How to Ditch Your Fairy Interview

So I think it’s time for another IMterview.

You may remember previous IMterviews, such as my discussion of Cycler with Lauren McLaughlin, and this chat with Robin Wasserman.

This one is a little closer to home, as it’s with my wife, Justine Larbalestier. We’ll be discussing her new book, How to Ditch Your Fairy.

Because we’re sitting next to each other as we IMed, it turned out a bit sillier than usual.

If you need catching up about what the book is about, here’s what I said back when it came out.

And here is the IMterview. (Okay, I’ll stop saying “IMterview” now, because it is lame.)










Here’s what the book looks like:

You can order HTDYF at Powell’s, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.

259 thoughts on “How to Ditch Your Fairy Interview

  1. Jay-wa: If you ever get a chance to go to an H&M store, do. All the clothes look *super* high end (well, most of them, anyway) and fashion forward, but they are SO CHEAP! It’s amazing.

    Which brings me to my question, Ashley-wa: I could care less what Uglies wear. What do Pretties wear??? Surely, the fashion of the world has changed in the interim of 300 years, I mean think of the clothes people wore in the 1700’s! 😉

  2. my school won an award not last year, but the year before, cuz our musical rocked so much! we got money for the music program which means we got new music stands! i was really excited. yeah. i don’t usually get EVERYTHING i want, but for Christmas i’m hoping that i’ll get a clarinet mouthpiece….a nice one, too! i know, i know, i’m a music nerd asking for a clarinet mouthpiece for Christmas (not even an instrument, a mouthpiece) but whatever. i mean, i’m not like everyone else asking for cell phones, ipods, or new clothes….I don’t like any of those…well, except ipods, but then again, they’re IPODS! but i’d rather be making music than listening.

  3. Andrea-la:i have no idea what the pretties wear!!!! maybe they wear like purple tights w/ black micro-mini skirts & blue leg warmers(i actually saw some Japanese lady wearing this @Disney World!!!!) or maybe thay wear normal fashion(which i doubt)
    my school SUCKS @music we got an accademic award!!!! ex:every year our school’s band has a concert(next week)the whole school has 2 go!!!!and every year the music is sooooo horible that peoples ears start 2 bleed(jk, but i do plug my ears 4 as long as i can) if your school’s band is any better than mine(which most bands r) i wish i could hear it!!!!instead of ear drum-breaking music that my school has!!!!=D

    OMG!!!it’s 9:24am @my house & i have 2 go 2 my cousin’s b-day party which starts @10:00am (INSANITY) its ice skating…..G2G, TTYL, laytah, bye,bye=D

  4. Audrey-sensi:i have no idea what the pretties wear!!!! maybe they wear like purple tights w/ black micro-mini skirts & blue leg warmers(i actually saw some Japanese lady wearing this @Disney World!!!!) or maybe thay wear normal fashion(which i doubt) people @my school really care where u got ur clothes from the 1st thing they will ask u is “is that from Abercrombie”if it looks like it is or “is that from Hollister” if it looks like it!!! if it doesn’t look like its fom a “cool” store, they might ask u where its from then go over 2 their bratty clique and laugh @u!!!!it hasn’t happened 2 me, but it always happens 2 this girl Heather!!!okay, G2G=D

    SORRY ANDREA-LA I DIDN’T MEAN 2 WRITE THIS 2 U!!!!

  5. ok, so i was meaning to ask what they wear(uglies+) but i forgot that when i was on the Bougus to Bubbly entry
    so i never got to know
    and i didnt get my name in=.[

  6. 2day i was@ my cousin’s 7th b-day party& of course i was reading!!!! then this crowd of littlies comes over 2 me….and this 1littlie called me a nerd, then a loser then a wierdo& i m like thanks!!!! then they left!!! how rude!!!

  7. Ugg that is rude….. i totally know how you feel Ashley-wa, one time i lost my flip flop in the hall way and i screamed “My shoe” and this tiny 6th grader started to mock me… it was horrible, i mean when i was in sixth grade i was totally afraid of 8th graders mostly bc my sister was in 8th though

  8. You know, I bet Pretties wear barely any clothes. Like, only little bikini things and super short dresses and really revealing stuff because their bodies are gorgeous, global warming makes the weather hotter, and if you look at clothing throughout history, we just keep getting racier and racier… 😉

  9. Audrey-sensi:i have no idea what the pretties wear!!!! maybe they wear like purple tights w/ black micro-mini skirts & blue leg warmers(i actually saw some Japanese lady wearing this @Disney World!!!!) or maybe thay wear normal fashion(which i doubt) our night is probably not the same time though, cause @my house right now, its 6:57pm!!!

  10. G2G2 school!!!UGH!!!wish i didn’t have school 2day, cause i couldn’t fall asleep last night till about 2:00am!!!!

  11. I came back^^
    HIIIIIIIII
    *waves arms*
    Cool interview^^
    the sucky thing is, WHEN THE HECK DOES IT COME OUT IN SWITZERLAND???

