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Friday News Dump

Hello all!

Today is a mish-mash of news and tidbits.

First, go buy Dull Boy by Sarah Cross.  One of my fave books this year and you won't be disappointed.  Seriously, do it.  You'll thank me!

Second, today -- and today only -- is Debsness!  Click the link for a chance to win!






Third, not gonna lie, I've been having fun reading rumors about the movie rights for The Forest of Hands and Teeth.  Yeah, it still feels crazy weird to say "movie rights" and the title of my book in the same sentence.  And als

Debs Blog Tour: Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph

Hello all!  It's Debs Blog Tour time but before I get to the meat of this post I wanted to give a huge shout out to Sarah Cross who's fantabulous debut, Dull Boy, hits shelves today and to Aprilynne Pike who's debut Wings, just took the #6 spot on the NYT Bestseller List!  Congrats!!

Now on to Danielle Joseph and her debut, Shrinking Violet!

About the book:

Shrinking Violet is about high school senior, Tere Adams and her one dream-to be a DJ. By day she is paralyzed when she has to talk to people,

Zombie Ants

Someone asked me if the animals in my books can be infected and turned into zombies.  I think this is an issue that all zombie writers must face and I distinctly remember sitting down and pondering this issue.  A few things sealed the decision for me: zombie cows, zombie mosquitos and the whole pesky idea that the world's ecosystem would likely fall apart if all animals became zombified.  So in my world, animals are safe from becoming infected.

But that doesn't mean that I'm still not fascinated

Happy Birthday Sarah Cross + YAY Dull Boy!!!

Today is debut author Sarah Cross's birthday -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  It's also the week her book, Dull Boy, comes out which is just way awesome.  I met Sarah through the 2009 Debutantes and let me tell you, she is just flat out one of the coolest people I know.  She's also the funniest.  I swear, every email I get from her or blog post I read leaves me almost crying from laughter.  I wish more than anything I could be an iota as clever as she is.

So naturally, I was super curious to read her book,

Debs Blog Tour: Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman

Hey Y'all!  Sorry for posting this a little late - I spent the weekend in the mountains and accidentally left my power cord at home.  Ooops!  So that means I took a bit of a forced vacation (and I read If I Stay and started Suite Scarlett - yay!).  Today I'm excited to bring to y'all another debut novel, Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman.  Since it's set in a coastal Carolina town I'm totally picking it up -- I'm always partial to picking up a locally set book :)  I'm thinking I'll read this on

MOVIE NEWS!!

I couldn't be more ecstatic to share the news that I've sold the film rights to The Forest of Hands and Teeth to Seven Star Pictures!!!!!!!  Super SQUEE!!!

Here's what Publishers Weekly says about the deal:

Alan Nevins of Renaissance Literary & Talent has just closed film rights on Carrie Ryan's YA novel, The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Nevins, who brokered the deal on behalf of Jim McCarthy at Dystel Literary, sold the book, which Delacorte Books for Young Readers published in March, to Seven Star

Best. Video. EVER! Lara Zielin's Editing Letter.

Dudes.  I'm not kidding when I say this is one of my favorite videos ever.  Not only is it directly on point, it's really well done and HILARIOUS.  Basically, it's author Lara Zielin singing a song karaoke style to Corey Hart's "Never Surrender" about her editing letter for her book Donut Days.



Totally awesome and has made my day each time I've watched it!

Alas, you will never find me singing in public so extra kudos to Lara for that!!  (you can find a direct link to the video here).[image error]

The Great Flood of Aught Nine

So yesterday afternoon it started to rain (and thunder and lightning).  And it didn't really stop.  I figured we might start running into trouble when I noticed that the water running down the street was hitting the back of a car parked in front of our house and pouring into the yard.  We live on a park, just up the road from a little stream, and neighbors across the street are actually in a flood plain.  So when I saw them walking down barefoot to look back at the park, I thought we might have

How we come up with ideas

One of my favorite blogs to reads is Pub Rants, agent Kristin Nelson's blog.  Every morning for years I've gone to her blog first thing and I've learned a ton about the industry from her.  I also credit her for being one of the reasons I'm where I am today.  Back in Spring 2006 she ran a fun little contest that I ended up winning -- the prize was a partial critique.  Problem was, I didn't have a partial.  This is what really got me laser focused on writing and what prompted me to start Dead Bodi

Debs Blog Tour: My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter

Hello All!  Like I said, I have lots of 2009 Debs coming to visit this month and today I bring you Sydney Salter's debut, My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters.  I totally love this cover and everything I've read about this book makes me want to run out and pick it up!  



About the author:  



Sydney Salter held a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer, including her brief stint delivering pies and flowers, wrecking vans, and destroying wedding cakes in Reno, Nevada. Sydney now lives