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February 17, 2011
Reminders
Yesterday I posted the first sizable excerpt from BLOOD BOUND at the Deadline Dames site. Click here to read it. The book isn't up for pre-order yet, but it should be soon. The book is scheduled to be released September 1, 2011 in the US. I have no information on possible foreign releases yet.
Also, if you haven't yet entered, there's still two days left to enter this week's giveaway. Click here for details, including a list of what you could win.
Okay, that's it for today. I'm going back to work!
Also, if you haven't yet entered, there's still two days left to enter this week's giveaway. Click here for details, including a list of what you could win.
Okay, that's it for today. I'm going back to work!
February 15, 2011
Where I'll be in 2011
First, I found out yesterday that Alpha is a finalist in the Australian Romance Readers Awards, in the "Favourite Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy or Futuristic Romance" category. I'm so thrilled for the nomination, and tickled to be included in such fantastic company, including that of my own fellow Deadline Dame Keri Arthur, an Aussie herself.
Also, did I mention how tough the competition is? Take a look.
And since it's nearly spring (at least, it feels like it here in San Antonio) and things are starting to fall into place, here's where I know I'll be traveling this year:
I will be in LA for the Romantic Times Booklover's Convention the second week in April of this year. This will be my seventh time at RT, and it may be my last for a while. I'll be on two panels this year, one on the Urban Fantasy track and one on the YA track, and I'll be participating in the very first Teen Day, which will be Saturday, April 9, after the mass signing.
Information for Teen Day:
Special Saturday Teen Day Pass (11:00am to 7:00pm)
$25.00 for Adults (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
$25.00 for a Teen PLUS one adult (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
If a teen comes with 2 adults then charge the 2nd adult 15.00
• 11am-2pm—Book Fair
• 2:30-5:30pm —workshops
• 5:45-7pm— Party
There will be workshops, Speed Reading, Speed Dating, & the party.
Note: if you're in the area, the mass signing is open to the public and you can attend just the signing (HUNDREDS of authors--both adult and YA--will be in attendance) for a small fee, without having to pay for the entire convention. I highly recommend it.
Also, it looks like I'll be at Book Expo America in NYC this May, signing both Alpha and ARCs of If I Die at the Harlequin booth, on Tuesday, May 24. It'll be a short, whirlwind trip to New York, but as always, I'm looking forward to it. Especially considering that THERE WILL BE ARCS OF IF I DIE!!! Four months early!
So far, that's all the travel news/plans I have for this year, though it's possible I may decide to go to RWA National in NYC, in early July. If so, I'll update that information here and on the Appearances page on my website.
Also, did I mention how tough the competition is? Take a look.
And since it's nearly spring (at least, it feels like it here in San Antonio) and things are starting to fall into place, here's where I know I'll be traveling this year:
I will be in LA for the Romantic Times Booklover's Convention the second week in April of this year. This will be my seventh time at RT, and it may be my last for a while. I'll be on two panels this year, one on the Urban Fantasy track and one on the YA track, and I'll be participating in the very first Teen Day, which will be Saturday, April 9, after the mass signing.
Information for Teen Day:
Special Saturday Teen Day Pass (11:00am to 7:00pm)
$25.00 for Adults (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
$25.00 for a Teen PLUS one adult (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
If a teen comes with 2 adults then charge the 2nd adult 15.00
• 11am-2pm—Book Fair
• 2:30-5:30pm —workshops
• 5:45-7pm— Party
There will be workshops, Speed Reading, Speed Dating, & the party.
Note: if you're in the area, the mass signing is open to the public and you can attend just the signing (HUNDREDS of authors--both adult and YA--will be in attendance) for a small fee, without having to pay for the entire convention. I highly recommend it.
Also, it looks like I'll be at Book Expo America in NYC this May, signing both Alpha and ARCs of If I Die at the Harlequin booth, on Tuesday, May 24. It'll be a short, whirlwind trip to New York, but as always, I'm looking forward to it. Especially considering that THERE WILL BE ARCS OF IF I DIE!!! Four months early!
