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Bits and PiecesQuick Recap:Immortal Belov...

Bits  and Pieces

Quick Recap:

Immortal Beloved pubs in the US on Sept.7 from Little, Brown

Immortal Beloved paperback pubs in UK territories in September

Sweep bind-up, 1-3, pubs in September from Penguin

Balefire bind-up, 1-4, pubs in December from Penguin

Immortal Beloved hardcover pubs in the UK in January.

Website Stuff:

We're (I'm using "we" very loosely here) working on a fresh look for the website–no big changes, but a fresh look and a few tweaks in time (I hope) for the IB pub in September.

Guilt

I know I owe you guys blog entries, FB updates, answers to mail. It all gets overwhelming, and I'm trying to make progress on IB #2, which was due 8 days ago ha ha ha ha.

Excitement

I don't usually get that excited when a book comes out–but I'm excited about all the things happening this fall. IB is very exciting, and I'm so thrilled that Penguin is repackaging (new covers) and re-releasing Sweep and Balefire. It's like Cate Cate Cate everywhere I turn! Let me know if you get sick of me. I'll try to tone it down.

IB #2

Right now it's called Everlasting Darkness. I'm really enjoying it–poor Nastasya is in for some hard times–but I'm also at the stage where the structure of the book starts to matter even more, and I'm looking at it and seeing structural things I have to change, and it's not the fun "let's write another makeout scene" part. So I'm slogging away. Still loving the story, loving the characters, but seeing ways to improve it, make it better, which I am obliged to do because I want it to be the best it can be. I assume you also want this.

Summer

I need at least six more weeks of it. This summer has been really hectic and overfull, and I need a lot more time where the days go on forever and the weeks blend into each other. It's been ridiculously hot here, without a lot of rain. Several gray, rainy days would be very welcome right now.My kids go back to school next week. I'm not ready.

Doughnuts

Why do I crave them when I know they make me feel sick afterward? This seems to defy all logic. Including the imperative for the species to survive.

A Flaw

I am not good at doing nothing. I lie in my hammock, determined to simply relax for an hour, let my thoughts settle, refresh my imagination. I last an average of twelve minutes. I feel antsy, guilty, and know I should be inside working and doing laundry, or outside pulling weeds or something. I think of clutter I need to pick up, work I owe my editors, fan letters from *February* I haven't answered. Finally I can't stand it anymore and bolt inside to get back to work. Yes, it's been almost . . . twelve minutes.

Author Appearances

The publicity person at Little, Brown has been talking to me about author appearances. The very notion fills me with dread, but they seem to have their hearts set on it. Is that really something that readers like? If I were to appear in a town near you, would you bother to come out? Have I mentioned the shyness and agoraphobia?

Okay, back to work. Will have a new update soon.

Cate.

Bits and PiecesQuick Recap:Immortal Beloved pubs in th...

Bits  and Pieces

Quick Recap:

Immortal Beloved pubs in the US on Sept.7 from Little, Brown

Immortal Beloved paperback pubs in UK territories in September

Sweep bind-up, 1-3, pubs in September from Penguin

Balefire bind-up, 1-4, pubs in December from Penguin

Immortal Beloved hardcover pubs in the UK in January.

Website Stuff:

We're (I'm using "we" very loosely here) working on a fresh look for the website–no big changes, but a fresh look and a few tweaks in time (I hope) for the IB pub in September.

Guilt

I know I owe you guys blog entries, FB updates, answers to mail. It all gets overwhelming, and I'm trying to make progress on IB #2, which was due 8 days ago ha ha ha ha.

Excitement

I don't usually get that excited when a book comes out–but I'm excited about all the things happening this fall. IB is very exciting, and I'm so thrilled that Penguin is repackaging (new covers) and re-releasing Sweep and Balefire. It's like Cate Cate Cate everywhere I turn! Let me know if you get sick of me. I'll try to tone it down.

IB #2

Right now it's called Everlasting Darkness. I'm really enjoying it–poor Nastasya is in for some hard times–but I'm also at the stage where the structure of the book starts to matter even more, and I'm looking at it and seeing structural things I have to change, and it's not the fun "let's write another makeout scene" part. So I'm slogging away. Still loving the story, loving the characters, but seeing ways to improve it, make it better, which I am obliged to do because I want it to be the best it can be. I assume you also want this.

Summer

I need at least six more weeks of it. This summer has been really hectic and overfull, and I need a lot more time where the days go on forever and the weeks blend into each other. It's been ridiculously hot here, without a lot of rain. Several gray, rainy days would be very welcome right now.My kids go back to school next week. I'm not ready.

