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April 27, 2010

Hi hi!

Drive-by post! Just wanted to say check out my gorgeous new layout.

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Yes? Yes? Gorgeous, right? Thank you, [info:] scholarslayouts !

That is all. :D
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Published on April 27, 2010 15:30

April 26, 2010

Acceptance #2!

Woohoo! Surprise news tonight. Tip of the hat to the lovely and talented [info:] josephine_myles , who made a very helpful suggestion about making use of work that I'd already written. Thanks, Jo. ♥

Look for The Cellmate in Summer 2010 from Dreamspinner Press. Yay!
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Published on April 26, 2010 01:55

April 25, 2010

Goodreads

Hey ho - just a brief post to let you know that I've set up an author page on Goodreads. I am here. There's not much there yet, but I'll add more as I figure the site out. But if any of you are on Goodreads, please come say hi or friend me or whatever you do there! (I am CLEARLY an expert.)

And hope you're having a great weekend. *smooches*
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Published on April 25, 2010 16:25

April 22, 2010

May 19!

I know I said Everything Under the Sun would come out this summer, but I was really hoping it would be sooner than that. And it turns out, it is! It's available for pre-sale now and will be officially released on May 19. The final cover art (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE so much) is below.



You may recall that the story involves a 19-year-old guy named Chris, Chris's former classmate Seth, and Chris's new neighbor Alex. That's Chris in the middle; Seth is on the left, with the shirt on, and Alex i...
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Published on April 22, 2010 19:01

April 14, 2010

Book Updates!

I promised I would keep you guys updated with how the book is progressing -- swimmingly so far! I've gotten a look at a draft of the cover art (eee so exciting!) and have received the first round of edits on the manuscript (mostly minor formatting-related stuff, whew). AND, we now have a blurb that will be used to promote the book, so I thought I'd share that with you. I realize this is the first time most of you will be learning anything about the actual plot, so I hope it sounds interest...
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Published on April 14, 2010 11:20

March 24, 2010

Woo! First post.

Okay! So first of all, thank you so much to everybody for your interest in this project. I'm hugely flattered that you all want to hear about my little book, and I'm so excited about it, and I'm so happy to have a place to talk about it. So thanks. A lot. ♥

So, I'm not exactly sure how much I'm supposed to tell you about the book itself at this point, so I'm going to err on the side of caution and not reveal too much until we get closer to the release date. But over the next few months, ...
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Published on March 24, 2010 13:08