So far, that's all the travel news/plans I have for this year, though it's possible I may decide to go to RWA National in NYC, in early July. If so, I'll update that information here and on the Appearances page on my website.
Where I'll be in 2011
First, I found out yesterday that Alpha is a finalist in the Australian Romance Readers Awards, in the "Favourite Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy or Futuristic Romance" category. I'm so thrilled for the nomination, and tickled to be included in such fantastic company, including that of my own fellow Deadline Dame Keri Arthur, an Aussie herself.
Also, did I mention how tough the competition is? Take a look.
And since it's nearly spring (at least, it feels like it here in San Antonio) and things are starting to fall into place, here's where I know I'll be traveling this year:
I will be in LA for the Romantic Times Booklover's Convention the second week in April of this year. This will be my seventh time at RT, and it may be my last for a while. I'll be on two panels this year, one on the Urban Fantasy track and one on the YA track, and I'll be participating in the very first Teen Day, which will be Saturday, April 9, after the mass signing.
Information for Teen Day:
Special Saturday Teen Day Pass (11:00am to 7:00pm)
$25.00 for Adults (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
$25.00 for a Teen PLUS one adult (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
If a teen comes with 2 adults then charge the 2nd adult 15.00
• 11am-2pm—Book Fair
• 2:30-5:30pm —workshops
• 5:45-7pm— Party
There will be workshops, Speed Reading, Speed Dating, & the party.
Note: if you're in the area, the mass signing is open to the public and you can attend just the signing (HUNDREDS of authors--both adult and YA--will be in attendance) for a small fee, without having to pay for the entire convention. I highly recommend it.
Also, it looks like I'll be at Book Expo America in NYC this May, signing both Alpha and ARCs of If I Die at the Harlequin booth, on Tuesday, May 24. It'll be a short, whirlwind trip to New York, but as always, I'm looking forward to it. Especially considering that THERE WILL BE ARCS OF IF I DIE!!! Four months early!
So far, that's all the travel news/plans I have for this year, though it's possible I may decide to go to RWA National in NYC, in early July. If so, I'll update that information here and on the Appearances page on my website.
Also, did I mention how tough the competition is? Take a look.
And since it's nearly spring (at least, it feels like it here in San Antonio) and things are starting to fall into place, here's where I know I'll be traveling this year:
I will be in LA for the Romantic Times Booklover's Convention the second week in April of this year. This will be my seventh time at RT, and it may be my last for a while. I'll be on two panels this year, one on the Urban Fantasy track and one on the YA track, and I'll be participating in the very first Teen Day, which will be Saturday, April 9, after the mass signing.
Information for Teen Day:
Special Saturday Teen Day Pass (11:00am to 7:00pm)
$25.00 for Adults (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
$25.00 for a Teen PLUS one adult (for Book Fair, Workshops, and party)
If a teen comes with 2 adults then charge the 2nd adult 15.00
• 11am-2pm—Book Fair
• 2:30-5:30pm —workshops
• 5:45-7pm— Party
There will be workshops, Speed Reading, Speed Dating, & the party.
Note: if you're in the area, the mass signing is open to the public and you can attend just the signing (HUNDREDS of authors--both adult and YA--will be in attendance) for a small fee, without having to pay for the entire convention. I highly recommend it.
Also, it looks like I'll be at Book Expo America in NYC this May, signing both Alpha and ARCs of If I Die at the Harlequin booth, on Tuesday, May 24. It'll be a short, whirlwind trip to New York, but as always, I'm looking forward to it. Especially considering that THERE WILL BE ARCS OF IF I DIE!!! Four months early!
So far, that's all the travel news/plans I have for this year, though it's possible I may decide to go to RWA National in NYC, in early July. If so, I'll update that information here and on the Appearances page on my website.
February 14, 2011
My Zombie Valentine (+ giveaway)
Look what #1 made for me!!!
This’ll make a lot more sense if you go read my guest post on the Borders True Romance blog this morning. Leave me a comment there telling me what you’re doing for Valentine’s Day (or anti-Valentine’s day) for a chance to win a signed copy of Alpha. But stay tuned here, too, because there’s another giveaway in this post.
