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New Podcast Episode is Up!

The latest episode of Writing in Real Life is now available for your listening pleasure!

In this episode — “The One with Teeth” — you’ll thrill to: An update on Morgan’s revision. We talk about Bringing up Bebe for the last (?) time. Morgan takes a stand on wasting time. Barry cheats…again. (This time at Recommended Reading.) Dealing with rejection. Arizona! Arizona! Arizona! Morgan has a blog…and fans. Erotica is for women; porn is for men.

Download, subscribe, or stream at writinginreallife.com. And be sure to follow us on Twitter: @WiRLPodcast.

Cover Twins

Nothing to say here. I just really like the way the UK cover to Blood of My Blood looks next to the cover to After the Red Rain.

Get a Sneak Peek at After The Red Rain!

After the Red Rain, my new novel written in collaboration with Peter Facinelli and Rob DeFranco, has been selected a Buzz Book by Publishers Marketplace! As a result, you can get a nice preview of it right now.

Pretty much any ebookstore is hosting the preview, so no matter what kind of phone, tablet, ereader, or computer you have, you’ll be able to read it.

Here are the links:

Amazon
Nook
iBooks
Kobo
Google Play

And here’s the description of the book:

A postapocalyptic novel with a cinematic twist from New York Times bestseller Barry Lyga, actor Peter Facinelli, and producer Robert DeFranco.

On the ruined planet Earth, where 50 billion people are confined to megacities and resources are scarce, Deedra has been handed a bleak and mundane existence by the Magistrate she works so hard for. But one day she comes across a beautiful boy named Rose struggling to cross the river–a boy with a secretive past and special abilities, who is somehow able to find comfort and life from their dying planet.

But just as the two form a bond, it is quickly torn apart after the Magistrate’s son is murdered and Rose becomes the prime suspect. Little do Deedra and Rose know how much their relationship will affect the fate of everyone who lives on the planet.

 

Writing in Real Life Episode 3!

They said we couldn’t do a weekly schedule — they were wrong!

The third episode of “Writing in Real Life” is now available.

Topics in this episode include:  The end of Morgan’s maternity leave. Moms with nice lipstick. Barry cheats at being a Stay-At-Home-Dad. Revision vs. rewriting (redux). Why L.A. sucks (or doesn’t). And, of course, Recommended Reading.

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Blood of My Blood Coming to the UK!

Like the headline says: Blood of My Blood is coming to the United Kingdom…and it looks good!

I love this cover. So different from the U.S. version, but still consistent with the tone and atmosphere of the story.

The UK edition of Blood of My Blood pubs on May 7, 2015. Be sure to check it out!

(And here’s something extra for you: The full cover spread, showing the spine and back cover!)

NYC Teen Author Festival is Coming!

The schedule for the annual NYC Teen Author Festival has been posted on a brand-spankin’-new website. Go check it out!

If you’re curious: Yes, I’ll be participating this year. I participate every year and will continue to do so until Festival Lord and Master David Levithan comes to his senses and bars me from the event.

I’ll be on a panel about series, as well as signing copies of Blood of My Blood during the No Foolin’ Mega-Signing. Come see all of us!

I HUNT KILLERS is a Popular Paperback

Every year, a committee at YALSA works with teens to determine the most popular books of that year. I’ve landed on this list before, and it’s always flattering.

For the 2015 Popular Paperbacks list, I Hunt Killers chosen. Even more flattering: The committee narrowed the original list of 97 titles to a Top Ten List…and Killers landed on that, too!

Thanks, YALSA!

Writing in Real Life Episode 2 Now Available

Episode 2: The One After the Super Bowl

The second episode of “Writing in Real Life” is now available, delayed a week due to my bout of the flu. Mea culpa.

Topics in this episode include: Morgan on being a single parent for a week. Morgan’s revision continues. Revision vs. rewriting. Turning off the Chatter.  And some Real Talk about the voices in my head.

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Blood of My Blood in Paperback

For those who’ve been asking: I’ve just been informed that Blood of My Blood will be available in paperback in the U.S. on October 6, 2015. Mark your calendars!

BN Buzz on I Hunt Killers

I have to confess I haven’t yet read this one, but in my defense, it’s because I’ve heard Lyga read aloud from it at a panel, and I was so terrified by a single scene that I couldn’t handle sitting down with the entire book.

I somehow missed this way back in October. Not sure whether I should be proud or horrified that my reading terrified her so much that she couldn’t read the book!

Check it out.