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May 21, 2014
What’s Up Wednesday
What’s up Wednesday is a weekly meme, started by Jamie Morrow and Erin Funk, geared to help readers and writers touch base and let them know what’s up. If you want to join in, you can find the link widget on Jamie or Erin’s blog! WHAT I’M READING The end …
April 24, 2014
Book Deal!
Okay, so last year I got to share that my book was going to be published in Brazil, which made me all sorts of happy. Well today I’m thrilled to announce that THE EDGE OF FOREVER will be published by Sky Pony Press in the United States! Y’all, I sososososo excited …
January 27, 2014
Why YA?
Since a lot of people in my hometown know that I write books now, I’ve been asked a few times how I started writing for teens. See, I didn’t actually start out wanting to write YA. When I think back to all the years I wasted wanting to write, I …
December 31, 2013
Keep Going
Hello out there! It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with the ol’ blog. Nothing new to report here. I’m working on my new book and spending lots of time with my kids. So it’s the last day of 2013. I’ve read a lot of posts over the past …
October 16, 2013
What’s Up Wednesday
What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme, started by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk, geared to help readers and writers touch base and let them know what’s up. If you want join in, you can find the link widget on Jaime’s blog!What I’m Reading It’s been a while since I last posted for …
September 11, 2013
What’s Up Wednesday
What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme, started by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk, geared to help readers and writers touch base and let them know what’s up. If you want join in, you can find the link widget on Jaime’s blog!What I’m Reading I’m currently reading ALL OUR YESTERDAYS by Cristin Terrill. …
August 9, 2013
I'm Going To Be Published
This posted over at Publisher's Marketplace today!
It's hard to see, but it says Brazilian rights to Melissa Hurst's THE EDGE OF FOREVER, to Record, in a very-nice deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Joao Paulo Riff at Riff Agency, in association with Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media on behalf of Suzie Townsend.
So yes, THE EDGE OF FOREVER is going to be published in Brazil!!!
Now I can share with you how all of this came about. The New Leaf team decided to submit THE EDGE OF FOREVER to some film producers at the same time the manuscript was sent to editors in New York. I settled down and expected a very long wait, but just two weeks later I got a call from my foreign rights agent. She said one of the film scouts was also a scout for foreign rights and loved THE EDGE OF FOREVER so much that she took it to her publishers. Next thing we know, New Leaf received an email with an offer from their Brazilian co-agent. They wanted to know if we'd accept a pre-empt offer and I was like YES!
So I can definitely say I LOVE BRAZIL!
It's hard to see, but it says Brazilian rights to Melissa Hurst's THE EDGE OF FOREVER, to Record, in a very-nice deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Joao Paulo Riff at Riff Agency, in association with Kathleen Ortiz at New Leaf Literary & Media on behalf of Suzie Townsend.
So yes, THE EDGE OF FOREVER is going to be published in Brazil!!!
Now I can share with you how all of this came about. The New Leaf team decided to submit THE EDGE OF FOREVER to some film producers at the same time the manuscript was sent to editors in New York. I settled down and expected a very long wait, but just two weeks later I got a call from my foreign rights agent. She said one of the film scouts was also a scout for foreign rights and loved THE EDGE OF FOREVER so much that she took it to her publishers. Next thing we know, New Leaf received an email with an offer from their Brazilian co-agent. They wanted to know if we'd accept a pre-empt offer and I was like YES!
So I can definitely say I LOVE BRAZIL!
I’m Going To Be Published!!!!!!!
This posted over at Publisher’s Marketplace today! It’s hard to see, but it says Brazilian rights to Melissa Hurst’s THE EDGE OF FOREVER, to Record, in a very-nice deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Joao Paulo Riff at Riff Agency, in association with Kathleen Ortiz at New …
August 7, 2013
What’s Up Wednesday
What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme, started by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk, geared to help readers and writers touch base and let them know what’s up. If you want join in, you can find the link widget on Jaime’s blog! What I’m Reading I’ve been reading a lot of books lately, …
July 2, 2013
Cover Reveal: The Apollo Academy + GIVEAWAY
THE APOLLO ACADEMY by Kimberly P. Chase Launches: 8.6.13 Okay folks, today I’ve got a fantastic cover reveal for you. Isn’t it gorgeous? I was lucky enough to read The Apollo Academy, and it just blew me away. A heroine who’s determined to reach the stars, a hero with secrets, …
