Marie Lu's Blog, page 87

truthbecomeslegend:Countdown: 8 days! Raffaele (based on how...

truthbecomeslegend:

Countdown: 8 days!
Raffaele (based on how Marie drew him in her sketches)

A beautiful Raffaele fan art! I love this—he looks just as graceful as I picture him.

Blog Tour: The Young Elites

Blog Tour: The Young Elites:

The Teaser Blog Tour for The Young Elites kicks off with a visit from Marie Lu!

My darling Tumblrs! We are almost at 1 week before The Young Elites releases. Until then, we have a fantastic teaser blog tour kicking off today at Forever YA, where I talk a little about the behind-the-scenes madness behind writing this book. Hop on over and follow the tour all week to find out more about Adelina and her fellow Young Elites!T

penguinontour:Come to The Young Elites tour and meet Marie...

penguinontour:

Come to The Young Elites tour and meet Marie Lu!

Adelina Amouteru is one of the few survivors of a blood plague that swept through her nation a decade ago; it left her with strange markings, and an even stranger power. Adelina manages to break free from her cruel father to seek out a mysterious group of others like herself, but one thing is certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her. 

Find out more about THE YOUNG ELITES here: http://bit.ly/TheYoungElites

Read a sample of THE YOUNG ELITES here: http://bit.ly/YoungElitesSampler 

Connect with Marie Lu on Twitter: @Marie_Lu 

Follow the action on social media with #TheYoungElites

DATES
OCT. 7 at 6:00 PM
Joint event with ALEX LONDON, author of PROXY and GUARDIAN
Books of Wonder
18 W 18th St
New York, NY 10011

OCT. 8 at 7:00 PM
Flyleaf Books
752 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

OCT. 10 at 5:00 PM
B & L Books
990 N State Road 434
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

OCT. 13 at 6:00 PM
The Bookworm Omaha
8702 Pacific St
Omaha, NE 68124

OCT. 14 at 7:00 PM
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Beaverton, OR 97005

OCT. 15 at 6:30 PM
Hood River County Library
Hood River, OR 97031

OCT. 16 at 6:00 PM
Face In A Book
4359 Town Center Blvd
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

Vancouver International Writer’s Festival:
OCT. 22 from 6-7:15 PM
#26 The Real Deal
Studio 1398 (panel with Robert Paul Weston)

OCT. 23 from 1-2:30 PM
#39 Serial Success
Performance Works (panel with A.M. Dellamonica)

OCT. 25th at 4:00 PM
Pages, a bookstore
904 Manhattan Ave
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

NOV. 1 at 2:30 PM
Children’s Book World
10580 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064

NOV. 15th at 7:00 PM
Once Upon a Time
2207 Honolulu Ave.
Montrose, CA 91020

DEC. 5th at 7:30 PM
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92111

DEC. 6th at 3:00 PM
Warwicks
7812 Girard Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037

47books:Since I am an ultimate Legend fangirl, I needed to...

47books:

Since I am an ultimate Legend fangirl, I needed to show you guys my handmade Day pendent and Junes paperclip ring. Hope you all like them as much as I do! marielubooks

Beautiful!

Winner of the signed TYE Hardcover

With over 1,500 entries, it took me longer to read through everyone’s submissions than I thought, but we have a winner! What I did: I picked out 5 favorite entries from each platform (Facebook, Twitter, Insta, etc) and then ran a random # generator to pick a winner.

The winner is…..Kayla Murray’s submission, “to be able to go into different dimensions. Maybe get to check out how things would be different in [alternate realities].” Congratulations! I will contact you with details.

Thank you all for participating in the giveaway! Keep an eye out for future contests.

I’m giving away my only personal hardcover of The Young...

I’m giving away my only personal hardcover of The Young Elites, signed/personalized to the winner. To enter, just instagram, tweet, facebook, or tumblr me the answer to this question, then hashtag it #TheYoungElites : “What would your superpower be?” I’ll be reading through and picking one favorite! Runs through 9am PST Sunday (9/13). Multiple entries fine. Thanks lovelies! The book’s officially out on 10/7.

My very, very first time holding the final hardcover of The...

My very, very first time holding the final hardcover of The Young Elites! I will be giving this away next week as we reach T-minus 4 weeks before pub date. Details to come. :)

This week’s kitchen quote (from Le Petit Prince).

This week’s kitchen quote (from Le Petit Prince).

Ms. Bardugo, I loved your first books, but I was terribly disappointed to see you give in to political correctness in Ruin & Rising. You had a great story and then you ruined it with unnecessary lesbianism. Authors don't need to make statements, they just

I was really tempted to ignore this because I don’t believe in giving anon wangs a platform, but the term “unnecessary lesbianism” made me laugh so hard that I caved.

Authors can write good books and make statements. I’m going to make some statements now. (Get ready.)

Queer people and queer relationships aren’t less necessary to narrative than cishet people or relationships. In fact, given the lovely emails and messages I’ve received about Tamar and Nadia (and given the existence of anon wangs like you), I’d say making queer relationships visible in young adult fiction is an excellent—and yes, necessary—idea.

I do agree that story trumps statement or we’d all just write angry pamphlets, but queer people exist both in my world and the world of the Grisha trilogy. I don’t see how including them in my work is making a statement unless that statement is “I won’t willfully ignore or exclude people in order to make a few anon wangs happy.” If that’s the statement I’m making, I’m totally down with it.

Also, I’m going to take this moment to shout out Malinda Lo, Laura Lam, Alex London, David Levithan, Emily Danforth, Emma Trevayne, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Cassandra Clare, and to link to Malinda’s 2013 guide to LGBT in YA.  Because why just give attention to bigots when you can talk about awesome books and authors instead?

Ms. Bardugo, I loved your first books, but I was terribly disappointed to see you give in to political correctness in Ruin & Rising. You had a great story and then you ruined it with unnecessary lesbianism. Authors don't need to make statements, they just

I was really tempted to ignore this because I don’t believe in giving anon wangs a platform, but the term “unnecessary lesbianism” made me laugh so hard that I caved.

Authors can write good books and make statements. I’m going to make some statements now. (Get ready.)

Queer people and queer relationships aren’t less necessary to narrative than cishet people or relationships. In fact, given the lovely emails and messages I’ve received about Tamar and Nadia (and given the existence of anon wangs like you), I’d say making queer relationships visible in young adult fiction is an excellent—and yes, necessary—idea.

I do agree that story trumps statement or we’d all just write angry pamphlets, but queer people exist both in my world and the world of the Grisha trilogy. I don’t see how including them in my work is making a statement unless that statement is “I won’t willfully ignore or exclude people in order to make a few anon wangs happy.” If that’s the statement I’m making, I’m totally down with it.

Also, I’m going to take this moment to shout out Malinda Lo, Laura Lam, Alex London, David Levithan, Emily Danforth, Emma Trevayne, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Cassandra Clare, and to link to Malinda’s 2013 guide to LGBT in YA.  Because why just give attention to bigots when you can talk about awesome books and authors instead?