So, in trying to find my desk glancing around my office, I couldn’t help but notice that foreign editions of my books are starting to take the place over. And in glancing around my blog, I noticed that I haven’t done a giveaway in a while. My solution to both problems is to throw them both together.
From now on (until I run out of foreign editions) I will be hosting a giveaway on my blog every week. The prize will be the winner’s choice of the remaining foreign editions from the list below. The giveaway will run from Monday through Friday of that same week, and a winner will be drawn on Friday and announced the following Monday, along with the new giveaway.
To enter, you’ll have to leave a comment in the Blogger post, where these giveaways will be held. Sometimes there will be a question to answer. Sometimes not. My blog; my rules.
Speaking of rules…One entry per personYou MUST check back in on Mondays to see if you’ve won. I don’t have time to track down winners, so they’ll have to claim their own prizes. If you don’t claim your prize by the following Friday, you’ve missed your shot and your book goes back into the pot.Open to international entries, of course.Each book will be signed by me. (Or someone cooler, if I can make that happen)
This’ll make a lot more sense if you go read my guest post on the Borders True Romance blog this morning. Leave me a comment there telling me what you’re doing for Valentine’s Day (or anti-Valentine’s day) for a chance to win a signed copy of Alpha. But stay tuned here, too, because there’s another giveaway in this post.
So, in trying to find my desk glancing around my office, I couldn’t help but notice that foreign editions of my books are starting to take the place over. And in glancing around my blog, I noticed that I haven’t done a giveaway in a while. My solution to both problems is to throw them both together.
From now on (until I run out of foreign editions) I will be hosting a giveaway on my blog every week. The prize will be the winner’s choice of the remaining foreign editions from the list below. The giveaway will run from Monday through Friday of that same week, and a winner will be drawn on Friday and announced the following Monday, along with the new giveaway.
To enter, you’ll have to leave a comment in the Blogger post, where these giveaways will be held. Sometimes there will be a question to answer. Sometimes not. My blog; my rules.
Speaking of rules…One entry per personYou MUST check back in on Mondays to see if you’ve won. I don’t have time to track down winners, so they’ll have to claim their own prizes. If you don’t claim your prize by the following Friday, you’ve missed your shot and your book goes back into the pot.Open to international entries, of course.Each book will be signed by me. (Or someone cooler, if I can make that happen)
For the first weekly giveaway, here’s the list of prizes you can choose from:
Australian My Soul To Take
Australian My Soul To Save
Australian My Soul To Keep
Australian My Soul To
Steal (x2)
UK My Soul To Take (x2)
French My Soul To
Keep (Sauve Mon Ame!) (x2)
US Kiss Me Deadly (YA antho)
Australian Stray
Australian Rogue (x2)
Australian Pride (x2)
Australian Prey (x2)
Obviously, this list will change as prizes are chosen. It will also expand, as I receive new foreign editions. (I’m expecting copies of various books from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Australia)
To enter this first weekly giveaway, tell me what you’re doing for Valentine’s Day this year in the Blogger post. Or what you’re not doing. (Keep it clean, please.) Also, go enter the giveaway at the Borders True Romance blog for a chance to win a signed copy of Alpha as well!
My Zombie Valentine (+ giveaway)
Look what #1 made for me!!!
This'll make a lot more sense if you go read my guest post on the Borders True Romance blog this morning. Leave me a comment there telling me what you're doing for Valentine's Day (or anti-Valentine's day) for a chance to win a signed copy of Alpha. But stay tuned here, too, because there's another giveaway in this post.
So, in trying to find my desk glancing around my office, I couldn't help but notice that foreign editions of my books are starting to take the place over. And in glancing around my blog, I noticed that I haven't done a giveaway in a while. My solution to both problems is to throw them both together.
From now on (until I run out of foreign editions) I will be hosting a giveaway on my blog every week. The prize will be the winner's choice of the remaining foreign editions from the list below. The giveaway will run from Monday through Friday of that same week, and a winner will be drawn on Friday and announced the following Monday, along with the new giveaway.
