Hello, Emily!  I don’t know of any literary magazines per se that are specifically for teens (along the lines of the Kenyon Review or Granta or Analog).  But as a magazine that brings together teens who are passionate about writing, I really like [pl-popup content="http://www.teenink.com/" title="Teen Ink website" width="1000" height="640"]Teen Ink[/pl-popup]. They are great. Lots of opportunities for publication in print and on-line. They also have an amazing summer writing program in New York City. Two years ago, I gave a guest author presentation to the summer writers, and last year they heard R. L. Stine. Hope this helps.

Hello, Mark!  Thanks so much for your kind words.  I had a blast today.  I am so moved by what a big part the Columbus Metropolitan Library plays in the lives of so many kids.  It’s a rare and wonderful thing, and I was delighted to have been invited.  What a great, attentive, sharp group of readers. 
I think your idea is wonderful.  I know I’ve heard editors mumbling about just such a sort of project, but I don’t believe anyone has acted on it.  I suspect it’s precisely because in many ways the project might be better managed by a developer than a publisher.  How to structure this in terms of intellectual rights, payments, etc., I have no clue, but that part shouldn’t be too terribly difficult.  You’d probably want to find a good, young writer with a strong sense of story and a familiarity with the tech/social media possiblities, who could bring the aspects together in an exciting way.  And then I guess you’d need to determine whether it would be site-specific (creating a mystery within the context of, say, a natural history museum or a historical site), or something more generally adaptable (a scalable, programmble prototype with multiple possibilities to be chosen by, say, teachers or camp leaders, etc.).  Just speaking off the cuff because I don’t really know a thing about building apps, but it seems like you have your finger on an incredibly fun experience.  As you develop the idea, you may want to make sure to have your writer in place from the start to help with the development.  I sure would love to see the result someday.

Hello, Skye!  I wish we could take credit for that wonderful work, but we had nothing at all to do with those.

Hello, Magic Kade.  No snow in 36 years?  Sounds like the Miami area.  Yes, snow is complicated in places that don't have it.  I was in Vermont last week, where no one pays snow much notice unless it reaches eighteen inches or so, and school is not canceled unless the buses are buried.  I’ve also spent time in Los Angeles, where offices close early and people freak out when it RAINS.  As for the CVV pub dates — mine came out on March 5, 2012, which was a Monday.

Hi, Alex!  I don’t know.  That’s a good question.  Vikram hasn’t been a presence in the master outlines so far.  Maybe it’s because we already have three pretty fully developed Kabras already, and Isabel is such a dominating presence.  Just a guess.

Good eye as always, Truman! Those disclaimers aren’t required; some novels use them and some don’t.  And you can bet that Uncle Alistair is alive and kicking after THE EMPEROR’S CODE.  He just wasn’t close to the action in that particular story.

Hello, Aurora!  Yes, sometimes things do have to be edited, but not often.  We all outline our manuscripts in great detail, with all the significant plot points worked out, well in advance of writing the actual book.  The next author has the full outline before starting work on her/her book.  When things do diverge from the outline, they’re usually fairly minor (like new last names!).  Even after the very final draft of any given book is done, the next writer is still at work, so the changes are passed on by our editor.  There’s always enough time for the next person to adjust.
Of course, there have been rare times when an author completely changes the end of the book, thereby forcing the next writer to junk twenty or thirty pages and start over again, but that’s between me and Jude Watson.

Hi, Kade!  Wow, you’re right; as a matter of fact, I finished Book 2 a few days ago.  And to celebrate, I went to a very cold place with lots of snow.  Different part of the world, I guess!

Hello, Aurora!  Yes, indeed, Judy and I are good pals.  Watson is her married name, but she uses Blundell for her YA novels.  55 days, huh?  DAY OF DOOM is amazing!  Can't wait for people to read it.

They were discussing matters involving the Ekaterina leadership, I think.