Michelle K. Pickett's Blog, page 69
January 27, 2012
PODs
I'm SO excited to share the cover art and blurb for PODs. PODs: Seventeen-year-old Eva is a chosen one. Chosen to live, while others meet a swift and painful death from an incurable virus so lethal, a person is dead within days of symptoms emerging. In the POD system, a series of underground habitats built [...]
Cover Reveal
It's official! PODs has a cover! Didn't they do a fantastic job?
January 21, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday
It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Six Sentence Sunday. (Click on the graphic to view all the participants) SET-UP: This week I'm returning to my WIP titled Little Flowers. After we read about the little girl who tries not to cry so the monster doesn't come back (January 8th) the chapter ends. [...]
January 20, 2012
Goodreads!
My debut novel Concilium and the sequel Concilium: The Departure are now listed on Goodreads! Take a look,
Magic Number
Can there be too much of a good thing? How many projects is too many? One? Three? More? I currently have four projects. Three books in editing and one work in progress. This doesn't count the endless querying I'm doing for my children's adventure or trying to market my books and build an author platform [...]
January 14, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday
This week's six sentences come from my debut novel, Concilium, scheduled for release in July of this year. I hope you all look for it. Set-up: As the men in the snippet leave to fight the creatures trying to kill the main character, Leslee, she realizes that the safe-house she and her protectors were [...]
January 13, 2012
Divergent
I just finished Veronica Roth's Divergent and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is the first dystopian thriller I've read and I think I'm hooked. It took me a little reading to become used to Roth's unique voice, but soon the characters drew me in so completely that the story took over and I was so focused [...]
January 9, 2012
Announcement on Publishers Marketplace!
My deal with Spencer Hill Press was announced on Publisher's Marketplace today: The release date is tentatively scheduled for June 2013. It's all still a little unreal to me!
