tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71594974984377317142024-03-19T02:56:25.773-05:00The ApocalypsiesChildren's and Young Adult Authors Debuting in 2012Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-31829292575343066872013-03-12T00:10:00.000-05:002018-03-03T22:27:30.731-06:00One Last Apocalypsies DebutWe are well into 2013 now, and <a href="http://thelucky13s.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the Lucky 13s</a> have been steadily launching their books into the world. But today, there is one last Apocalypsies debut.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bridgetzinn.com/about_bridget/index.php" target="_blank">Bridget Zinn</a> was a member of the Apocalypsies -- her picture is there on our "<a href="http://apocalypsies.blogspot.com/2010/11/meet-apocalypsies.html" target="_blank">Who We Are</a>" page, her happy face smiling out from under a large, rainbow umbrella. Unfortunately, Bridget died in 2011 at the age of 33, and her debut novel is debuting today without her. <br />
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Sixteen-year-old
Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her
kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which means she's the only one
who can save it. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she
does best: poison the kingdom's future ruler, who also happens to be
her former best friend.<br />
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But, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart…misses.<br />
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Now
a fugitive instead of a hero, Kyra is caught in a game of hide-and-seek
with the king's army and her potioner ex-boyfriend, Hal. At least she's
not alone. She's armed with her vital potions, a too-cute pig, and
Fred, the charming adventurer she can't stop thinking about. Kyra is
determined to get herself a second chance (at murder), but will she be
able to find and defeat the princess before Hal and the army find her?<br />
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Kyra
is not your typical murderer, and she's certainly no
damsel-in-distress—she's the lovable and quick-witted hero of this
romantic novel that has all the right ingredients to make teen girls
swoon.<br />
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Bridget was an amazing person, and her spirit and her story have touched many people. Some of her fellow Apocalypsies are helping to spread the word and celebrate the release of her debut novel <i>Poison</i>:<br />
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Posting March 11:<br />
<a href="http://kathleenpeacock.blogspot.ca/2013/03/ripple-effects-poison-and-bridget-zinn.html" target="_blank">Kathleen Peacock</a><br />
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Posting March 12:<br />
<a href="http://emkokie.com/attractive_nuisance/?p=863" target="_blank">E. M. Kokie</a> <br />
<a href="http://authoraghoward.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A.G. Howard</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.lauraellenbooks.com/blog/" target="_blank">Laura Ellen</a><br />
<a href="http://dianarenn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Diana Renn</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/" target="_blank">Lissa Price </a><br />
<a href="http://sarvenaztash.blogspot.com/2013/03/celebrating-release-of-bridget-zinns.html" target="_blank">Sarvenaz Tash</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.jennreese.com/2013/03/book-release-day-mirage-and-poison/" target="_blank">Jenn Reese</a><br />
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Posting March 15:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Posting March 25:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://lynnekelly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lynne Kelly</a> </span><br />
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In addition to our posts, there is an ongoing <a href="http://www.inarascott.com/2013/03/poison-blog-tour-dates/" target="_blank">blog tour for <i>Poison</i></a>, and a number of online and in person celebrations being planned. You can learn the latest events and news at <a data-mce-href="http://www.bridgetzinn.com/" href="http://www.bridgetzinn.com/" target="_blank">Bridget's website</a>.<br />
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You can also join in a <a data-mce-href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5738006532/efbnen#" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5738006532/efbnen#" target="_blank">live video chat release celebration</a>, Tuesday, March 12, 8:30 pm EDT.<br />
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And please feel free to help spread the word on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter (hashtag #Poison) to join in the celebration of Bridget and the release of <em>Poison</em>.<br />
