Cate Tiernan's Blog

Saturday, January 28th, 2012!

I'll be at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC this coming Saturday at 3:00pm. Do come out and say hello! I'll talk a bit, read a bit, and sign books for a bit. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you!

First, the hard news . . .

Let me just get it out there: Little, Brown has pushed the pub date of Darkness Falls back to next January, in 2012. There were a bunch of reasons–marketing, design, sales–and they decided this would be best. I was looking forward to having it come out this month, but I know when it pubs in January, we'll all be thrilled with the new look and new cover.

But I'm sorry, because I know many people have been anxiously awaiting it (thank you!), and now January seems kind of far off. But it isn't–it will be here before you know it! Good things come to those who wait! In the meantime, I do promise to update this website, and I'll post a chapter from Darkness Falls to whet your appetite a little more.

Note: this applies only to the version in English, for America and the UK. France is still publishing Immortels 2 on September 14, 2011.

Then the better news . . .

In just one short week, I will be going to France on a multi-city book tour! And the first several days will be with Maggie Stiefvater of Shiver and Linger, and the upcoming Scorpio Races! So that will be very exciting. Here is the current schedule:

September 23–Paris, Booksigning with Maggie Stiefvater at Virgin Grands Boulevards, 6:30-8:00 pm.

September 24–Bordeaux, Booksigning at Mollat 4:40-6:00 pm.

September 27–Metz, Booksigning at Librarie hisler even, 5:30-7:00 pm.

September 28–Eragny, Booksigning at Le Grand Cercle Eragny

September 30–Lyon, Booksigning at Decitre Part Dieu, 5:30-7:00 pm.

October 1–Toulouse, Booksigning at the Virgin bookstore, 11:30 am-1:00 pm.

So that will be very exciting and busy, and if any of you are in France near any of those cities, I hope to see you there!

Excerpt from darkness Falls coming soon!

I resurface . . .

Some of my favorite authors update their blogs several times a week. I don't know how they do it. I mean, I know I have to update more frequently, and I aways mean to, but some days it's all I can do to put on sweatpants, you know? Anyhoo, here's some quick news bits:

1) I went to Los Angeles and met some of the nice people who are trying to make Sweep into a movie. I of course felt like a country bumpkin, but they were all very nice. They are working toward making Sweep into a movie, but if you thought publishing was slow, the film industry is even slower, and nothing is certain until all of a sudden it's certain. Right now, it's still an if. However, I loved LA! My husband went with me and we stayed at a little hotel in Beverly Hills, and we had a great time. I also had lunch with one of my favorite writers, Jane Espenson, who writes for TV. She wrote episodes of Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, the Gilmore Girls, several others, and is currently working on the Torchwood TV show. We had a lovely lunch, and I was a fangirl. We talked about how different it is to write books versus writing for TV.  And though I had a great week in LA, I came away convinced that I never want to work in the film or Tv industries.

I saw one celebrity, Nigel Lythgoe from So You Think You Can Dance. It was very exciting.

2) The second book of Immortal Beloved, Darkness Falls, is finally all finished and put to bed. The cover is going to be terrific. I'm going to post an excerpt here soon.

3) Immortal Beloved came out in the UK and in France in January, and seems to be doing well in both places.

4) Speaking of France, the French publisher has very kindly asked me to come to France in September to do some publicity in Paris, and also possibly in Lille, Lyons, Rouen, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg. I've never been to those non-Paris cities, so I'm very excited. I know I will have to talk to strangers, but I'm trying not to think about that part.

5) People keep pointing out that nowhere on this site does there appear a list of all the Sweep (Wicca) books in order. Kind of an oversight that will be corrected soon. In the meantime, here's a list:

Sweep #1: Book of Shadows
#2 The Coven
#3: Blood Witch
#4: Dark Magick
#5: Awakening
#6: Spellbound
#7: The Calling
#8: Changeling
#9: Strife
#10: Seeker
#11: Origins
#12: Eclipse
#13: Reckoning
#14: Full Circle
#15: Night's Child

Hope this helps.
Okay–off to work–check back for the excerpt of Darkness Falls!
Cate.

Tonight at The Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC

Yes. I will actually appear tonight at the independent bookshop on 9th Street in Durham, at 7 pm. Thanks to the poll results, I'll be talking about how I come up with my ideas and about some characters in-depth. I'm going to read from Immortal Beloved, and also a quick bit from the second book of the IB trilogy, which won't pub until September, 2011. Hope to see you there!

Perfetto!

This is the lovely cover of the Italian edition of Immortal Beloved (Amore Immortale). I love it! The woman who translated this book from English into Italian was kind enough to send it to me. The book is being released by Mondadori at the end of this week. I hope my Italian fans like it!

More info:

Editore: Mondadori

Anno: 2010

Collana:I Grandi

Pagine: 352

Formato: 14,0 x 21,5

Legatura:cartonato con sovraccoperta Prezzo: 17.00 €

ISBN: 978880460357

Stato: In lavorazione

Traduzione:

Loredana Serratore

Mucho de Fabulousness

Many of you know that Penguin/Speak is releasing Sweep in bind-ups of three titles each. The first book was available only at Wal-Mart until September; now it should be available in most bookstores. I'm happy to report that the second volume is coming out in November, and the third volume is due in January 2011! Best of all, the new covers are just terrific–I really love them. Here's what they look like:

Plus the new Balefire bind-up is coming out in December!

It's just Cate, Cate, Cate everywhere!

Sweep–The Movie

So they've finally announced it in Variety–Sweep might become a movie. Here's a link for more info:

http://tinyurl.com/237plxv

I don't know much more than you do, at this point–Alloy, which owns half of Sweep, made the deal. But I really love the screenwriter they've hired for the adaptation–he adapted one of my favorite movies, Chocolat, and has done several other terrific movies, so I feel like I'm in good hands.

But I don't know anything about the schedule or timeline or casting–I won't be involved in any of that. The author usually isn't, unless they're much bigger and more powerful than I am!

Thanks to everyone's good wishes, and for all the excited tweets and posts! It's so gratifying to see!

What's really perplexed me is all the negative comments on some of the film sites, with people hating on Sweep without having read any of them, and saying it's just like Harry Potter and Twilight. It's so weird! Why don't they read one of them first? Then they can hate on it if they want. It's the dissing without knowing what they're talking about that's freaking me out.

But anyway: Sweep movie, possibly. Many things can still not work out. But my fingers are crossed. Thanks so much for all your support!

Shameless Self-Promotion Wednesday

A reviewer for the Associated Press reviewed Immortal Beloved, (favorably, fortunately!) and the story has been picked up by quite a few places, like the ABC News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Huffington Post, among others. At most of those places you would have to do a search for my name–it isn't front page news or anything. And the reviewer got Incy's name wrong–she called him Tracy! But still, it's been some nice publicity.

Here's a link to one source...

Finally! Immortal Beloved is Out!

It seems like it's taken years–okay, it has taken years–but Immortal Beloved finally officially pubbed today. It's been available in a few places for the last week, but now it should be out everywhere. Let me know what you think–or post your reviews on Amazon or iBooks. I'm deep in the middle of writing the second book of the trilogy–it's fun seeing how far Nastasya has come!

I also did a guest blog post over at www.blog.teenreads.com, if you want to check it out.

Much to My Surprise . . .

I just found out that Amazon is already selling Immortal Beloved, almost two weeks before its official release! I have no idea why, but I hope people are glad they don't have to wait as long. Apparently, it's available at some Barnes and Nobles, also. Anyway, if you've been waiting for it, wait no more!