad get back to gather 
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