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3 weeks to go for PRADA & PREJUDICE!

Unbelievably, Prada & Prejudice comes out in just 3 weeks.

To celebrate, I give you: Three covers I absolutely love:



Edited to add: Interesting... I didn't even notice I gravitate toward the covers with people on them.

YAY!!

If y'all want another tale of perseverence in this crazy industry, head on over to mindiscott  's blog. She spent close to two years writing and then revising her novel...and then nearly A YEAR querying agents. Once she landed her agent and turned in some more light revisions, it sold in a matter of weeks.

She just announced today that she's being published by pulse (Simon & Schuster!) So go congratulate her!!


Congrats Mindi!

Taylor Swift

Once upon a time, I was watching CMT, when I saw this video:

 

It's by Taylor Swift, one of my favorite artists, and it has an identical plot line to PRADA & PREJUDICE. Blonde high school girl ends up back in time, wears gorgeous dresses, dances choreographed dances with a maddeningly handsome guy with dark hair, tall leather boots, intense eyes, white cravat, etc. 

Ever since I saw that video, I've pondered how to share my book with Taylor. It seems only fair-- she gave me a video of my book, so

May Debsness-- don't miss it!!

5 word answers with Aprilynne Pike

I know you are all dying for my critique partner's book FAIRY TALE by Cyn Balog ( cyn2write )....so while you're waiting for her Fairy book, why not check out another? WINGS by Aprilynne Pike is out now, and it's debuting at #6 on the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST.

1) What's one piece of advice you'd like to give other writers?

Keep trying! It's worth it!

2) What's one thing you bought with your advance money?

A trip to New York!

3) What's one thing that's surprised you about the road to publication

Team Raving Pen....

Might as well join the troops!!



 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater... debuts August 1. Preorder today !
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace m

5 Word Answers with Cheryl!

Breathing is a brand new YA romance by Cheryl Renee Herbsman, and its out now! :-)  I also happen to think Cheryl has one of the most ADORABLE websites ever.

1) What's one piece of advice you'd like to give other writers?  Kill the critic

2) What's one thing you bought with your advance money? My beautiful website

3) What's one thing that's surprised you about the road to publication? How much there is to learn about marketing.

4)What's one thing you LOVE about your debut novel? The sweet romance.

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Four Weeks to go!

Today marks exactly one month until PRADA & PREJUDICE hits stores! 30 days!

So, today I give you: Four Movies I could watch over and over and never get sick of them:

1) Empire Records. I have watched this more times than I can count, and enjoy repeating random lines from time to time. The fat man walks alone!









2)The Notebook. Yeah. I'm one of those girls. But I LOOOOVE this movie. A Walk to Remember is closely on its heels, but as they are both Nic Sparks works, I'll lump them together. 






3) Sweet Ho

HA

Guess who this is:



No really. Guess. You know him. I swear.

It's Robert Pattison (aka, Edward in Twilight). How hilarious is that look from his new movie?

Finished Copies!!

Almost forgot to blog this!! I received my finished copies last week of PRADA & PREJUDICE





Aren't they purrrrty? You can see how they darkened up the spine and the name-stripe.

~M