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Damage and Story, Fine Weather, And Auditory Comfort

Good Monday to you, dear Reader. Head over to the Selkie’s blog for some thoughtfulness–she writes about service to damage vs. service to the story as different engines for creativity. If either works, fine–the trouble with using damage as your fuel is that you do tend to turn into a one-trick pony. Not to mention the damage, since it has such a large place in one’s career, tends to spill out over into other parts of your life in bad ways. I prefer service to the story, even though I’ve found it

Interviews!

Just a few things:

* Gwen Hayes of Fictionistas has an interview with yours truly up, about inspiration, following your dreams, and surprising things characters do

* Imperial Beach Teen Blog has another, on how I survived being a teen

* An interview over at Janicu’s blog

* Aaaaand an interview on Fantastic Book Reviews. I wasn’t kidding when I said I had a ton of them.

* A contest to win Strange Angels at Teenreads.com

* The Parahub Radio folks were kind enough to send me a copy of the interview! You

On Young Adult Fiction

Crossposted from Deadline Dames

I’m being asked about writing Young Adult fiction a lot. (Go figure.) I can point to this post, where I could finally announce that Strange Angels had sold and went on to talk about YA, bullshit, and low expectations. That was a year ago, it’s probably time to revisit the subject.

I’ve mentioned in a few interviews lately that I never thought I would write YA. I knew, even starting out waaay back when, that I was not going to be very, well, PC as a writer. I write d

Interview on Parahub Radio!

Tonight at 9:30PM (Eastern) I will be talking to the lovely folks out at Parahub Radio about Strange Angels, the paranormal, and my writing process. I have a hideous head cold and sound somewhat like Bilbo Baggins after he’s fished out of the lake, so there should be much fun for everyone.

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Hello, Strange Angels!

[image error]Today is the release date for my first young adult book, Strange Angels. This is the book I refer to as “Supernatural meets Buffy, with a dash of Appalachian folk magic and some Eastern European folklore thrown in. Oh, and Vampire Hunter D.” (You can find the blurb here.)

The initial image for this book was a teenage girl in her kitchen, staring at the back door. She was surrounded by boxes, and she was terrified. Then the angle moved around, and I got a glimpse of the back door, and I realized w

Strange Angels Book Trailer

OH. MY. GOD.

So last night, while feeling really down, what did I find…

…but an official Strange Angels book trailer on YouTube?

I, erm, totally did not expect this. I did not even know it was happening. Cute complete ZOMG freakout moment, probably still commencing as you read this. My jaw, she is on the floor. In such a good way.

For your delectation, then, I present Strange Angels: The Trailer. HOORAY!

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Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

I woke up this morning to the Little Prince watching Akira. This leads me to believe I am an okay mother and to wonder if the millions of books’ worth of the manga are worth investing in. It is also awesome to watch him acting out critical scenes with the sponge-animals he gets out of grow capsules.

Lots of change here at Casa Saintcrow. Suffice to say that Tuesday morning is the beginning of the rest of my life, and I’m okay with that. Today, however, is for copyedits. Oh, lovely copyedits, whic

On Reviews

Crossposted from Deadline Dames, where there are contests and loads of other advice. Go check it out!

The Internet is a marvelous place, full of ponies and rainbows and unicorns. It has also been revolutionary for consumers and readers sharing information. There are a million review sites and ways for readers to rank and talk about and pick apart a book. This is a good thing, despite the echo-chamber factor, but it underlines one thing I wish I could tell newly-published writers.

Do not respond to

Trunk Fiction, And Other Fear

I’m giving myself a week to finish up copyedits, more than enough time. Until that week hits, though, I am going to do something I have not done in years–take a break and write some just-for-me trunk fiction.

To me, “trunk fiction” is just like the trunk novel–with the important codicil that I understand it’s not good enough for publication, I’m just writing it to please myself. It will get shoved into a drawer if I ever finish it, and not brought out again–much like my first finished novel. This

Please Support Judy Blume

Earlier this week an email announcement Judy Blume (yes, THAT Judy Blume, the author of Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret and other classics) wrote for Planned Parenthood went out, and various jerkwads who don’t like PP saving lives and educating people have been sending her nasty mail, up to and including death threats. California NOW has a section where you can express your support for Ms. Blume. She’s always been a class act, and if you possibly can, please take a moment to send her a mes