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August 16, 2013
I hate Strong Female Characters
EVERYONE. SHOULD. READ. THIS.
This post basically sums up my opinion on “strong female characters”. Sorry, but I like variety in my characters and not just what people consider as “strong female characters”.
August 15, 2013
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It’s here! It’s...
It’s here! It’s finally here! The first finished copy of CROWN OF MIDNIGHT!
Lucky for you, we’ve still got a few galleys left. We’ll pick three people who reblog this post and follow us here on tumblr to win them!
YAYYY!
Congrats to Until The Very End, Bring Up The Bones, and Sara Raasch- you are our ARC winners! Check your ask box for details on how to claim your prize!
This is what I get for taking an internet semi-hiatus. I miss this. THIS. HOLY CRAYOLA, BATMAN. *hugs Bloomsbury*
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Keep Calm and Win CROWN OF MIDNIGHT
We have a...
Keep Calm and Win CROWN OF MIDNIGHT
We have a few remaining ARCs in the US office and we want you to win one! Reblog and follow us for a chance to win one of five.
*grabby hands*
August 13, 2013
August 11, 2013
"If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a..."
If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist because you’re going to have to make your word count today and those words aren’t going to wait for you whether you’re inspired or not.
You have to write when you’re not inspired. And you have to write the scenes that don’t inspire you. And the weird thing is that six months later, a year later, you’ll look back at them and you can’t remember which scenes you wrote when you were inspired and which scenes you just wrote because they had to be written next.
The process of writing can be magical. Mostly it’s a process of putting one word after another.
”- Neil Gaiman in conversation with Chris Hardwick. (via terribleminds)
August 9, 2013
Cover Reveal for THE STONE KINGDOM!
My fabulous Twitter friend, Danielle E. Shipley, has the second book in her Wilderhark Tales, THE STONE KINGDOM, debuting on September 20, 2013! And, because she is awesome, I get to help reveal her cover TODAY!
“Love and prince,
Both true, wed rose of white in realm of stone;
For blood begins,
But naught can be put right by blood alone.”
One thoughtless act is all it takes to bring the curse threatened
on Rosalba’s christening day to pass. Now the princess must combine
her desperate determination with the service of benevolent tailor Edgwyn Wyle
to find the second half of the key to her kingdom’s restoration.
The Stone Kingdom
Book Two of The Wilderhark Tales
An enchantress’s curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast;
A princess’s pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell;
Bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk –
All within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that’s seen it all.
You’ve heard the stories –
of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist
the tower-bound damsel; of gorgeous gowns
appearing just in time for a midnight ball;
of frog princes, and swan princes,
and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea.
Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.
Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales.
Know them now as Wilderhark’s.
Danielle E. Shipley’s first novelettes told the everyday misadventures of wacky kids like herself. …Or so she thought. Unbeknownst to them all, half of her characters were actually closeted elves, dwarves, fairies, or some combination thereof. When it all came to light, Danielle did the sensible thing: Packed up and moved to Fantasy Land, where daily rent is the low, low price of her heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears, firstborn child, sanity, and words; lots of them. She’s also been known to spend short bursts of time in the real-life Chicago area with the parents who home schooled her and the two little sisters who keep her humble. When she’s not living the highs and lows of writing young adult novels, she’s probably blogging about it atwww.EverOnWord.wordpress.com.
And now, without further ado…the cover for THE STONE KINGDOM!!
Full Title: “The Stone Kingdom (Book Two of The Wilderhark Tales)”
ISBN: 978-0-9891846-1-8
Genre: Young Adult Fairytale
Length: Novella (179 pages)
Release Date: September 20th, 2013
Future availability: Paperback (Amazon.com) and eBook (Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com)
Add “The Stone Kingdom” to your Goodreads shelf today!
Interview! Me!
I’m over at Rachel Russell’s blog today, talking about SNOW LIKE ASHES and other craziness: http://rachelrussell.wordpress.com
August 7, 2013
50 Synonyms for “Villain”
The store of synonyms for villain is so well stocked that it seems, well, villainous to employ that relatively colorless word in favor of many worthy substitutes — especially in humorous contexts. Here’s a roster of appropriate alternatives.