To enter, you'll have to leave a comment in the post. Sometimes there will be a question to answer. Sometimes not. My blog; my rules.
Speaking of rules… One entry per person You MUST check back in on Mondays to see if you've won. I don't have time to track down winners, so they'll have to claim their own prizes. If you don't claim your prize by the following Friday, you've missed your shot and your book goes back into the pot. Open to international entries, of course. Each book will be signed by me. (Or someone cooler, if I can make that happen)
This'll make a lot more sense if you go read my guest post on the Borders True Romance blog this morning. Leave me a comment there telling me what you're doing for Valentine's Day (or anti-Valentine's day) for a chance to win a signed copy of Alpha. But stay tuned here, too, because there's another giveaway in this post.
So, in trying to find my desk glancing around my office, I couldn't help but notice that foreign editions of my books are starting to take the place over. And in glancing around my blog, I noticed that I haven't done a giveaway in a while. My solution to both problems is to throw them both together.
From now on (until I run out of foreign editions) I will be hosting a giveaway on my blog every week. The prize will be the winner's choice of the remaining foreign editions from the list below. The giveaway will run from Monday through Friday of that same week, and a winner will be drawn on Friday and announced the following Monday, along with the new giveaway.
To enter, you'll have to leave a comment in the post. Sometimes there will be a question to answer. Sometimes not. My blog; my rules.
Speaking of rules… One entry per person You MUST check back in on Mondays to see if you've won. I don't have time to track down winners, so they'll have to claim their own prizes. If you don't claim your prize by the following Friday, you've missed your shot and your book goes back into the pot. Open to international entries, of course. Each book will be signed by me. (Or someone cooler, if I can make that happen)
For the first weekly giveaway, here's the list of prizes you can choose from:
Australian My Soul To Take
Australian My Soul To Save
Australian My Soul To Keep
Australian My Soul To
Steal (x2)
UK My Soul To Take (x2)
French My Soul To
Keep (Sauve Mon Ame!) (x2)
US Kiss Me Deadly (YA antho)
Australian Stray
Australian Rogue (x2)
Australian Pride (x2)
Australian Prey (x2)
Obviously, this list will change as prizes are chosen. It will also expand, as I receive new foreign editions. (I'm expecting copies of various books from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Australia)
To enter this first weekly giveaway, tell me what you're doing for Valentine's Day this year. Or what you're not doing. (Keep it clean, please.) Also, go enter the giveaway at the Borders True Romance blog for a chance to win a signed copy of Alpha as well!
February 11, 2011
Rachel, on plotting
Today, I am plotting. For me, this is the hard part. Okay, very little about writing for publication is easy, but for me, the story is almost always the hardest part, which is why I'm always surprised to hear from someone telling me that plotting is my strength. And yes, this has actually happened. Multiple times.
To be fair to myself, I think I've gotten better at plotting since I started. Part of that is due to the fact that I'm no longer writing Shifters stories. I love that so many people liked Faythe and/or her world/family, but honestly, in my attempt to keep her world from straying (Ha! A pun!) into the too-familiar territory of vampires, witches, and werewolves, I actually limited my own options. There are only so many fight-the-power stories I can write, when that power never changes. In short, Faythe's world was pretty limiting for me. Claustrophobic, at times, at least in regard to story lines.
The Soul Screamers world, however, is wide open. There are so many kinds of creatures (still no vamps, witches, or werewolves) that I feel like I could easily take plots in any of about a million different directions. And, of course, Kaylee's world is actually two worlds: ours, and the Netherworld. Endless combinations of scary/creepy/funny/sad/exciting. It's like a plot buffet. And I'm kinda...starved. ;)
The Unbound world, so far, is completely different than anything I've ever written. On the surface, it seems a little confining in that it has no creatures at all, and no alternate hell dimension. But the deeper I dig into that world and into the characters' backgrounds, the more I uncover. The more I discover to write about.
