Jay Kristoff's Blog, page 8

I get asked this question a lot

And despite the picture, I’m not billing myself as some kind of little green jedi master in the art of writing. But I figure I’d write my answer here. For what it’s worth. What would you recommend to people like me, who one day would like to become a published author? First, decide what kind […]

NEVERNIGHT Desktops

Hello Droogs, As per usual, I’m putting out some NEVERNIGHT desktop images in case you folks wanted to decorate your phones or tablets with the awesome stabbiness that is this cover. I’m also including the original Jason Chan artwork without the amazeballs typography, just in case your life is amazeballs enough already. (The cat made […]

NEVERNIGHT cover reveal!

Hello droogs! I’m very chuffed to be presenting the cover reveal for my new fantasy series, NEVERNIGHT, with the help of some amazing friends and their blogs :) As per usual, I’ll be giving away some phat lewts, so read on after the links! First, what the hell is this book about: The first in […]

ILLUMINAE TOUR VID AND ILL2 FAQ

Hello Droogs! Been a long time between posts, I know. but I’m sure you’d rather me write books than blog posts. I mean, who the smeg reads blog posts anymore :P ILLUMINAE has been on the NYT bestseller List for 8 weeks running now, which is all kinds of awesome! Thanks to everyone spreading the […]

A Thing

So my partner in crime and I are busy zooming around the US of A on the ILLUMINAE tour, and in-between meeting awesome people and visiting amazing bookstores and exploring this incredible country, we don’t have much time for bloggery and other sorts of sillybuggery. BUT, I figure I should take the time to commemorate […]

Launch Party

Hello droogs! Friday October 23, we launched ILLUMINAE in Melbourne at one of our favorite local bookstores, Dymocks on Collins St. The number of people who showed up was amazing – one of the biggest the store had ever seen. We did the speechy thing, signed a dumptruck full of books and wound up at […]

Launch Day

So here we are. Two and a half years is a long time. Two and half years is the blink of an eye. In February 2013, I said “yes” to an idea I’d never really have considered if left to my own devices – try to write a book with someone else. It wasn’t the […]

ILLUMINAE – the blog tour

Hello droogs! Well, it’s 17 days until ILLUMINAE hits bookshelves all over the English-speaking world, and I’m as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, as some old crusty bastard who wasn’t my grandfather no doubt used to say. BUT, today is the kick off of the ILLUMINAE blog tour! […]

Drive

Inquiry: Who has two thumbs and two boxes full of ILLUMINAE author copies? Conclusion: This little black duck. That’s who. It’s a strange thing, to hold two and half years of your life in the palm of your hand. I look down at this thing with my name on the cover, next to the name […]

The Book of Faces

So I’m not sure if you beautiful folks are aware of this, but I thought I’d share since Facebook isn’t all that great at spreading the word about its own functionality. The facey lair of Lord Zuckerberg has been shrouded in dank shrouds of dank, shroudy mystery for a while now, and most authors I […]