Lisa Mantchev's Blog, page 31

Theme Song

Every time I Google the title of the book, it pulls up a song by Faulter with the same title. It was only a week or two ago that I went ahead and clicked the link to the lyrics:

You let it out
When the world collides
The deepest sigh
Then you close your eyes and then
The words come out
And you wanna shout inside
But you hold your tongue
And hope they come out right

You let it out
When the world collides
I can't wait to make this happen
I wrote it down on a paper napkin that said

'Your eyes burn like stars to

A Star

Via the book's Macmillan website, Eyes Like Stars is receiving a starred review from Kirkus.

Excerpted adjectives abound!

It's always about the food

suzanneyoung  did a post over in the Tenners about "Top Ten Foods for Writers (and their unlucky families)" so I've decided to gank it and make my own. We're somewhat limited where we are, given that there aren't a lot of places in town to do dinner take-out, and fast food is just yucky by the time the husband would get home from work with it.

So, at my house, the "mommy's drafting/revising/copyediting" menu goes something like this:

1) Margherita pizza - throw the dough ingredients in the bread m

Cake-Wrecking Extended Deadline

See this fairy? She is ticked off.



NOW THE CAKE GETS IT.

AND THEN SHE'S COMING FOR YOU.

Because you haven't wrecked a cake yet for this contest (now with Extended! Deadline!!! You have until Monday the 19th to get me your cake-wrecking story, photo, or video...)

This Ain't Your Mother's Peaseblossom

Putting my cake (and my kid) where my mouth is, here's the child as a rampaging fairy wrecking a cake for my own contest.

ATTACK, EVIL FAIRY!!!



OM NOM NOM NOM



Yes, she enjoyed herself mightily.

(Photos courtesy of her Aunt Lori.)

Get your entries in, people!!! If you don't want to bake a cake and take a picture, just write me a story about it.  :)

Someone had to use the word "romp" eventually

From the Macmillan site for Eyes Like Stars:

“Bertie’s determined efforts to become invaluable form the basic plot in this wildly imagined adventure…Mantchev clearly knows theater from all angles, and she uses inventive play-within-play formats to create a tumble of multiple, even metaphysical narratives filled with delicious banter and familiar characters from the dramatic canon. Many teens, particularly those with some theatrical background, will look forward to the sequel suggested at the end

Cake-wrecking ARC contest

"You must have tea and cake with the vicar, or you die."  So what will it be?  Tea and cake or death ARCs?

Everyone knows I love cake... and cupcakes... ok fine, dessert in general. With ice cream on top.  And the fairies from EYES LIKE STARS share my passion.

So it's time to have a little contest, CakeWrecks style:

One contest entry: Tell us (in 100 words or less) how Peaseblossom, Moth, Cobweb, and Mustardseed wrecked your cake, and yes, this theme is open to interpretation.

Four contest entries i

Saturday Mornings

There was once bounding out of bed. What was impossible on the weekdays, the getting up early-and-cheerful, was easy where there was the promise of Saturday morning cartoons and the never-ending bowl of cereal.

My sister favored Lucky Charms, and I always went for the Cap'n Crunch Berries, because it turned the milk pink. The color of Jem's hair. *G* We learned at an early age how to pour the cereal and the milk. How to turn on the TV, without a remote, thank you very much, and without waking u

Committing Revisions

Dear Backstory:

I will be over here with a blueberry muffin doughnut and my coffee.  PLEEZE TO SORT YOURSELF OUT by the time I'm done eating.

KTHXBAI.

Me

The object of art is to give life a shape

Via Jess at Find The Time To Read


In other artistic updatery, cathellisen  asked me about Jason Chan's gorgeous artwork.

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