Attention, Geek Girls Guild Sisters

Dear Geek Girl Guild sisters, I’m waiting for you in your mailbox. Open me! Geez, that sounds pervy. Here’s an uncreepy translation: The last and final ΓΓΓ survey is waiting for you in your inbox. Hoof it over and fill out any outstanding surveys before I pull the plug on this crazy awesome literary experiment on December 20. Oh, and don’t forget to follow me (@redpatterndress) and ΓΓΓ (@geekgirlsunite) on Twitter. What are you waiting... Read More

Geek Girls Unite! Update

Hoof it over to Geek Girls Unite! and see who I’ve crowned Geek Girl Of The Week—or else Norman’s gonna stick his middle finger in your face. Oh, wait! He already did. Natch!  Read More

“Han Shot First”

Based on the above picture, can you guess what chapter I’m working on? I mean, what other reason would I have to spend the last week soldiering through the entire Daria boxset? I mean, other than the fact that it’s incredible, amazing and a bunch of other adjectives that won’t do the series justice. Howev, if I start to wear a Team Edward ringer tee and/or speak Elvish, someone please call the police… or the nice men in white... Read More

“Live From New York City… It’s Me!”

Please forgive me for being totally MIA—complete with neon leggings and an inexplicable hatred for red-haired little boys. After weeks of living out of a suitcase and working my buns off, I’m slowly but surely making my way back into the land of the living. I found a wonderful apartment that actually fits all of my crap, which is tres unusual by NYC standards, and I’m hoping to be unpacked sometime before Christmas. (Fingers crossed!) Now that... Read More

Geek Like Me

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve just started work on my third book. [Does the running-man in place!] I don’t want want to give too much away but I will say that it’s a literary celebration of all the fangirls, fashionistas, bookworms, indie chicks, craft mavens and other female misfits out there. (Can I get a “what what?”) That said, I’d like to try something I’ve never done before in my book-writing... Read More

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Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.