Lissa Price's Blog, page 27

One of the best presents, ever

Today I got a wonderful surprise in the mail. The box had a photo of my German cover (but also some mailing labels, so I didn't photograph it). Then, it opened to a letter and the first catalog...



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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

This has been the most incredible year for me and I'm grateful to all the people who helped make my dream come true. My agent, my foreign rights agent, my editor, everyone at my publishing...



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Hunger Games nail polish?

I thought this was a joke at first. But it's not. Said to be available March 1, 2012. The original names, left to right, you can guess the inspiration: 1. Primrose  2. rebel  3. Catnip 4. Coal...



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Marie Lu's LEGEND Launch Party!

Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in Redondo Beach hosted Marie Lu's launch party for her amazing YA dystopian, LEGEND. It was a fantastic turnout, even with the dangerously high winds in parts of...



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One more day until the contest closes

If you click on the "contest" link to the right, you'll read about the contest to win a beautiful hardback copy, signed, of THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens. This absolutely...



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Want to get your YA manuscript published? How to Write a Query Letter

So maybe you're using the holiday weekend to think about how to get published.  First of all, be sure your manuscript is ready. I mean it's at the point where your writing group and beta...



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Twilight's Bella (in Germany) voices my Callie

When the Twilight films show in Germany,  Annina Braunmiller is the voice of Bella (normally Kristin Stewart when in English). She also is the narrator for the Twilight audio books in German. And now...



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Starters Kicks Off a New German Imprint

I'm thrilled to announce that STARTERS was chosen to kick off a new YA German imprint of Piper Verlag.  It's called IVI Verlag and aimed for older teens (and adults as we all know about...



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World Fantasy Convention – San Diego – Sailing the Seas Without Getting Seasick

This was my first time at the World Fantasy Con and my first panel ever! Chandra Rooney, me, Marissa Lingen (moderator), John Pitts. Dan Wells was a no-show. We guessed travel problems, since this...



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If you love music, drama and Shakespeare – think opera

I have a lot of writing to do and also am behind on my WFC post, but wanted to share this with all Southern California readers. I saw Romeo and Juliet, the opera, yesterday and it was wonderful....



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