For me, plotting is like playing a giant game of connect the dots--only you have to make up the dots. Those dots can be anything. A cool world-building concept, a character attribute, or even a single word. Yesterday, I spent about an hour in various online dictionaries, thesauri, and reverse dictionaries, studying the etymology of words I'd considered using to define a new concept. And in that hour of building and deconstructing words, I uncovered several more dots I hadn't even known I was missing. They fit so well, it was like they were always supposed to be there. Like I'd subconsciously left blank spots for them, knowing my conscious mind would eventually stumble over the right ideas.
But again, ideas do not a plot make. The plot comes in when you figure out how to piece those dots (ideas) together. It's about connecting concepts in a rational (yet hopefully unpredictable) way.
That's been one of my goals over the last few books (the most recent two of which aren't out yet). Unpredictability, without stomping all over reader/genre expectation. I think it's going well. But I won't know for sure until next year, when my latest efforts have hit the shelf and reviewers have had a chance to point out all my brand new mistakes. ;)
But for now, plotting continues to be both a frustrating and rewarding process. So far, anyway.
It may be time for some new Post-its...
To be fair to myself, I think I've gotten better at plotting since I started. Part of that is due to the fact that I'm no longer writing Shifters stories. I love that so many people liked Faythe and/or her world/family, but honestly, in my attempt to keep her world from straying (Ha! A pun!) into the too-familiar territory of vampires, witches, and werewolves, I actually limited my own options. There are only so many fight-the-power stories I can write, when that power never changes. In short, Faythe's world was pretty limiting for me. Claustrophobic, at times, at least in regard to story lines.
The Soul Screamers world, however, is wide open. There are so many kinds of creatures (still no vamps, witches, or werewolves) that I feel like I could easily take plots in any of about a million different directions. And, of course, Kaylee's world is actually two worlds: ours, and the Netherworld. Endless combinations of scary/creepy/funny/sad/exciting. It's like a plot buffet. And I'm kinda...starved. ;)
The Unbound world, so far, is completely different than anything I've ever written. On the surface, it seems a little confining in that it has no creatures at all, and no alternate hell dimension. But the deeper I dig into that world and into the characters' backgrounds, the more I uncover. The more I discover to write about.
For me, plotting is like playing a giant game of connect the dots--only you have to make up the dots. Those dots can be anything. A cool world-building concept, a character attribute, or even a single word. Yesterday, I spent about an hour in various online dictionaries, thesauri, and reverse dictionaries, studying the etymology of words I'd considered using to define a new concept. And in that hour of building and deconstructing words, I uncovered several more dots I hadn't even known I was missing. They fit so well, it was like they were always supposed to be there. Like I'd subconsciously left blank spots for them, knowing my conscious mind would eventually stumble over the right ideas.
But again, ideas do not a plot make. The plot comes in when you figure out how to piece those dots (ideas) together. It's about connecting concepts in a rational (yet hopefully unpredictable) way.
That's been one of my goals over the last few books (the most recent two of which aren't out yet). Unpredictability, without stomping all over reader/genre expectation. I think it's going well. But I won't know for sure until next year, when my latest efforts have hit the shelf and reviewers have had a chance to point out all my brand new mistakes. ;)
But for now, plotting continues to be both a frustrating and rewarding process. So far, anyway.
It may be time for some new Post-its...
Rachel, on plotting
Today, I am plotting. For me, this is the hard part. Okay, very little about writing for publication is easy, but for me, the story is almost always the hardest part, which is why I'm always surprised to hear from someone telling me that plotting is my strength. And yes, this has actually happened. Multiple times.
To be fair to myself, I think I've gotten better at plotting since I started. Part of that is due to the fact that I'm no longer writing Shifters stories. I love that so many people liked Faythe and/or her world/family, but honestly, in my attempt to keep her world from straying (Ha! A pun!) into the too-familiar territory of vampires, witches, and werewolves, I actually limited my own options. There are only so many fight-the-power stories I can write, when that power never changes. In short, Faythe's world was pretty limiting for me. Claustrophobic, at times, at least in regard to story lines.