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E.M. Kokiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00453541159643901257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-20571836489917576702013-02-06T00:08:00.000-06:002013-02-06T09:34:37.217-06:00Subverting the Paradigm: ALEX AS WELL by Alyssa Brugman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, Apocalypsies followers! <a href="http://www.colleenclayton.com/" target="_blank">Colleen Clayton</a> here. I am so excited to blog today and interview my good friend <a href="http://alyssabrugman.com.au/" target="_blank">Alyssa Brugman</a> whose book ALEX AS WELL released last week and is a wonderful addition to the world of contemporary young adult literature highlighting the LGBT experience. The synopsis from the <a href="http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/alex-as-well/" target="_blank">publisher's website</a> is as follows: <b><br /></b><br />
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<i><b>What do you do when everybody says you’re someone you’re not?</b> </i><br />
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<i>Alex wants change. Massive change. More radical than you could imagine. <br /><br />Her mother is not happy, in fact she’s imploding. Her dad walked out.<br /><br />Alex
has turned vegetarian, ditched one school, enrolled in another, thrown
out her clothes. And created a new identity. An identity that changes
her world.<br /><br />And Alex—the other Alex—has a lot to say about it.<br /><br />Alex As Well
is a confronting and heartfelt story of adolescent experience—of
questioning identity, discovering sexuality, navigating friendships and
finding a place to belong. Alex is a strong, vulnerable, confident, shy
and determined character, one you will never forget.<br /><br />With the
same tenderness and insight as YA stars such as John Green and David
Levithan, Alyssa Brugman has crafted a knockout story about identity,
sexuality and family that speaks effortlessly to a universal teen
experience.</i><br />
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Before we get to the interview I'd like to briefly mention how Alyssa and I came to know each other. Many years back, I took a writing class and one of the assignments was to write a fan letter to an author we admired. I had recently read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1122786.Finding_Grace" target="_blank">FINDING GRACE</a> by Alyssa and identified so strongly with her writing style that I knew immediately that she would be the author I would write. I had never written a fan letter before and was too shy to tell her that I was an aspiring novelist so I basically just stuck with gushing about FINDING GRACE. It was such a thrill to get a ding in my inbox later that day with a very thoughtful and sweet reply from her. She was so nice and real! I told myself at that moment that if I ever got published I was going to write her back and say: REMEMBER ME? About two years later, I finally landed an agent and sold my book WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I wrote Alyssa to tell her the good news and we've been friends and writing confidants ever since. :) What a pleasure it is for me to interview her here on the Apocalypsies blog. I really cannot express how much it means to me to be able to talk with my friend and share with you her beautiful novel ALEX AS WELL. So let's get started, shall we? <i><br /></i><br />
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<b>CC:</b> Hi, Alyssa! So glad to have you on our blog today! <br />
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<b>AB:</b>
Thanks for the opportunity to talk about my book! You and I had many
productive conversations about this story back when it was just a
manuscript, so it’s especially nice to be able to reflect on the
finished product with you.<br />
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<b>CC</b>: Yes! It's amazing! I'm so, so excited to do this interview. There are no words, really. So let's jump into things! Okay, so one of the main themes of ALEX AS WELL is the idea of identity. In the broad sense, it is a
coming-of-age story about being comfortable in one’s skin and finding a
place to belong, something with which all readers can identify. In the
specific sense, this is a story that tackles gender and sexual identity.
The way Alex sees herself in that regard is complex and fascinating.
Can you discuss this a bit and tell us what makes ALEX AS WELL a unique
addition to LGBT literature?<br />
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<b>AB: </b>Subverting gender expectations,
sexual awareness and agency, developing identity and a growing sense of
autonomy make up so much of YA fiction, and yet somehow transsexual,
transgender and intersex experiences are largely overlooked in this
genre. One of the things I discovered while researching this book is
that gender is not a dichotomy, but a spectrum. Alex’s experience may
speak to a broader constituency than people might imagine. Along that
vein, I didn’t want to focus so much on the medical or clinical nature
of her circumstance, but on the evolving relationships she has with her
peers and her family, and sense of self, which I think is probably
common to all teens. I hoped readers would think, “I felt like that too.
