Sarah Raughley's Blog, page 8
October 8, 2015
Updates!
So fam! Amazing things have been happening!! My head is spinning with all this publishing excitement!!
First off, and this is probably the most important update: the title for DOLL SOLDIERS HAS CHANGED! That’s right, my book series now has a different title, a BETTER title, so please be aware! I’ll let you know when I can share.
This past week, my amazing editor officially presented the series to the Simon&Schuster team so I’m happy to say that the book is launched and we are ago for a Fall...
July 30, 2015
DOLL SOLDIERS HAS A GOODREADS PAGE
Why did I not notice this before?
Apparently Doll Soldiers already had a page out there on Goodreads!!: Click the pic below!
Add it!
July 24, 2015
The Synopsis – Yes, it’s Actually Really Useful
So, in the writing world, there are planners and there are pantsers. The planners have detailed plot outlines, a series bible, character sheets filled to the brim. Pantsers just write and find the beauty in the messy process of writing without a guide.
Honestly, both are good methods of writing, though of course it depends on your personality. For me, I’m a planner for the most part, but if I nail down too many details before actually sitting down to write, it does take some of the fun and jo...
June 23, 2015
With Great Power…and so on: YA Authors, Power and Privilege
First of all, I want to say thank you so much for all the congrats over the new book deal! WEEE!
Things are moving along much more swiftly, and I’m already starting to put the pieces together for the rest of the series. Of course, I’m going to have to juggle the creative side of things with the academic side of things as I’m also attempting to finish writing this last chapter of my thesis, but being a PhD student, you get used to juggling multiple tasks at once.
So, while I’ve been squeeing o...
June 16, 2015
NEW. BOOK. DEAL.
SO
THIS HAPPENED ONE FINE DAY:
Sarah Raughley’s DOLL SOLDIERS, a superhero fantasy pitched as PACIFIC RIM meets THE AVENGERS with a SAILOR MOON cast, to Michael Strother at Simon Pulse, in a very nice deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
#YASSSS
#WERK
So, what do they mean byPACIFIC RIM meets the AVENGERS with a SAILOR MOON cast?
Basically:
1) Bad Ass Pretty Girls
2) Fighting Monsters
3) While the World is Watching
No M...
June 15, 2015
Final Fantasy VII Remake – Is This Really The Right Choice for Square Enix?
So, today we just got word that Final Fantasy VII is going to be remade for the PS4 first. Look at the trailer!
Okay, so of course everyone went nuts when it was announced, myself included. Then, I took a deep breath and started to think about it. And when I did I started to really wonder. Is this a good thing? Here are some things that make me pause.
1) Square Enix Bought a Condo in Development Hell
And they haven’t moved in ten years. You all remember that Final Fantasy Versus 13 was an...
May 26, 2015
What About Your Trends? Will They Stand Their Ground? Will They Let You Down? (yeaaaah)
Hey how have you been? :D Don’t tell me you didn’t get that TLC Reference?
Unfortunately, being a PhD English student and Writer sometimes means you’re away in your cave writing and doing a bunch of work. Dissertation writing, article writing, journal editing, and of course reading, researching and finding time to work on your creative stuff. Well, thankfully I’ve been getting a lot of writing done, on the academic and creative writing side. And actually getting some of my academic stuff acc...
March 12, 2015
Choosing Projects
Hi all!
Sorry for the radio silence over here. I’ve been utterly drowning in academic busy work but I am pleased to report some set goals being met. I am particularly proud to have gotten through that stack of essays I had to mark over the course of three weeks.
Yes, three weeks.
Not only because I’m the only marking TA for an entire third year class, but because there was just no way I’d be able to feasibly get through marking dozens of essays at a time. It takes at least half an hour to ma...
February 23, 2015
Monday Wishlist: ZEROES by Margo Lanagan, Scott Westerfeld, and Deborah Biancotti
So excited to talk about this next book. I’m seriously starting to really wonder if the new burst of Marvel, DC (et al.) superheroes on the big screen is translating to more enthusiasm among readers and writers. I mean, we’re ALL salivating over that stuff, let’s be real. Well, here’s the next book coming down the YA pipe:
Description, from Tor.com:
The Millennials at the center of Zeroes share an auspicious birthday, which has blessed each one with a superhuman ability that makes their individ...
February 20, 2015
Cover Reveal: The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia
Remember how I told you about how my awesome friends Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng were editing an anthology of Southeast Asian steampunk? Well, here’s the cover, in it’s full beauty.
Gorgeous artwork! Stirs the imagination for what a steampunk, sci-fi story placed in an Asian setting might look like. I can’t exaggerate how desperately diverse voices are needed in our literature landscape. This book is not only an opportunity for readers to consume non-Eurocentric sci-fi stories; it is also an opp...
