Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 219
August 10, 2016
What she says: I'm fine.
What she means: actually how does anyone function after Six of Crows like and im legit having the heartbreak of the century like what if Kaz doesnt get over his haphephobia or dear heavens what if he does and what if Wylan doesnt get his face back and Nina and Inej never have waffles and whoever first thought of Troye Sivan as Wylan needs to die a slow death by hugs because how can anyone deny this and HOW WILL I LIVE IF JESPER DIES.
August 9, 2016
Ok, a BUNCH of Crooked Kingdom pre-order campaigns kicked off...
Ok, a BUNCH of Crooked Kingdom pre-order campaigns kicked off yesterday. We’ve got totes from the UK, tattoos and PERSONALIZED copies at home and abroad, the beautiful limited edition Six of Crows dice game (complete with bag and rules so you can play the game with Kaz & crew) in the US & Canada, and signed bookplates/stickers pretty much everywhere.
I’ve rounded them all up with links here. (Please help spread the word?)
If you guys have questions, I probably don’t have the answers (sometimes I think I know and then I’m completely wrong, it’s awesome), so please ask the people at those links (Fierce Reads, Books with Bite, Good Choice Reading). You can also keep an eye on my twitter feed where I’ll be retweeting indie stores carrying the tattoos and signed bookplates/stickers.
I know we didn’t get everything right, but we did our best to offer something for everyone this year. Pre-orders are hugely important to authors, and the free stuff is our way of trying to say “Please do this!” but also “THANK YOU!”
And finally, I know a lot of people are eager to get their hands on the character art by Kevin Wada. We’ll have some at my tour stops this fall, and I promise we’ll have more opportunities to nab the posters and cards in the future. This I vow.
Less than two months to go!
August 8, 2016
Kaz: So if anyone has any objections to my dangerous plan that will probably get us all sued or killed, please raise your hand.
Inej: *raises hand*
Jesper: *raises hand*
Wylan: *raises hand*
Nina: *raises hand*
Matthias: *raises hand*
Kaz: No one? Okay great, let's go!
andersonsbookshop:
Only 23 more days until A Torch Against The...
Only 23 more days until A Torch Against The Night by Sabaa Tahir comes out and only 38 days until Sabaa comes to our Downer’s Grove store! We are so excited! Call the Downer’s Grove store at (630) 963-2665 to purchase the new book and get a ticket to meet Sabaa, it’s going to be an amazing time!
August 4, 2016
connorose:
her eyes were ferocious, the deep green of forests,...
her eyes were ferocious, the deep green of forests, the pupils dark wells. the air around her seemed to shimmer with power, as if she was alight with some secret flame.
Roll up in the club like
Roll up in the club like
willambelli:
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karnythia:
this-is-life-actually:
Don’t...
Don’t mess with a cosplayer. After her boss set up a new dress code banning ponytails and “cultural head wraps,” June J Rivas decided to protest by diping into her costume closet. There are so many more photos and awesome comment reactions.
Follow @ this-is-life-actually
No cultural head wraps pretty much guarantees the EEOC will side with the employees.
Love this
Yes bitch
WILLAM
PSA FOR ASPIRING WRITERS EVERYWHERE
So, the amazing Maggie Stiefvater has done something for all of us that we should all know about!
Critique partners are important! Whether you’re published or unpublished, agented or un-agented, you should have eyes on your manuscript before it gets published to get varying opinions about what’s working and what isn’t and how different people perceive what you’ve written. Now, if you don’t like the whole critique-partner/beta-reader vibe, that’s swell! But this is for the people who DO like the whole critique-partner/beta-reader vibe.
So, our girl Mags has created a Google Group for Critique Partner Match-Ups. It’s been going on for about six months and I want to signal boost it so people who don’t know about it can know about it and use it! Personally, I haven’t posted on it yet but I’m planning to very soon and for the rest of us, here’s the handy-dandy link:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/critique-partner-matchup
I kindly ask anyone who’ll use this to reblog this and even if you won’t use but you think it might interest some of your followers, reblog this to help an aspiring writer!
Signal boost this and happy writing!!
I cannot stress the value of good CPs enough.