She’s just like me," rather than fixating on what she might or might not
have going on downstairs.<br />
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<b>CC:</b> Yes, absolutely. This book is not about the particulars of anatomy. It is about identity and acceptance of one's self and finding acceptance and love within one's circle of peers and family. To that end, one of the most interesting aspects
of the book is Alex’s relationship with her mother, Heather. It’s very
complicated and while I believe that Heather is misguided and
tends toward the narcissistic much of the time, she is still somehow a sympathetic
character...so entirely flawed and human. Can you talk about the relationship between Alex and Heather for a moment?<br />
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<b>AB: </b>Alex is
an unreliable narrator. There are things she doesn’t know about herself
that I needed the reader to know. Initially Heather was a vehicle for
providing the information, but she is unreliable too. The truth is
somewhere between their testimonies. I really wanted Heather to be
very present in the story, because so often parents in YA are either
absent altogether, or present and totally static characters. That’s not
how parenthood is. The relationship between parent and child is
constantly evolving, and I suspect friction is necessary so that the
parent and child will ultimately, physically (in the case of the mother)
and emotionally extract themselves from each other. That’s why they can
be so revolting (toddlers and teens) because you have to first get them
off your hip, and then out of the house. You wouldn’t do that if the
experience was peachy all the time, because the love itself is so
resilient.<br />
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Many readers have reported really disliking Heather, but
part of her experience is my experience as a parent. I had three
toddlers while I was writing this, and I did channel some of my
frustration and disappointment with parenthood into her character. I
often (still now) go to bed thinking, “I’m doing it all wrong! I shouted
all day long. Tomorrow I will do craft, and bake, and sing songs, and
cook only organic vegetables.” And then I wake up and my children throw
food at me, and fight, and destroy things that are precious to me, and I
think, “No, no, it’s not me, it’s YOU!” Heather is a much more
exaggerated version of that experience. I have always found writing a
terrific way to channel mixed emotions, disappointment or confusion that
I might feel about totally unrelated things into something creative and
useful. It’s the thread from which I weave the tapestry.<br />
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<b>CC: </b>Good to know that I'm not the only mom out there beating herself up every night. :) Parenthood is wonderful but it is no around-the-clock picnic, for sure. It's HARD!<br />
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Okay, from
a writerly standpoint, there are some interesting things going on in
this story. You break what is often referred to as “the fourth wall” many times to address the reader directly. Then while the story is
primarily told in Alex’s first-person perspective, Heather gets to speak
in first-person throughout the book, too. The parental
first-person is not something often seen in YA literature. Can you talk
about those artistic choices a bit?<br />
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<b>AB:</b> I assigned a narratee (a
‘you’) in this novel because it began as an exercise in narrative
strategies for overcoming unreliable narration. Assigning a narratee
lets the reader know that Alex knows she is being watched, and therefore
she’s only going to share the information that she wants to share,
which means there will be some self-denial, but also omissions in the
testimony she gives because she doesn’t want the reader to judge her.
Heather is being observed too, but in a different way. Her commentary is
more of a confession than Alex’s. She’s not charming. I made her
dialogue peppered with typos and grammatical errors, because she is just
emoting, without self-editing. It’s much more raw than Alex.<br />
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If you will indulge me, here is an example of Alex being charming:<br />
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<i>But
I’m not going to tell you any more about that because you’re already
feeling sorry for me, and I don’t want that to tip over into something
else… like irritation. Instead I am going to tell you something good
about me.</i><br />
<i><br />I can clap really fast. </i><br />
<i><br />Imagine <a href="http://mpora.com/videos/gjZmg8J9R" target="_blank">the fastest clapping ever</a>, well I can do that. I can do six or seven claps in a second. I’m
like a hummingbird. My hands are just a total blur. You’re trying it
right now, aren’t you? Ok, so maybe you can do five claps in one
second, but can you do six or seven claps a second every second for a
whole minute? No, you can’t, because that takes a special aptitude and a
dogged commitment to fostering it.</i><br />
<i><br />No, I’m not going to do it right
now, because there are other kids who have hopped off the train at the
same station, wearing the same uniform as me. I follow them through the
big sandstone gates, smiling my head off at the giant girl on the
billboard out the front, because she could be me. I could be her. </i><br />
<i><br />There
are good things about me. There are probably as many good things as
there are bad things. I am pretty as a girl. I’m really tall as a girl. I
bet I could arm-wrestle any chick here, and half the guys too.</i><br />
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And here is Heather being raw:<br />
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<i>And then last night Alex says to us, just sitting there at dinner. I’m a girl. Just like that. Three words.<br />And.
My husband explodes at me. I couldn’t stop crying. My husband packs up a
suitcase and he just walks out. He’s gone to his borhters place. I’m
still crying now. </i><br />
<i><br />I just can’t handle it. I look at Alex and I don’t
think I love him. I know that if we had a normal child our lives would
be so much better. It’s not his fault that he was born like this, but it
is his fault that my husband and I have not had the life we dreamed of.
