Amy Plum's Blog, page 49
January 24, 2010
Random Reactions
"Sandrine told me that you got a book published: how wonderful! I'm going back to school to study nursing."
I stood in the preschool playground trying my hardest to work out any rational link between the woman's two statements. I had no clue what she presently did, and only knew her because her daughter shared Tallulah's nanny, Sandrine last year. We occasionally bumped into each other when picking them up.
I finally gave up my mental calisthenics and said the first thing I could come up with, ...
I stood in the preschool playground trying my hardest to work out any rational link between the woman's two statements. I had no clue what she presently did, and only knew her because her daughter shared Tallulah's nanny, Sandrine last year. We occasionally bumped into each other when picking them up.
I finally gave up my mental calisthenics and said the first thing I could come up with, ...
January 4, 2010
A Writing Life
Last Monday I emailed Hachette a big translation I had been working on for them. That is the last translation job I'm going to take.
I spent the last week grading exam papers, and, after giving a further round of exams this Wednesday, will grade another pile of papers and hand them in by Friday. And then I will be done at the university.
So next Monday, January 11, 2010, I will start my new career. As a writer. Excuse me while I do a little dance.
Ok, I'm done now. It feels funny to say, "I am a...
I spent the last week grading exam papers, and, after giving a further round of exams this Wednesday, will grade another pile of papers and hand them in by Friday. And then I will be done at the university.
So next Monday, January 11, 2010, I will start my new career. As a writer. Excuse me while I do a little dance.
Ok, I'm done now. It feels funny to say, "I am a...
December 14, 2009
From Today's Issue of Publishers Weekly
"By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 12/14/2009
HC Goes Undead in Paris
Tara Weikum at HarperCollins pre-empted world English rights, in a three-book deal, to a new zombie series by debut author Amy Plum. The first book, Sleepwalking, follows a 16-year-old who, after losing her parents, is cast off from her Brooklyn life to live with grandparents in Paris. There she meets, and falls for, a French teen named Vincent, who just happens to be a zombie. Dystel & Goderich's Stacey Glick, who ...
HC Goes Undead in Paris
Tara Weikum at HarperCollins pre-empted world English rights, in a three-book deal, to a new zombie series by debut author Amy Plum. The first book, Sleepwalking, follows a 16-year-old who, after losing her parents, is cast off from her Brooklyn life to live with grandparents in Paris. There she meets, and falls for, a French teen named Vincent, who just happens to be a zombie. Dystel & Goderich's Stacey Glick, who ...
December 11, 2009
Sleepwalking
Have you ever gone through a period of your life where it felt like you were sleepwalking? Like you were living in a dream…or accidentally stepped into an alternate universe? If you are human (and I'm assuming that most of you are) then I'm sure you have.
There are the negative sleepwalking periods: remember the break-up from your first true love? The deception you felt after you discovered that one of your heroes was not who you thought they were? The first time, as an adult, that someone clo...
There are the negative sleepwalking periods: remember the break-up from your first true love? The deception you felt after you discovered that one of your heroes was not who you thought they were? The first time, as an adult, that someone clo...
November 9, 2009
Sleepwalking's Got an Agent
Things have been happening with my book.
I'm very happy to say that, as of last Thursday, I have representation for SLEEPWALKING, and spent the weekend making the revisions that my agent asked for. Which would normally seem like way too little time for this kind of task...except for the fact that she wants to send it to publishers THIS WEEK!
Talk about head-spinning! Do you remember how long it took for every little step with IN THE VINES? Well, instead of offering this one with all of the othe...
I'm very happy to say that, as of last Thursday, I have representation for SLEEPWALKING, and spent the weekend making the revisions that my agent asked for. Which would normally seem like way too little time for this kind of task...except for the fact that she wants to send it to publishers THIS WEEK!
Talk about head-spinning! Do you remember how long it took for every little step with IN THE VINES? Well, instead of offering this one with all of the othe...
September 17, 2009
Welcome Back to Montreuil-les-Vignes, Y'all!
I'm back! Here I am, four months after wrapping my blog up in a few layers of Saran Wrap and sticking it in deep-freeze.
There is so much to say that I don't know where to start. You've been writing me emails asking about the book, the kids, and the existence of my vital signs, and trying to answer everything at once seems overwhelming. So I'm going to break it up into a few separate helpings and serve it up French style - course by course, instead of putting everything including the frozen fr...
There is so much to say that I don't know where to start. You've been writing me emails asking about the book, the kids, and the existence of my vital signs, and trying to answer everything at once seems overwhelming. So I'm going to break it up into a few separate helpings and serve it up French style - course by course, instead of putting everything including the frozen fr...
