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July 19, 2013
Starglass Blog Tour: Day 5!
And so concludes our 5 days ofStarglassy goodness! On this, the final leg of the blog tour, we have great content brought to you by the following bloggers:
A lovely review from Books, Bones, and Buffy: “An intriguing mix of science fiction and old fashioned values, a unique floating world in space, a society on the brink of rebellion, all tied together with beautiful writing.”
A great review from YA Fanatic which notes “Can’t wait to find out what happens in the sequel! Why do I have to wait a...
July 18, 2013
Starglass Blog Tour: Day 4!
(whoa, that rhymes!)
Greetings, space cadets! Today on the blog tour we’ve got:
Wonderful reviews from Rondo of a Possible World, and Lovin’ Los Libros (along with a nifty excerpt!).
An excerpt from Musings of a YA Reader.
An interview with me at Step Into Fiction
A great review and playlist from Falling for YA (love the Ellie Goulding track!)
Thanks to all who participated today and be sure to visit the tour stops for chances to win an autographed, personalized copy!
July 17, 2013
Starglass Blog Tour: Day 3!
TheStarglassy fun continues on this fine Wednesday! Here’s where you can find blog tour posts around the web:
In Between Writing and Reading features a review which notes: “Excellent, excellent world building and character development. I highly recommend it as a summer read, and make sure to keep this in mind: Not everything is as it seems.”
Another review from Books Mark the Spot which pointed out that there’s “no insta- love (OMG YAY! BONUS. PRAISE BE, HALLELUJAH… and all that jazz) and the m...
July 16, 2013
Starglass Blog Tour: Day 2!
Welcome to Day 2 of theStarglass blog tour, generously hosted by Shane at Itching for Books! Today we’ve got great content at the following places on the web:
At Moosubi Reviews!, a lovely review of the novel: “The scientific part was absolutely fascinating; just to name a few aspects, citizens have babies growing in tubes, clock towers and watchers control the seasons and diseases is virtually nonexistent. Though this aspect might not be for everybody, I also enjoyed how Judaism was incorpora...
July 15, 2013
Starglass blog tour begins! (plus bonus guest post!)
Today kicks off the Starglass blog tour, generously hosted by Shane at Itching for Books! Shane has done a tremendous job organizing; each stop features great original content and reviews. To celebrate, I’m giving awayfive copies of the novel. Stop by any of the blog tour sites for a chance to enter. Here’s what we have for today’s leg of the tour!
At YA Romantics, Jen is featuring an interview with me. Her questions were wonderful, thoughtful, and quite hard hitting. Head over there to learn...
July 6, 2013
Starglass blog tour schedule, tor.com excerpt, and goodreads giveaway!
Planning for the Starglass launch continues at a brisk pace! In just 9 days, the blog tour (kindly hosted by Shane at Itching for Books) kicks off. Here’s the schedule:
~TOUR SCHEDULE~
July 15
YA Romantics*Review
Reading on the F Train*Interview
Imagine a World*Review & Favorite Quote
The Fairytale Nerd*Guest post
Leisure Reads*Blurb & Excerpt (blogger’s choice)
A Dream Within A Dream*Review & Excerpt (blogger’s choice)
July 16
Alice Marvels*Guest post
Moosubi Reviews!*Review & Excerpt (blogger’s choice...
June 27, 2013
Starglass Promo & Readercon Schedule
Good evening, lovelies!
In case you missed it, Monday saw the launch of the Starglass trailer over at io9. If you didn’t know, I made this trailer myself, out of my own blood, sweat, tears, and legally purchased stock footage. It was the first trailer I made, and started me down the path of making trailers for other authors, so it’s really very close to my heart. Plus, that girl is so Terra! Take a look:
Starglass Book Trailer from Phoebe North on Vimeo.
It’s going to be a busy month–I’m current...
June 18, 2013
Summertiiiiiiime . . . updates!
Good morning, gentle readers!
I had a wonderful time at BEA and, in the weeks since, have been polishing off some projects and getting ready for the launch of Starglass. We have just over a month to go! It feels like yesterday when I got the news about the offer, and now we’re so deliciously close to my little spaceship flying out of the nest, so to speak.
Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, New York is hosting my launch party. The event is on July 21st at 4 p.m. If you’re in the area and interested in...
June 16, 2013
Poetry Sunday: Death of the Jealous Fairy
This poem comes next chronologically in the poem sequence, which is the only reason I’m including it. I fear it’s a bit cliche.
Death of the Jealous Fairy
You take a draw of your Lucky Strike, lean in close
to learn the ritual dissection, how the other boys pin down
those tiny girl bodies, snapping the fine limbs like wish bones,
sucking that sweet dust from their sticky fingers.
There are no children clapping here, no tittering bells. Only
the tintinnabulation of little muffled shrieks, drowned out...
June 9, 2013
Poetry Sunday: The Home Under the Ground
InPeter Pan, “the home under the ground” refers to the den Wendy builds for the Lost Boys. Here, it’s a house for those left behind.
The Home Under the Ground
Mother and I lived like refugees,
eating from tin cans sliced open
with a dull parring knife, dozing away
the morning on the pull-out couch,
underneath the plaid comforter that once
made your bed (Our father, elsewhere,
sucked Camels. In your tree house,
in the garage, at the table of the Great Hall,
shedding towers of ash as he called
for more me...
