Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 236
July 11, 2016
I realllly want to meet you in NYC but I'm nervous because 1. I am the most awkward human 2. I've never been to a book signing ( shame on me i know ) and 3. I'm nervous there's going to be so many people I won't get to meet you
It’s totally okay to be nervous.
1. I doubt you are the most awkward human, but even if you are, you are among friends. Writers and readers are often solitary, often awkward. You’ll be among book lovers, in the Strand rare books room (so beautiful and full of treasures!) and this is a very good place to be exactly as you are.
2. It’s truly like a very nice party of people who all happen to be into the same thing. You can sit and start reading right away (I’ve done this). Or you can have a stroll around the room, have a waffle. (I am determined that there will be waffles). Jesse and I will talk books for a bit, then I’ll answer questions from the audience, then the signing will start.
3. You will absolutely get to meet me. Your ticket (keep an eye out for tickets!) guarantees you a book, admission, and a spot in line. I’ll stay until I get to chat with everyone and sign all of the books. My guess is we’ll call people up in shifts so that you don’t have to stand in line the whole time. We usually try to have some activities too—a photo booth, fake tattoos, something like that. (And waffles!) Or again, you can just sit and read.
When you get to the front, I’m going to be psyched to see you because here’s the thing: Whenever I do a signing, I get really worried that no one will show up. I can’t help it. It’s like throwing a birthday party and wondering if anyone will come or you’re just going to be sitting there with a lot of cake, going full Havisham. So I am delighted and grateful when people like you brave their nerves and the traffic and come say hello.
Tell me you’re dangerousmoonlight on tumblr. Tell me your favorite character. Or just hand me a note that says, “I’m the most awkward human.”
I hope you can make it! And don’t forget, the Strand event is ticketed, so keep an eye on this page.
Is it a national competition? Cause I am from Argentina, but I would love to meet you. You're like my biggest sensei
Oh lord I want to go to Argentina so badly. SO BADLY. But that wasn’t your question, was it?
I believe this is just a competition for US residents.
I know international readers feel left out of a lot of this stuff and I do truly feel rotten for that. The problem is that my US publisher is legally prohibited from offering goodies or trips outside of the US. But we did try to put something special together for the pre-order campaign, so I hope you guys will be excited about that when we finally get to share it.
refinery29:
Here’s the story behind that amazing Google doodle...
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Here’s the story behind that amazing Google doodle from Thursday
If you think Walt Disney was the first person to create a feature length animated film you’re wrong. The first person to do it was a woman – Lotte Reiniger. See more about how her silhouette stop motion worked.
Gifs: Nat and Lo
Hi!! I'm suuuper sorry if you've addressed this before, but how come the CK release date says the 22nd when googled, but amazon says the 27th?? Does amazon just release later?? Thank you!!!
That date only crops up from wikia as far as I can see?
Our release date has always been the 27th. But if you come to zee launch parteee in New York Citeeee, you get the book on the 26th.
July 10, 2016
karaqueenjones:
I started rereading Six of Crows, and I wanted...
I started rereading Six of Crows, and I wanted to show some love for Joost and Anya.
Aw dang. Never seen an Anya and Joost edit before. *raise a glass*
actualwizardbillykaplan:
grungeac:
BOOKS WITH A PROTAGONIST...
BOOKS WITH A PROTAGONIST WHO IS LGBTQ
Beautiful Music For Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
More Than This by Patrick Ness
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Proxy is amazing! I myself am torn on if I wanna read More Happy Than Not. And if I recall, More Than This doesn’t have a romance.
sigridellis:
Liked on YouTube: “The Schuyler Sisters Perform...
Liked on YouTube: “The Schuyler Sisters Perform “For The Longest Time”“ http://youtu.be/pBbgdno5uwo
I did not expect ANGELS TO ARRIVE ON EARTH SINGING BILLY JOEL.
neil-gaiman:
18thcentury-turnt:
morelikecreamhuff:
nethilia:
nopeabsolutelynot:
fangirlingoverde...
at what point in history do you think americans stopped having british accents
Actually, Americans still have the original British accent. We kept it over time and Britain didn’t. What we currently coin as a British accent developed in England during the 19th century among the upper class as a symbol of status. Historians often claim that Shakespeare sounds better in an American accent.
whAT THE FUCK
I’m too tired for this
Always add in the video that according to linguists, Native southern drawl is a slowed down British.
T’ be or not t’be, y’all.
Fun fact: Same thing happened with the French accent. French Canadians still have the original French accent from the 15th century.
Êt’e ou n’pô zêt’e, vous z’auts.
I’ve been trying to find this post for months. I’m freakishly obsessed with this and want the truth of what early colonists sounded like.
The early colonists would probably have sounded a lot like Shakespearian Original Pronunciation. Watch this… (and listen).
This was such a good watch. OP is weirdly closer to Middle English than I expected.
(Also, in high school, I dreamed of being in the RSC, and I swear to god, watching this, some little voice in me was like, IT’S NOT TOO LATE!)
