Ally Carter's Blog, page 26
July 10, 2013
Attention Atlanta!
Hello Georgia!
I’m coming your way. If you live in, around, or just generally near Atlanta, please come see me NEXT WEEK when I (along with several hundred other authors) will be at the Romance Writers of America’s Annual Literacy Autographing.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 17th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Atlanta Marriott Marquee (Atrium Ballroom A-C)
There is no registration required and the event is free and open to the public!
Please note, however, that the autographing is a fundraiser for charity so t...
July 8, 2013
Magnificent Monday Countdown!
LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!!!
Hi guys! As you will notice the super cool countdown to United We Spy has been added to the website!
I am super excited about it!
So, I decided that this week’s mission is for you to post the countdown widget on your Facebook, Twitter, Blog, etc. Just click the “Share” button and follow the directions!
Just post to whatever social media site you have access to and then comment here where you posted it. I can’t wait to see how we can spread the word and excitement for t...
July 3, 2013
Wednesday Mission Winner!
Hey Everyone!
Great job in deciphering the message and then finding the book and page number! Also, you worked great as a team with lots of encouragement, tips, and tricks!
The winner is: kinbear33
Submitted on 2013/07/01 at 11:56 amThe phrase says “The most important thing any of you will ever do is make people trust you.” It is in Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy on page 173 (kindle edition). Thank you. These are fun to do.
Congratulations! Please send me your mailing address to allycartercontest...
July 1, 2013
Magnificent Monday Post ALA Mission
Hi Everyone!
Since Ally was at ALA this past weekend giving away some super coolnotebooks and United We Spy Excerpt Booklets, I decided I needed to give something away also! But you are going to have to work for it!
Up for grabs is a super cute YA Tote, United We Spy Limited Edition Excerpt Booklet, and a super awesome official Gallagher Academy notebook!
Here is what you are going to need to do:
1. Solve the cryptogram below.
2. Once solved tell me what GG book and page numberthe phrase is from.
“...
June 27, 2013
Heist Society optioned by Pitch Perfect producers
Hi everyone,
Secret #2 has broken, and boy is it Aca-Awesome…
Heist Society has been optioned by Lionsgate (yes, the studio that brought us Hunger Games) and Max Handelman & Elizabeth Banks (yes, Effie Trinket herself)!
Read the full story here.
As most of you probably know, Pitch Perfect was my favorite movie of last year.
There are too few movies that feature women–much less movies that feature bright, capable YOUNG women. Pitch Perfect has been one of very few exceptions to that in recent histo...
June 24, 2013
Embassy Row!
Hello, everybody!
Ally here with a very exciting announcement:
I’VE SOLD A NEW BOOK SERIES!
Yes. It’s true. Here is the official announcement:
NYT bestselling author Ally Carter’s new series EMBASSY ROW, about the granddaughter of a powerful ambassador who returns to her homeonEmbassy Row and uncovers an international conspiracy while solving the mystery of her mother’s death, in a three-book major deal, at auction, moving to David Levithan at Scholastic, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agen...
June 22, 2013
What Beth said
Hi, everybody! And a happy Saturday to you all.
I know a lot of you out there are interested in writing. Well…not just writing. But BECOMING WRITERS.
And…see…not just writers but PUBLISHED AUTHORS.
And I’m pretty sure not just published authors but SUCCESSFUL, CAREER-HAVING MEGA AUTHORS.
Basically, I get the sense that a whole lot of you want to be Suzanne Collins. And you want to be Suzanne Collins right-freaking-now.
And, hey, I can’t blame you. Rarely a day goes by that I don’t want to write so...
June 18, 2013
Ally’s Answers
Hi All!
Here are the questions and answers from last week!
How did you come up with Blackthorne? The name and the story/place behind it?
I wanted Blackthorneto be the anti-Gallagher—some place with lots of secrets and shadows and a very unsavory past. To be a Gallagher Girl is kind of golden. Revered. But I wanted Zach to come from a place that is exactly the opposite. That is why the Gallagher Girls live in a mansion and Blackthorne is basically a prison.
I had a really hard time thinking up a n...
June 17, 2013
Magnificent Monday Excerpt!
Hi All!
I had a crazy week last week and didn’t get your questions to Ally until yesterday so…..I won’t have answers until later this week!
But to make it up to you I am going to give you an excerpt from United We Spy!
It was dark when the jet finally landed. I’m sure I must have slept on the long ride over the Atlantic, but I didn’t really remember. I just stared out the window: watching, thinking, waiting for something, but what, I didn’t know.
On the tarmac, Agent Townsend whispered something...
June 10, 2013
Movie try outs
What follows is an honest, genuine, and hopefully helpful post about having “try outs” for movies.
I get this question a lot. As in every day. As in multiple times a day.
In fact, I’ve already answered it several times, but such is the way of the world. I will answer it here and…you know…tomorrow someone will ask it again. And yet I feel myself compelled to answer it tonight because tonight is the night I snap.
Okay. Here goes.
Again, I don’t want to be flippant or condescending. I’m trying to HO...