</i><br />
<i><br />I want to have a Christmas where I don’t go around the shops
looking for non-gender specific toys (which are totally impossible to
find) and watching his face as his opens the presents for clues as to
whether his hormone balance is right. That’s not the spirit of
Christmas, that’s hell.</i><br />
<i><br />I am so angry, and I am angry with Alex, and I
don’t know how to move beyond it. I know that makes me a bad mother and
a bad person. It’s also unfair that my husband is rhe one that gets to
move out and have a holiday from this life. I am at the end of my
tether. I want to have the holiday from my life. I’m ready to pack a
suitcase and get on a plane, and never come back again.</i><br />
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These characters are both aware of a ‘you’, but they are reacting quite differently to it.<br />
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<b>CC: </b>I'm going to admit this now to you and the world...when I read the early manuscript of ALEX AS WELL and then again when I read the final book, I put it down mid-page and totally tried the fast clapping. (Apocalypsies readers...you're doing it right now, too, aren't you? You're fast clapping right now, aren't you?) Also, I found the typos in Heather's testimonies to be very in tune with the character and her state of mind. I really feel that the vast majority of readers are insightful enough to "get it" and will not chalk the typos up to lazy copy-editing. (For those of you who take issue with the typos, they're <i>Heather's </i>typos, not Alyssa's. Dig deeper, man...)<br />
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Okay....moving on. ;)<br />
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Having read some of your other young adult books FINDING GRACE, WALKING
NAKED, and SOLO, one of your trademark strengths as a writer is your
quirky sense of humor. Your characters are really, really funny, Alyssa.
Do you have a favorite humorous passage from ALEX AS WELL that you
would like to share with us?<br />
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<b>AB: </b>Sometimes young adult characters
in YA books are whiney and self-obsessed, and after you read the first
ten pages you want to slap them. It is necessary for them to be this way
so that you have an arc, and something to grow into. I’ve always used
humour as a way of making them more likable initially, so that the
reader has a reason to stick with them.<br />
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In this book I have tried to
make Alex banter with the reader all along the way, a kind of light,
coasting sort of humour. She’s like a talk show host interviewing
herself – asking the probing questions, and then giving the answers that
are the truth (her truth) but still paint her in the most flattering
light. Much of it is not so funny out of context, but here is a small
example of the type of strategy I’m talking about.<br />
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<i>I sit with
Sierra in visual art. We’re making a hen out of clay. The teacher says
my hen isn’t very good. Apparently Sierra’s is a masterpiece. I don’t
really understand why her hen is better than mine. <br />This one kid
didn’t even make a hen, he just made the letters to spell out, squawk!
When the teacher asked what he was doing, he said, ‘subverting the
paradigm’.</i><br />
<i><br />You could see her frozen with indecision, because she
wasn’t sure if it was really clever, or if he was taking the piss. She
gave him six out of ten, a bet each way, the same mark as me, and I
actually made the chook like I was asked.</i><br />
<i><br />I think about reminding the
art teacher about that gallery that literally exhibited the work of a
two-year-old, but I don’t think that’s going to make her like my hen any
better.</i><br />
<i><br />‘It’s stupid and arbitrary,’ Sierra whispers to me, but
secretly she’s pleased. I can tell by the sparkle in her eye and the sly
way she smiles at her hen when she thinks I’m not looking.</i><br />
<i><br />My hen rocks, so I don’t care what the teacher thinks. And I’m subverting the paradigm in ways she can’t even imagine.</i><br />
<i><br />We are art, says Alex.</i><br />
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<i>Clucking oath!</i><br />
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<b>CC: </b>Thank you so much for stopping by The Apocalypsies, my friend. Truly, it was an honor. <br />
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<b>AB:
</b> Thank you for inviting me! I’ve always enjoyed talking about writing
with you, Colleen! I hope your blog readers have found it interesting
too. (Just declaring an interest for the readers who might not already
know, I have only a few trusted beta-readers for my manuscripts, and
Colleen has always provided me with acute insights. She has a good eye,
and good instincts, which I appreciate! So thank YOU.)<br />
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<b>CC</b>: <3 <3 <3<br />
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Please check out ALEX AS WELL by visiting the <a href="http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/alex-as-well/" target="_blank">publisher's website here</a>. You can also find out more about Alyssa's other critically-acclaimed young adult novels by visiting her <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/347427.Alyssa_Brugman" target="_blank">Goodreads </a>author page.<br />