The Soul Screamers world, however, is wide open. There are so many kinds of creatures (still no vamps, witches, or werewolves) that I feel like I could easily take plots in any of about a million different directions. And, of course, Kaylee's world is actually two worlds: ours, and the Netherworld. Endless combinations of scary/creepy/funny/sad/exciting. It's like a plot buffet. And I'm kinda...starved. ;)
The Unbound world, so far, is completely different than anything I've ever written. On the surface, it seems a little confining in that it has no creatures at all, and no alternate hell dimension. But the deeper I dig into that world and into the characters' backgrounds, the more I uncover. The more I discover to write about.
For me, plotting is like playing a giant game of connect the dots--only you have to make up the dots. Those dots can be anything. A cool world-building concept, a character attribute, or even a single word. Yesterday, I spent about an hour in various online dictionaries, thesauri, and reverse dictionaries, studying the etymology of words I'd considered using to define a new concept. And in that hour of building and deconstructing words, I uncovered several more dots I hadn't even known I was missing. They fit so well, it was like they were always supposed to be there. Like I'd subconsciously left blank spots for them, knowing my conscious mind would eventually stumble over the right ideas.
But again, ideas do not a plot make. The plot comes in when you figure out how to piece those dots (ideas) together. It's about connecting concepts in a rational (yet hopefully unpredictable) way.
That's been one of my goals over the last few books (the most recent two of which aren't out yet). Unpredictability, without stomping all over reader/genre expectation. I think it's going well. But I won't know for sure until next year, when my latest efforts have hit the shelf and reviewers have had a chance to point out all my brand new mistakes. ;)
But for now, plotting continues to be both a frustrating and rewarding process. So far, anyway.
It may be time for some new Post-its...
To be fair to myself, I think I've gotten better at plotting since I started. Part of that is due to the fact that I'm no longer writing Shifters stories. I love that so many people liked Faythe and/or her world/family, but honestly, in my attempt to keep her world from straying (Ha! A pun!) into the too-familiar territory of vampires, witches, and werewolves, I actually limited my own options. There are only so many fight-the-power stories I can write, when that power never changes. In short, Faythe's world was pretty limiting for me. Claustrophobic, at times, at least in regard to story lines.
The Soul Screamers world, however, is wide open. There are so many kinds of creatures (still no vamps, witches, or werewolves) that I feel like I could easily take plots in any of about a million different directions. And, of course, Kaylee's world is actually two worlds: ours, and the Netherworld. Endless combinations of scary/creepy/funny/sad/exciting. It's like a plot buffet. And I'm kinda...starved. ;)
The Unbound world, so far, is completely different than anything I've ever written. On the surface, it seems a little confining in that it has no creatures at all, and no alternate hell dimension. But the deeper I dig into that world and into the characters' backgrounds, the more I uncover. The more I discover to write about.
For me, plotting is like playing a giant game of connect the dots--only you have to make up the dots. Those dots can be anything. A cool world-building concept, a character attribute, or even a single word. Yesterday, I spent about an hour in various online dictionaries, thesauri, and reverse dictionaries, studying the etymology of words I'd considered using to define a new concept. And in that hour of building and deconstructing words, I uncovered several more dots I hadn't even known I was missing. They fit so well, it was like they were always supposed to be there. Like I'd subconsciously left blank spots for them, knowing my conscious mind would eventually stumble over the right ideas.
But again, ideas do not a plot make. The plot comes in when you figure out how to piece those dots (ideas) together. It's about connecting concepts in a rational (yet hopefully unpredictable) way.
That's been one of my goals over the last few books (the most recent two of which aren't out yet). Unpredictability, without stomping all over reader/genre expectation. I think it's going well. But I won't know for sure until next year, when my latest efforts have hit the shelf and reviewers have had a chance to point out all my brand new mistakes. ;)
But for now, plotting continues to be both a frustrating and rewarding process. So far, anyway.
It may be time for some new Post-its...
February 3, 2011
Did you see?
In case you missed it, yesterday I posted the (unofficial) plot summary for IF I DIE at the Deadline Dames. The release date is October 1 in the US and Canada, and I'll be posting the blurb and a placeholder cover on my website soon. Because people are starting to ask.
