Elizabeth Scott's Blog, page 26

living dead girl now out in paperback! plus the usual :-)

I'm thrilled to say Living Dead Girl is now officially out in paperback--and for only $8.99! (And with a gorgeous new cover* to boot!) You can pick it up at your favorite local bookstore, or you can order it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Books Inc., and Borders. (!!!)

I also come bearing links:

Pimp My Novel on A Day In the Life -- fascinating look into the world of the sales offices of publishing houses

Publishers Weekly has a blog entry from Rose Fox on how NOT to get published

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contest winner and weekend yay!

I know a lot of you have been waiting to find out who the Alyson Noel contest winner is, and congrats go out to Tatyana, who wins her choice of four Alyson Noel books!

In other news, I've been pretty stressed lately and kinda sad but then, on Friday night, my husband (who is AWESOME) surprised me with tickets to see Britney Spears, who long-time readers will know I LOVE. (No, seriously. I really do think she's fabulous. You can tell me she doesn't sing live and whatever and I know you are rig...

Simon Pulse Blogfest is coming...

This year's Simon Pulse Blogfest hasn't started yet, but it will soon--YAY!

In other news, I decided to clean out my fridge (why yes, I am having trouble writing--what on earth gave it away???) and let me tell you, I should have left it alone. I like to think I know what's in there but here's the thing--I don't. Or at least I somehow managed to forget the cucumber my husband had cut and wrapped up for later use that had turned into--well, let's just say it was unpleasant and leave it at that....

Alyson Noel interview and giveaway!!

Alyson Noel is here (yay!!) and is going to be answering a whole bunch of great questions! The first batch are from readers:


Robby asks:

Do you have another adult book brewing?

In my head, yes! I had so much fun writing FLY ME TO THE MOON I'd love to do another adult book someday. But for now, I'm keeping pretty busy with THE IMMORTALS series and its middle grade spinoff, so it looks like it's going to have to wait.

What's your favorite thing about being a writer?

The readers! I am gobsmacked on a

no, heather, it's heather's turn

I'm happy to say questions have been sent to Alyson Noel, and I will post them and her answers as soon as I get them! Also, congrats to Robby, Melissa, Tiffany, Rachel, Sarah Christine, and Pardox, who had some of their questions sent to Alyson!

And you know me--just a few quick links:

The discussion about agents, editors, and auctions continued, with editor Cheryl Klein responding to agent Michael Bourret's response to her original post (links to all those posts in yesterday's blog entry) here. M

paperback of Living Dead Girl!

Yesterday, I got a copy of the soon-to-be released paperback of Living Dead Girl in the mail and I knew the paperback cover was gorgeous, but seeing it--really seeing it, as in holding it--WOW. I think it's the best cover I've ever had, and I have truly been blessed by the cover gods. Here's a shot of the cover:



And aside from the gorgeous cover, I'm thrilled to say the paperback will only cost 8.99! YAY all around!!

I will be going through all the questions you had for Alyson Noel today and will

still don't get the Don thing. and links!

I finished s1 of Mad Men and you know, I still don't like Don Draper. I actually like Pete better and I know that's pretty much tantamount to heresy. But there you have it. And I LOVE Peggy even more now than I did when I first started watching. Betty too. I'm starting s2 today, so maybe I'll finally start to get the Draper appeal????

Moving on to links:

Tess Gerritsen on writing through distractions -- "So for those writers who are feeling guilty that they aren't writing because life has overwhel

Teens' Top Ten Voting Has Started!!

If you're a teen, voting for YALSA's 2009 Teens Top Ten has started, and you can vote here! I'm thrilled to say that Living Dead Girl is a nominee, along with so many other amazing books and if you can vote, please do!!

I also have some links to share:

Pimp My Novel on earning out

Nathan Bransford shares his email stats--note these are just emails he's *sent.* I can't even imagine how many he must get.

Agent Rachelle Gardner on myths vs. facts of publishing

Really interesting post about "the writing

what would YOU like to ask Alyson Noel?

Alyson Noel, the bestselling author of The Immortals Series, as well as other amazing novels like Kiss and Blog and Faking 19, has agreed to let me interview her. YAY! (And yes, for those of you wondering, there will be a nice prize given away during the interview, but we'll get to that later)

Right now, what I want to know is what would YOU like to ask Alyson Noel? Please leave your question or questions by midnight EST this Wednesday, August 26th. Then I'll go through and pick the question or q

okay, I don't get the Don Draper thing.

I've started watching Mad Men. Why? Well, for a while it seemed like everyone on Twitter had these little Mad Men icons and I guess it got to me b/c I ended up pushing s1 to the top of my Netflix list.

Anyway. I'm totally loving Peggy, but I'm not feeling the Don Draper love. Like, not at all. Does something happen in later eps of s1 that make you crazy for him? (I feel sort of guilty for saying all this, like there's some sort of unwritten Don Draper law I've broken!)

So there is my current dilem