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AUTHOR BIO: <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWz2AB4y8_3PnB7jvK437JduvIVZIlAZruX2YIGJWaFLrYH397pME0xLVplQPGLmmj-cCXaRPP28U7uafhothiduzMca3sPm7bWPxcRWbt0bfohDo5eXXyfefliSzABdRJi_9xiTGyh7M/s1600/alyssa+author+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWz2AB4y8_3PnB7jvK437JduvIVZIlAZruX2YIGJWaFLrYH397pME0xLVplQPGLmmj-cCXaRPP28U7uafhothiduzMca3sPm7bWPxcRWbt0bfohDo5eXXyfefliSzABdRJi_9xiTGyh7M/s1600/alyssa+author+photo.jpg" /></a>Alyssa Brugman was born in Rathmines in New South Wales in 1974. She has written several books for young adults including <i>Finding Grace</i>, which was shortlisted for the Printz Award, and <i>Walking Naked</i>, which was a CBCA honour book. She lives in the Hunter Valley with her partner and their children.<br />
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<br />Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194979609949200840noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-76846784530479980262013-01-26T23:25:00.001-06:002013-01-26T23:33:12.805-06:00Meet debut authors Lenore Appelhans, Erica Lorraine Scheidt and Lissa Price in SF Even though we all got through 2012 alive and the Apocalypsie year has given way to the Lucky 13s debut year, we will still post here from time to time so stay tuned.<br />
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Today's announcement is that Lenore Appelhans will be speaking on a panel at Books Inc. Burlingame about her amazing debut LEVEL TWO.<br />
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You have to meet Lenore, she's so much fun. She's so cool that I agreed to fly up to join her to talk about <i>Starters</i>. Also with us is Erica Lorraine Scheidt, one of the rare authors who received a starred review from Kirkus for her debut USES FOR BOYS. Not your Mother's Book Club is generously going to serve snacks, so come and eat and laugh with us this Wednesday eve.<br />
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<a href="http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/">http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/">www.lissaprice.com</a>Lissa Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593449441602936914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-60252772585349114852012-12-31T01:25:00.000-06:002012-12-31T10:28:28.823-06:00The End (of the year) Is Nigh!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Nx2TUMbshDXuq8dY8Wtfyuj0U2gOY_5M9NYuruEH6Fxvb5m7jlnKbjp1sVWRe7NGYZ6LG3U9cEsw6AK9k6TG5imEOmcxXsdCYpHFVpOfg-xZKxtgz0EVsJEuHt4lOHgKwCtOk_8gUA0/s1600/apocalypsies+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Nx2TUMbshDXuq8dY8Wtfyuj0U2gOY_5M9NYuruEH6Fxvb5m7jlnKbjp1sVWRe7NGYZ6LG3U9cEsw6AK9k6TG5imEOmcxXsdCYpHFVpOfg-xZKxtgz0EVsJEuHt4lOHgKwCtOk_8gUA0/s320/apocalypsies+logo.jpg" width="180" /></a>Well, it's flown by, but our debut year is ending! It's been quite an adventure for the group; we saw our first books (and a few babies!) enter the world, we've made new friends, and met lots of readers. We've enjoyed the thrill of becoming published authors, but we've learned that publication doesn't mean the struggles of the writing life are over. Through it all, we've had a great support group to hold our virtual hands in the tough times and celebrate with us during the good times. <br />
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Check out our <a href="http://www.apocalypsies.blogspot.com/2012/12/whats-next-apocalypsies-in-2013-and.html">"What's Next?"</a> post to see what's coming up for us in 2013 and beyond. For now, here are some parting words from some of your Apocalypsies, about what we've learned and our favorite moments of 2012:<br />
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"What I've Learned: <br />
A. You are your book's best advocate. Don't be shy.<br />
B. Make at least one trip out of your own region for a book signing event--even if you have to pay for it yourself. Personal appearances make a much bigger impression on readers than a Tweet."<br />
~ <a href="http://annegreenwoodbrown.com/" target="_blank">Anne Greenwood Brown</a> (LIES BENEATH, Random House/Delacorte)<br />
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"What I learned from my debut year: It's natural for us to have a lot of expectations around the actual book release date, but I found that the work of promotion and growing into my skin as an author was just beginning when my book was published in March, and the process continues. So my advice to new authors is totally enjoy THE DAY, eat your chocolate, crack the champagne, get a massage, soak in the Twitter accolades, but remember that it's not all going to happen at once, and save some energy because tomorrow there's more work to do.<br />
Highlights from the year: Besides meeting other Apocalypsies and developing wonderful friendships with fellow debut authors, I'd say the major highlight has been the little surprise kindnesses that happen when you finally get published—the high school friend of your sister who buys the book for his niece, the reader who shows up at an event with a thoughtful gift, the aunts and uncles that talk you up to random strangers, the librarians and bookstore owners and teachers who go out of their way to give you a platform. I was incredibly moved, on multiple occasions, by what people were willing to do to help me and my career."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.elisaludwig.com/" target="_blank">Elisa Ludwig</a> (PRETTY CROOKED, Katherine Tegen Books)<br />
