Meagan Spooner's Blog, page 141
August 25, 2014
loish:
revisiting the good old underwater theme.
I love...
revisiting the good old underwater theme.
I love loish's work on Deviantart. differentpicture, so that is pretty cool.
How to keep your keyboard cat-free all day long. (Starring...
How to keep your keyboard cat-free all day long. (Starring Icarus, the world’s worst fuzzy blanket addict.)
That’s right, I’m going to be in Atlanta this coming...
That’s right, I’m going to be in Atlanta this coming weekend for one of my favorite annual conventions EVER: Dragon Con! If you’ve never been, it’s absolutely worth checking out if you’re in the area. Come for a day, come for the whole weekend… if nothing else, come to people-watch, because some of the best costumers and cosplayers I’ve ever seen, I saw at Dragon Con.
Anyway, before I just completely lose my shit with excitement, I’ll give y’all my schedule so you can find me there. I’m on a n...
VOTING OPEN for 2014 Inky Awards
The Inky Awards celebrate Australian and international fiction, poetry, anthologies and graphic novels written for young adults. The longlists and shortlists are decided by teens for teens.
Gold Inky Award (Australian YA) shortlist:
These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
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If you’re between 12 and 20, you can go voteright nowforThese Broken Stars(or the book of your choice!) for the 2014 Inky Awards. And be sure to vote for one from each c...
August 24, 2014
daisycalloway:
Favorite Book or Series Meme [10 / 20]: These...
Favorite Book or Series Meme[10/ 20]: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
"I’m cruel because it’s the fastest way to get a man to lose interest, and trust me, I’ve learned how. My father taught me well." I swallow, making sure my tone is even. He’d be proud. "Tarver, you have to understand that everyone who approaches me-everyone-wants something. Men are after my money. Women are after my status. And men will suffer a lot for a rich girl’s attentions, but not th...
Why did you pick Lark Ascending for the title of the third book? If it's going to match the first two shouldn't it be something-Lark? like something starting with S like the others?
For me, the titleLark Ascendingwas meant tobelong withthe other titles in the series but to break the mold a little. The conflict in Lark’s world is all about vicious cycles, something that comes full circle in the third book as she returns to the city where she started. So the third book is all about breaking the pattern, hence the title.
As for why that particular title, TheLark Ascending is the title of a truly beautiful piece of classical music for violin by Vaughan Williams, which was in...
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Sometimes, during revisions/copy-edits/final-pass pages, I’ll read a sentence or a phrase or an idea that I originally wrote over a year ago and think, "Wow, that is actually kind of really good."
That thought is almost always followed immediately by one of two subsequent thoughts:
"Must have…
Kinda depressing that this doesn’t stop even after you’e published
Seen one way it’...