  12. Jay-wa: If you ever get a chance to go to an H&M store, do. All the clothes look *super* high end (well, most of them, anyway) and fashion forward, but they are SO CHEAP! It’s amazing.

    Which brings me to my question, Ashley-wa: I could care less what Uglies wear. What do Pretties wear??? Surely, the fashion of the world has changed in the interim of 300 years, I mean think of the clothes people wore in the 1700’s!

    -x-
    My my. American point-of-view about H&M. H&M has sucky quality. And SO CHEAP? Ha. Ha. Ha.
    It’s SO EASY to spend over 100bucks over there. Which is why I avoid it.
    I’ll have you know that in CH (Confédération Helvétique, AKA Switzerland), H&M is like a whatever-ish store, like GAP or Target.

  13. for the snow-day topic:
    I don’t think I ever had a snowday in my life. We get snow (duh, Sake-wa, I live in CH) but not snowdays unless snow is like over half a meter high (~3 feet)

  14. I’ll stop in H&M sometime to check it out. (although i’m not really sure there’s even one in michigan…) I think the Pretties (my friend was like there’s a ton of H&Ms in michigan.) wore bogus clothes, because they had to be recyclable and didn’t hold up well when they went in the wild. Dull colours maybe.

    For history class we’re researching countries, I wanted Canada sooooo bad. I tried to trade, but the kid who had it, didn’t want it btw, is a jerk! (main export:SYRUP!!lol)
    I got Spain, which so far is cool.
    Hope we have a snow day tomorrow!!

  15. If any one lives in Spain on here, what’s something people travel to visit alot? Any help is appriciated.

  16. Jay-wa, i live in Michigan(OMG) & there is a big 1@ Twelve Oaks mall in Novi!!! i have been there b4, my mom shops there, but my size 10slim(child) in pants& like 8-10 in shirts there is no way any of the stuff they sell there could fit me!!!!

  17. Wonderful interview! I will have to get my hands on a copy of How to Ditch Your Fairy.

    I heard that you and Justine dared John (Green) to stand on a table for $5,000 to the charity of his choice. Well, I guess you two will be giving a wonderful gift to some great organizations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWjYcWoaSbI

    Donating money and helping conquer fears, now that’s a good combination.

  18. ahh!
    thanks scott.
    i loved this book.
    😀

    and this interview made me chuckle to myself…. making me look like a moron.
    :]

    ugh.
    for a while, i couldnt find the book, but it magically appeared one day when i actually have the money for it.
    maybe i have a things-you-like-wont-appear-until-you-have-the-money-for-them fairy.

  19. Wow. I’m so getting this book!
    And I’m an aspiring writer.
    (Totally bubbly-making, right?)
    I’ll try my hardest to be persistent. XD
    It could be hard since I’m a fellow
    procrastinator.

  20. Hah. Great interview…. made me laugh. I’m getting this book soon now. Like maybe for Christmas?? Whatever. Soon.

  21. -600 million years later….-

    Jay-wa, I don’t like Twilight because I read the 4th book and realized the series sucked. But now everyone is reading it! My best friend, my best friend’s teacher, a kid in my Math Class.

    Though, I’m glad my best friend is reading it. I’m always reading, and I think I’ve rubbed off on her, because now she reads more.

  22. Great interview, it made me chuckle. And on an even better note (for your wife) I have to go out and buy the book! (My library doesn’t have it yet.) Luckily I have a Barns and Noble gift card that I haven’t used yet. 😀

  23. sounds like an awsome book~~!!! oh by the way… today at school we were voting for some book choise awards or best book awards or something, it was like a big thing though i don’t remember… but anyways… uglies was one of the nominees ( don’t think i spelt that right) and i voted for uglies! cuz it was really, really good.

  24. wow are you a guy skylar-la? Sry im so rude but if you are, thats fawesome!! If not, your name got me and i apologize… But youre still awesome :] lol

  25. Hiya! My name is Chrissy-wa and I have the book “How To Ditch Your Fairy” and I love it ssssooo much. I have a Good Story fairy(In case you don’t know this means that even when bad things happen to me this fairy will turn it into a great idea and I will always have a great story idea). I just love this book and you guys are hilarious =]

  26. Since were on the subject of schools:My school(Sir Samuel Steele Public School;more commonly known as Sir Sam or Sir Sam Steele) is actually not that strict. And we do not have to wear uniforms,and although there are some clothing rules(No Belly Tops or other inappropriate clothing and shirt must meat pants and Shorts and skirts have to be as long as your fingertips when you hold at your sides) we can pretty much wear whatever we want. And my Good Story Fairy sure makes it easy to write a good story for a school assignment =] Also our school is named after the Mountie dude named Sir Samuel Steele,witch is so doos =] I love my school and think it is more doos then all of your schools combined XD

  27. And since we are on the subject of clothing stores: I like sores like The Gap,Old Navy.Hot Topic etc. Also I think H&W is doos,too.