People are also starting to ask variations of another certain question about IF I DIE, and all I can say is that you people have a one-track mind! Wait for the book! ;)
I got my revision letter for IF I DIE last Friday and I spoke to my editor about the edits yesterday, so to day I officially start the revisions, and I'm SO excited. This was such a fun/traumatizing book for me. I've reread it twice since turning it in (something I NEVER do) and I'm still delighted with it. I hope readers will be too. ;)
People are also starting to ask variations of another certain question about IF I DIE, and all I can say is that you people have a one-track mind! Wait for the book! ;)
I got my revision letter for IF I DIE last Friday and I spoke to my editor about the edits yesterday, so to day I officially start the revisions, and I'm SO excited. This was such a fun/traumatizing book for me. I've reread it twice since turning it in (something I NEVER do) and I'm still delighted with it. I hope readers will be too. ;)
Did you see?
In case you missed it, yesterday I posted the (unofficial) plot summary for IF I DIE at the Deadline Dames. The release date is October 1 in the US and Canada, and I'll be posting the blurb and a placeholder cover on my website soon. Because people are starting to ask.
People are also starting to ask variations of another certain question about IF I DIE, and all I can say is that you people have a one-track mind! Wait for the book! ;)
I got my revision letter for IF I DIE last Friday and I spoke to my editor about the edits yesterday, so to day I officially start the revisions, and I'm SO excited. This was such a fun/traumatizing book for me. I've reread it twice since turning it in (something I NEVER do) and I'm still delighted with it. I hope readers will be too. ;)
People are also starting to ask variations of another certain question about IF I DIE, and all I can say is that you people have a one-track mind! Wait for the book! ;)
I got my revision letter for IF I DIE last Friday and I spoke to my editor about the edits yesterday, so to day I officially start the revisions, and I'm SO excited. This was such a fun/traumatizing book for me. I've reread it twice since turning it in (something I NEVER do) and I'm still delighted with it. I hope readers will be too. ;)
February 1, 2011
More pretties!
Okay, how pretty is the UK cover for My Soul to Steal? (Thanks to Natashya for tracking it down, and to Jenny for sending it!)
I swear, it feels like I'm finding new international covers almost daily lately, but I think this may be my favorite one so far. (I think it's out in July.) I love how well it fits with the other UK covers and how the colors still coordinate with the US covers. I'm not sure why there's a butterfly (other than that it's pretty) but I must admit that I'm now tempted to write some kind of deadly butterfly creature into the Netherworld, just so I can fully claim this image as MINE! ;)
Thanks, Mira Ink, it's gorgeous!!!
FYI, here are the other UK covers:
Also, I now have confirmation (thanks again, Natashya!) that the Soul Screamers books will be coming out in Germany starting with MSTTake this October (2011) and it looks like they'll be using the UK cover art. So, yay Germany! MSTTake will be my first German release. ;)
And, I found this online yesterday when I was wasting time taking a break from the BLOOD BOUND revisions (due today!) It's the Italian cover for Pride (Graffio sulla pelle), out Feb 25, 2011.
I swear, it feels like I'm finding new international covers almost daily lately, but I think this may be my favorite one so far. (I think it's out in July.) I love how well it fits with the other UK covers and how the colors still coordinate with the US covers. I'm not sure why there's a butterfly (other than that it's pretty) but I must admit that I'm now tempted to write some kind of deadly butterfly creature into the Netherworld, just so I can fully claim this image as MINE! ;)
Thanks, Mira Ink, it's gorgeous!!!
FYI, here are the other UK covers:
Also, I now have confirmation (thanks again, Natashya!) that the Soul Screamers books will be coming out in Germany starting with MSTTake this October (2011) and it looks like they'll be using the UK cover art. So, yay Germany! MSTTake will be my first German release. ;)
And, I found this online yesterday when I was wasting time taking a break from the BLOOD BOUND revisions (due today!) It's the Italian cover for Pride (Graffio sulla pelle), out Feb 25, 2011.
