Sarah Langan's Blog, page 6
August 28, 2009
My new co-author series with the wonderful James Rollins
As announced today in Publishers' Lunch:
James Rollins and Bram Stoker-award winning newcomer Sarah Langan's The BLOOD GOSPEL Series, Books I-III, to Lyssa Keusch at William Morrow, in a major deal, for publication in 2011, 2012, 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (NA).
I am delighted that James Rollins selected me as a writing partner, and expect to learn a lot from him. He's not just talented, but a good egg, and I can't wait to get started. The premise for this series
James Rollins and Bram Stoker-award winning newcomer Sarah Langan's The BLOOD GOSPEL Series, Books I-III, to Lyssa Keusch at William Morrow, in a major deal, for publication in 2011, 2012, 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (NA).
I am delighted that James Rollins selected me as a writing partner, and expect to learn a lot from him. He's not just talented, but a good egg, and I can't wait to get started. The premise for this series
August 27, 2009
Booklist Review
They like it; they really like it!
From Booklist-- the most recent Audrey's Door Review:
"Langan���s The Keeper (2006) garnered a Bram Stoker Award nomination, and its sequel, The Missing (2007), favorable comparisons of her to horror fiction���s most established authors. Now she offers an even better, finely crafted character study of an obsessive-compulsive woman���s battle with ghosts and personal demons in a haunted New York apartment building. When budding architect Audrey Lucas abandons her live-in boyfriend for a flat in the Breviary, an architectural landmark on Manhattan���s Upper West Side, her newfound freedom comes at a price. Her apartment���s gruesome history includes a deranged mother who drowned her children in the bathroom���s claw-footed tub. Yet ghosts and the strange habits of her eccentric fellow tenants of the building are nothing compared to the horrors she unleashes within herself when, after sleepwalking during torturous dreams, she starts constructing a door in the middle of her living room. Langan���s idiosyncratic blending of supernatural horror and character-driven, psychological insight proves captivating and pleasurably bone-chilling.��� Carl Hays"[image error]
From Booklist-- the most recent Audrey's Door Review:
"Langan���s The Keeper (2006) garnered a Bram Stoker Award nomination, and its sequel, The Missing (2007), favorable comparisons of her to horror fiction���s most established authors. Now she offers an even better, finely crafted character study of an obsessive-compulsive woman���s battle with ghosts and personal demons in a haunted New York apartment building. When budding architect Audrey Lucas abandons her live-in boyfriend for a flat in the Breviary, an architectural landmark on Manhattan���s Upper West Side, her newfound freedom comes at a price. Her apartment���s gruesome history includes a deranged mother who drowned her children in the bathroom���s claw-footed tub. Yet ghosts and the strange habits of her eccentric fellow tenants of the building are nothing compared to the horrors she unleashes within herself when, after sleepwalking during torturous dreams, she starts constructing a door in the middle of her living room. Langan���s idiosyncratic blending of supernatural horror and character-driven, psychological insight proves captivating and pleasurably bone-chilling.��� Carl Hays"[image error]
August 26, 2009
The Big Battle with Cancer
Ted Kennedy died today. I've got little to say about that, but I'm nonetheless interrupting my usual self-promotional blog to ask: why do people call it a battle with cancer? Does that mean everybody who dies from it is weaker than those who survived? Another point won for the infantilizing society of the denial of death, brought to you by i-tunes, BMW, and Rachel Zoe.
July 14, 2009
All news is good news
A true rarity-- all news is good news.
*AUDREY'S DOOR is available for pre-order, and a special celebrity author will be reviewing it for Amazon.com.
*I'm delighted to announce an upcoming collaboration with an author whose work I greatly admire. More on this to come!
*Soy cheese is really not that bad, especially if you don't comapre it to cheddar.
*The Shirley Jackson Awards were announced last Sunday, and winners are as follows:
Boston, MA (July 2009) -- In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Ja
*AUDREY'S DOOR is available for pre-order, and a special celebrity author will be reviewing it for Amazon.com.
*I'm delighted to announce an upcoming collaboration with an author whose work I greatly admire. More on this to come!
*Soy cheese is really not that bad, especially if you don't comapre it to cheddar.
*The Shirley Jackson Awards were announced last Sunday, and winners are as follows:
Boston, MA (July 2009) -- In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Ja
May 28, 2009
Summer Newsletter
Everybody!
Thanks for your continued interest, and for the new people on this list, thanks for signing up!
I've got a few things to report. First, my daughter was born two weeks ago, and I'll be spending some time getting to know her this summer, so these newsletters will be less frequent until Audrey's Door is released in stores on October 1. Around then, you'll find a new and improved website, some contests, a super-awesome trailer, an amazon.com spotlight review of Audrey's Door by a secret sur
Thanks for your continued interest, and for the new people on this list, thanks for signing up!
I've got a few things to report. First, my daughter was born two weeks ago, and I'll be spending some time getting to know her this summer, so these newsletters will be less frequent until Audrey's Door is released in stores on October 1. Around then, you'll find a new and improved website, some contests, a super-awesome trailer, an amazon.com spotlight review of Audrey's Door by a secret sur
May 10, 2009
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March 8, 2009
March Newsletter
Dear readers,
I've got a few quick announcements:
*I've got a reading this Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30-8:30pm in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Hope you can make it. It's with my good friend, playwright Maggie Cino, at Perch Cafe (The Perch Cafe, 356 5th Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 718-788-2830, http://www.theperchcafe.com/) I've never been to Perch, so don't blame me if it smells. I'll be reading a chapter from my third novel, AUDREY'S DOOR, due out October, 2009. You can pre-order it from Amazon, B&N, and Powell'
I've got a few quick announcements:
*I've got a reading this Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30-8:30pm in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Hope you can make it. It's with my good friend, playwright Maggie Cino, at Perch Cafe (The Perch Cafe, 356 5th Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 718-788-2830, http://www.theperchcafe.com/) I've never been to Perch, so don't blame me if it smells. I'll be reading a chapter from my third novel, AUDREY'S DOOR, due out October, 2009. You can pre-order it from Amazon, B&N, and Powell'
February 16, 2009
February Newsletter
The February newsletter!
Dear all,
Thanks for staying tuned, and if you're new to this newsletter, thanks for joining. I've got a few announcements:
1) The Shirley Jackson Awards is now raffling a host of items from its website, including things like Neil Gaiman's signed keyboard, and a short story critique from yours truly. Each ticket costs $1. For more info, go here. It works like this: buy as many raffle tickets for the particular item(s) you want, and winners will be announced by February 24th
Dear all,
Thanks for staying tuned, and if you're new to this newsletter, thanks for joining. I've got a few announcements:
1) The Shirley Jackson Awards is now raffling a host of items from its website, including things like Neil Gaiman's signed keyboard, and a short story critique from yours truly. Each ticket costs $1. For more info, go here. It works like this: buy as many raffle tickets for the particular item(s) you want, and winners will be announced by February 24th