  28. Hi again! lol. I have started a story and here is what I have done of it(it is called Hikji): “I was sitting on my front porch glumly when I saw someone coming up the drive. I didn’t recognize the person until he got closer. “Steffi!” I said greeting him. “Hey Chrissy!” he said back,sitting on the porch beside me. I have a Good Story fairy. I am 13 years old and I have a Good Story fairy. Steffi has a Get-Out-Of-Trouble fairy and is also 13. I started frowning. I hate school. But it was just as well that I have a Good Story fairy because I love to write story’s. “Why are you frowning?” Steffi asked me. “Oh” I said “Just thinking”. “About what?” he asked. I knew he was trying to taunt me…but it was working. “Just about things that worry me” I replied. Steffi laughed and said “I think you should have a worry fairy!”. “Worry fairy’s are supposed to take away your worries” I said “not give you more worries”. “Well then let me be your worry fairy” he said “and take away all your worries”. With that he took a hand and smoothed out my frown lines and pulled me into a kiss. I indulged in it for a few seconds, then pulled away. “Don’t you like kissing?” Steffi asked. “No” I said “I love kissing and I love you but….” my voice trailed off in a feeble attempt to say what I mean. “The rules” Steffi finished for me “I know Chrissy,I know. If you don’t want to, then…”. “No!” I said standing up and cutting him off “I do want to. I love you Steffi. You know that. But we have to fallow the rules.”. “I have a Get-Out-Of-Trouble fairy, remember?” Steffi said “So we won’t get demerits. And besides, I thought you loved me like a brother and nothing more.”. “But I love you more then a brother” I insisted “I really, really do”. Steffi sat there for a few moments, just looking at me. I loved how he looked at me. It was like I was a goddess and he couldn’t keep his eyes off me. His blue eyes sparkled in the sunlight and he curly hair blew in the wind like a sea on a summers day. I sat back down. I was concentrating on my early life:before Steffi, before my Good Story fairy, before moving to New Avalon. It was very hard to remember but if I concentrated hard enough some of it came back to me. Steffi kissed me on the lips, disturbing my concentration. “You distracted me” I said after we had stopped kissing. “Oops” he said while he kissed me greedily. After we stopped kissing I checked my watch. “Fairy Dung” I muttered under my breath “were going to be late for school”. With that we ran down the driveway and towards New Avalon High School. He raced in the double doors at the entrance and raced towards the history room were our first class was. We slipped quietly into our seats and because of Steffi’s fairy we didn’t get a demerit for being late. “Now class” Mr. Demetrius was saying “for todays history class you will be writing a story about the earth”. I relaxed at once. No need to fret about writing a story for class when you have a Good Story fairy on your side. When I was sure Mr. Demetrius wasn’t giving out any more assignments and was just rambling I tuned out. I was thinking about Steffi and how we were boyfriend and girlfriend and how my Good Story fairy would let me ace this assignment and how tomorrow was Saturday and how much I loved the weekend. BBRRIINNGG. The school bell rang for the end of class and I hurried out of class itching to get to cricket. Steffi fallowed behind me. “What class do you have?” he asked. “Cricket” I said. “Oh” Steffi said “Cool. I have math. But I’ll see you in Tennis”. “Yep” I said “Bye”. “Bye” he said as he ducked into the classroom. Fairy Dung. I’m going to be late for class. I walked really fast without running(running in school outside of sports will get you a demerit) and made it to cricket just as the bell rang. Whew. We played cricket and then I headed off to tennis. We played tennis and then headed off to lunch. I sat with Steffi during lunch and we talked. “Hey,what are you doing tonight?” Steffi asked me. “nothing” I said “why?”. “Because” Steffi said “I was wondering if we could,ya know,go out on a date?”. “doos” I said smiling at him “How ’bout you come to my house around 7:00, okay?”. “Okay” Steffi said. The bell rang and me and Steffi headed for our last class. After the bell rang for the end of school I was the first one out. I raced home. Once I was home I did my homework and sooner then soon the doorbell rang. “hi” Steffi said “Ready to go my lady?”. “Readier then ready” I said. “doos” he said smiling. He got out a gold ring with a little diamond on the top. “It’s fourteen carrot gold” Steffi said as he handed to me “I hope you like it”. “Like it?” I said “I love it”. For the date I was wearing a black dress, Black Platform shoes, a cross necklace, the ring that Steffi gave me and my hair was hanging loose. “You look gorgeous” Steffi said. “Thanks” I said back “Thanks a lot”. “Close your eyes” Steffi instructed me. I did and I could hear my shoes Click-clacking on the marble outside as Steffi lead me along.”

  29. hi! My name is Violetta but you can call me Vi. I love basketball and have a Shot-Blocking fairy. Also(like Zoey from Zoey 101) I wear my house key around my neck because I always forget it at home. I am 11 years old.

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