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August 10, 2010
Working with a Book Editor: An Appreciation
GUEST POST on Mindful Musings
Like a marriage, we have heard that some authors and their book editors can stay together for years and sometimes even decades. We would only be so lucky to have that kind of long lasting relationship with Barbara Lalicki at HarperCollins. Barbara was the very first person to respond to "The Familiars" after it went out to publishers, and she scooped it off the table before anyone else could read it. That kind of passion and enthusiasm has been her hallmark for t...
Like a marriage, we have heard that some authors and their book editors can stay together for years and sometimes even decades. We would only be so lucky to have that kind of long lasting relationship with Barbara Lalicki at HarperCollins. Barbara was the very first person to respond to "The Familiars" after it went out to publishers, and she scooped it off the table before anyone else could read it. That kind of passion and enthusiasm has been her hallmark for t...
"Hermione or Bella? Brains vs. Brood"
GUEST POST on The Page Turners Blog
While growing up, there were two types of girls that we fell for: Hermiones and Bellas. The smart, brainy girls who sat at the front of the class and the more mysterious loners who sat by themselves on the high school steps reading books. When it came time for us to write the character of Skylar, the female blue jay familiar from our book, we decided we wanted her to be a little bit of both. She's precocious and a bit of a know-it-all, but she also harbors s...
While growing up, there were two types of girls that we fell for: Hermiones and Bellas. The smart, brainy girls who sat at the front of the class and the more mysterious loners who sat by themselves on the high school steps reading books. When it came time for us to write the character of Skylar, the female blue jay familiar from our book, we decided we wanted her to be a little bit of both. She's precocious and a bit of a know-it-all, but she also harbors s...
Adam's Top 5 Fantasy Books
GUEST POST on Mr. Ripley's Enchanted Books
Fantasy fiction has created my love of reading from an early age. No other books captured my imagination the way that they did, and often I dreamt of living in those worlds as I sat in bed each night devouring the pages.
5. "Something Wicked this Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury
Not sure you would call this fantasy in the traditional way, but it's filled with magic and scares and a fantastical world that lies just beyond our eyes in the neighborhood carnival....
Fantasy fiction has created my love of reading from an early age. No other books captured my imagination the way that they did, and often I dreamt of living in those worlds as I sat in bed each night devouring the pages.
5. "Something Wicked this Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury
Not sure you would call this fantasy in the traditional way, but it's filled with magic and scares and a fantastical world that lies just beyond our eyes in the neighborhood carnival....
August 9, 2010
When you're two authors..
(Adam) Sometimes, we blog or tweet the same things twice. Andrew was very excited about the German Cover of the Familiars. So was I. We both began posts about the cover at the same time in two different houses unaware that the other was doing the same. I left my computer to attend to my 6 month old daughter and posted when I got back. By then Andrew had already posted his. Hence the double post.
You may hear it twice, but between the two of us you will always get the news. :)
You may hear it twice, but between the two of us you will always get the news. :)
Now Presenting...The German cover of the Familiars
If you are a German reader, you can find Animal Wizards (The Familiars) at your local shop this December!
The Familiars - German Cover
Here is your exclusive first look at the German cover for The Familiars, where it will be called Animal Wizards!
And here's the US and UK covers!
And here's the US and UK covers!
Archimedes did it in the Bathtub, We do it in the Shower
GUEST POST on The Children's Book Review
When faced with the blank computer screen, why is it that sometimes the light goes on in our heads with the proverbial "aha" moment, and other times it's nothing but tumbleweed? Archimedes, the Greek mathematician and inventor, is said to have shouted "Eureka" upon jumping out of his bathtub after discovering how to calculate whether or not his king's crown was really pure gold: by measuring how much water it displaces. Thousands of years later, the exc...
When faced with the blank computer screen, why is it that sometimes the light goes on in our heads with the proverbial "aha" moment, and other times it's nothing but tumbleweed? Archimedes, the Greek mathematician and inventor, is said to have shouted "Eureka" upon jumping out of his bathtub after discovering how to calculate whether or not his king's crown was really pure gold: by measuring how much water it displaces. Thousands of years later, the exc...
August 7, 2010
The Familiars Audio Book
Adam and I had the unique opportunity to see the making of The Familiars audiobook this week. Not far from where we live in Los Angeles, in nearby Tarzana, resides Deyan Audio. We pulled up to a nondescript white house on the corner and were met by Bob Deyan, the enthusiastic, book-loving founder of the company. He brought us inside, and to our surprise, we found a dozen editors and engineers working behind Mac Pro Tool workstations. They were all doing quality control on the eight hours and ...
Work Husbands
GUEST POST on Katie Talks About Blog
A writing partnership is a lot like a marriage. The two of us have been writing together for ten years. And we write every word, sentence, and paragraph together, sitting side by side or across from each other in an office. That's a lot of time spent together. And like a marriage, there are ups and downs, good times and bad, but in the end you can work through every disagreement with compromise and every victory is sweeter with someone to share it with. So ...
A writing partnership is a lot like a marriage. The two of us have been writing together for ten years. And we write every word, sentence, and paragraph together, sitting side by side or across from each other in an office. That's a lot of time spent together. And like a marriage, there are ups and downs, good times and bad, but in the end you can work through every disagreement with compromise and every victory is sweeter with someone to share it with. So ...
August 5, 2010
Spill the Ink
Come learn more about Andrew and Adam at HarperUK's Spill the Ink blog!