Doughnuts

Why do I crave them when I know they make me feel sick afterward? This seems to defy all logic. Including the imperative for the species to survive.

A Flaw

I am not good at doing nothing. I lie in my hammock, determined to simply relax for an hour, let my thoughts settle, refresh my imagination. I last an average of twelve minutes. I feel antsy, guilty, and know I should be inside working and doing laundry, or outside pulling weeds or something. I think of clutter I need to pick up, work I owe my editors, fan letters from *February* I haven't answered. Finally I can't stand it anymore and bolt inside to get back to work. Yes, it's been almost . . . twelve minutes.

Author Appearances

The publicity person at Little, Brown has been talking to me about author appearances. The very notion fills me with dread, but they seem to have their hearts set on it. Is that really something that readers like? If I were to appear in a town near you, would you bother to come out? Have I mentioned the shyness and agoraphobia?

Okay, back to work. Will have a new update soon.

Cate.

Bits and PiecesQuick Recap:Immortal Beloved pubs in the ...

Bits  and Pieces

Quick Recap:

Immortal Beloved pubs in the US on Sept.7 from Little, Brown

Immortal Beloved paperback pubs in UK territories in September

Sweep bind-up, 1-3, pubs in September from Penguin

Balefire bind-up, 1-4, pubs in December from Penguin

Immortal Beloved hardcover pubs in the UK in January.

Website Stuff:

We're (I'm using "we" very loosely here) working on a fresh look for the website–no big changes, but a fresh look and a few tweaks in time (I hope) for the IB pub in September.

...

Immortal Beloved Foreign Sales

Hi–

I wanted to let everyone know where the rights for Immortal Beloved have been sold so far, so you'll know if it's coming in translation to your country. Several of these countries are planning to publish IB in Spring 2011. Some I don't know about.

But here's a current list:

The UK

The Netherlands

Spain (Spanish and Catalan)

Russia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Poland

Italy

Germany

France

I might be forgetting a couple. I'll update the list as agreements develop.

I'm so excited that Immortal Beloved will r...

Out of the ordinary

So, for the most part, my life is pretty ordinary, with groceries, housework, family, etc. All of the weird stuff happens inside my own head, and doesn't show much on the outside. But sometimes unusual things happen that sort of defy explanation. I love that stuff. I wanted to share something unusual with you.

First off, I have a posse, and we get together a couple times a month to talk about whatever. We're all kind of different, but all open to other viewpoints. One of our members practices ...

Whoa! Balefire!

For all of you who have been bummed trying to get copies of Balefire, some of which is out of print, I was just sent the cover art for the future 4-in-1 bind-up that will be available in December. This will be all four books in one volume, and I love the cover design. Here it is, so you'll know what to look for:

I think it's fah-bulous! Can't wait till December!

So . . . What Do You Think?

I meant to mention that the Immortal Beloved cover that you see here is the actual official IB cover, which is what you'll see at bookstores (in America. Other countries will have different covers.). The white cover was just a placeholder so you wouldn't have to look at a black box.

I'm looking for feedback here–will this cover stand out on the shelves? Does it make you want to pick up the book and see what it's about? If you've read the excerpt from IB on this site, do you think this book...

I've been wanting to add photos to this blog for ages, bu...

I've been wanting to add photos to this blog for ages, but being technologically challenged is a burden I struggle with. But I think I've figured it out! (There's a little button that says "Upload photo." Heh. Who knew?)

So now I can inundate this site with pictures of:

This tree in my front yard. It's a Bradford pear. It does not make actual pears. The pink box on the right is the bird feeder where deer come and tip it and suck all the seed out of it.

and this:

This is me, last month. I think...

OMG

I've been wanting to add photos to this blog for ages, but being technologically challenged is a burden I struggle with. But I think I've figured it out! (There's a little button that says "Upload photo." Heh. Who knew?)

So now I can inundate this site with pictures of:

This tree in my front yard. It's a Bradford pear. It does not make actual pears. The pink box on the right is the bird feeder where deer come and tip it and suck all the seed out of it.

and this:

This is me, last month. I think...

Balefire News

So I think it's really going to happen–I believe Penguin is planning to rerelease all four books of Balefire together in one bind-up, like what they're doing with Sweep. It will have a fabulous new cover, new typesetting, everything, and I'm sure it will be amazing. I'm so happy they're doing this! I believe the books are planned to be released around Christmas, this year. Hard to wait that long!