Jackson Pearce's Blog, page 39

Invitations

This has been my life for the past five days:


Well, not just those, but the release event stuff in and of itself...

*back to release fiesta madness*

ETA: Click HERE to go the AYW's page at the HarperTeen.com site! No seriously, click, because I'm number five and have fantasies about being number one just for a tiny moment :)

Choosing a College

Yesterday I talked about how to choose a college major if you want to be a writer. So gather round, fishies, and today we're discussing how to choose a college in general!

Now, the order of these posts was important. Some people choose a college, THEN choose a major. And there's nothing inherently horrible about that, but I highly recommend choosing a major and THEN choosing a college. We'll come back to this point in a few moments.

I don't feel super qualified to give advice on choosing a college

What to study in college?

I've gotten asked a few times now: What should I study IN college if I want to be a writer?

I'm hardly the authority on choosing what to study in college, since I got degrees in English and Philosophy. I don't know if you've noticed, but there aren't any jobs that pay big money for papers on Jane Austen or Emmanuel Kant. Also, I was a terrible student in school and wrote said papers on Austen and Kant the day before they were due.

Suffice it to say: Take all this with a grain of salt, and if your

Debs Stuff

I have not one, but TWO Debs things to share.

One:


Two:
This is Lipstick Apology, by Jennifer Jabaley.

Jennifer is the only other writer in Georgia. Ok, that's not true, but she's one of the few. That makes me like her even more than I would anyway, and I would already like her a lot anyway.
Here's the blurb for LIPSTICK APOLOGY:
Sometimes a good-bye is just the beginning…
When Emily Carson's parents die in a plane crash, she's left with nothing but her mother's last words scrawled in lipstick on a tra

Invitations!

If you're reading this...you're invited. And you may get another invitation copy in the mail. Or handed to you. Either way, this is the invitation courtesy of GDB :)

EXCITMENT

It is an EXCITING DAY people.


1) The winner of the contest two entries back is chosen! Congratulations to crazy_gabrielle! Send me an email with your info to get your prize-- an ARC of AS YOU WISH and a choice of books; PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE, TWENTY BOY SUMMER, or SECRETS OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY.

2) At harperteen.com I'm the number four book and number two author at the moment. That's good times.

3) And MOST EXCITING OF ALL-- SISTERS RED will be coming out in the UK, Australia, and Commonwealth nati

Harper Microsite

Hey look! I have a microsite up at Harper! CLICK to see.

You can also "look inside" AS YOU WISH on Amazon. Which I didn't know till someone said "Hey, I read the first few pages of your book online!" and I was all "umm....wha?"

Also:
-I will be drawing a winner for the contest below later tonight.
-I will have a contest/video for SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater very soon.
-I will have a contest for an AS YOU WISH arc very soon.

I AM A CONTEST FIEND.


*back to writing*

The Writing Process: A Drama in Haiku

Originally posted on HarperTeen's MySpace page:

Week one:
Hey! There's an idea!
Great characters. Killer plot.
Might as well write it.

Week three:
Oh man, this is great.
I'm a serious rockstar.
Bestseller, lookout!

Week five:
Huh, that's really odd.
I thought that scene would be cool.
Did I write that crap?

Week seven:
What was I thinking?
Rowling couldn't save this mess.
I should take a nap.

Week nine:
I hate this damn book.
Dude, this is way too much work.
Can I fix this fail?

Week eleven:
It's impossible.
Maybe I s

Oh fail = Contest!

So TwiCon stuff and videos and joy will come soon, but first...I must correct my fail.

You see, I'm supposed to be blogging about Debs books. But I've been failing. I've been MADE of fail, actually. I realized today I've missed THREE books I'm supposed to blog about, because I've been looking at the book RELEASE calendar instead of the BLOG TOUR calendar.

Yes, yes, I am an idiot.

So, ladies and gentleman, to make up for the fail, here are three awesome books and a CONTEST.


Secrets of Truth and Beaut

Cat Nerves

Today it is raining, raining, raining. There's a 60% chance of rain every hour.

This is unfortunate because I have lots to do today. I've been at band camp for the past week and a half (go ahead, make the joke, but then move on, k?) and so I haven't been able to do all sorts of stuff that must be done before I get on a plane to go to TwiCon this evening. I am nervous about flying, my panel, and selling my first fifty books.

And on top of that, I'm nervous about baby Alcott:


So on Tuesday night, I g