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"Fave thing about the debut year: Getting to meet and learn from so many amazing writers, within the Apocalypsies and the wider kidlit community. <br />
One thing I've learned: Promotion can be fun and creative, and when you've spent so much time on a book it's important to do your best to get it out into the world. But promotion can easily become a full-time job. And expensive. Keep promotion in perspective, in terms of time and money, and don't let it get in the way of writing the next book."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.dianarennbooks.com/" target="_blank">Diana Renn</a> (TOKYO HEIST, Viking)<br />
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"What I learned this debut year: Surrounding yourself with supportive people, such as the wonder-group, The Apocalypsies, proved to be quite the necessary thing to do. Debut year is a roller coaster ride, and you need a rock solid 'cart of support' to ride in, especially when you crest those hills.<br />
My favorite thing this debut year: Heartfelt feedback from readers, especially teen readers. I hope it will always blow my mind that complete strangers are moved to tears from characters and scenes I created—it’s rather humbling."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.kmwalton.com/" target="_blank">K.M. Walton</a> (CRACKED, Simon Pulse)<br />
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"My favorite thing about this year has been all of my debut author friends. They have given an endless supply of support, real and virtual hugs and a gazillion laughs. I wouldn't have wanted to do it without them. As for what I've learned--for better or worse--I am me and that is enough. I'm looking forward to supporting the Lucky 13's in 2013!!!<br />
~ <a href="http://kimberlysabatini.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly Sabatini</a> (TOUCHING THE SURFACE, Simon Pulse)<br />
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"Picture a debut author in the middle of an otherwise great tour suddenly panicked. In a chilly city where you’ve never been before, the B&N who loves your book has a nice poster outside announcing your arrival, but inside, no one is in the store. There’s a sports final going on and everyone is there instead. To top it off, the shipper made an error and only sent a few boxes of your book. The rest were the more expensive jacketless library copies.<br />
A few people do show up but the night is really saved when an Apocalypsie you’ve never met before arrives. And she’s brought her writing group. They’re bundled up in coats and smiles and it’s something you’ll remember forever.<br />
The debut year has more ups and downs than any ride at Disneyland. One constant for me was having the support and friendship of the Apocalypsies. Some of you are wild and crazy, some hysterically funny, some bloodthirsty (in a good way), but I've loved meeting you in chats, at conferences, in restaurants and bars. And of course, bookstores."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/" target="_blank">Lissa Price</a> (STARTERS, Random House)<br />
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"I've learned not to compare my writing journey to anyone else's. If jealousy is a green-eyed monster, then comparison is a troll with extremely sharp teeth that will chew you up and spit you out, leaving your self-confidence in shreds. Comparison is the quickest way to suck the joy out of your writing life. Don't do it.<br />
My favorite thing about this year has been getting to know other writers and learn about their books. Some of my favorite books this year have been from the Apocalypsies!"<br />
~ <a href="http://jennylundquist.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Lundquist</a> (SEEING CINDERELLA, Aladdin)<br />
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"I know it's a bit cheesy, but the best thing about my debut year was meeting the Apocalypsies! They have been a wonderful support - we've laughed, cried, drunk virtual cocktails and offered hugs when needed. I really couldn't have survived my debut year without them!!!"<br />
~ <a href="http://theredpenofdoom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Richards</a> (BLACK CITY, Putnam) <br />
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"The most important thing I learned this year was to listen to my experienced writer friends. A year ago, I was chock full of hope, dreams, and WAY too much confidence in my task-juggling abilities. A good writer friend cautioned me to write as fast as I could before my launch date, 'because you won't have time to write anything for a year after that.' <br />
I sort of laughed at her. I need to apologize. <br />
Of course, she wasn't right entirely - I've written lots of revisions, a few chapters on a new manuscript, and a million and forty-seven guest blog posts since this summer. But not anywhere near the pillowy mounds of weekly drafting that had served for years as my happy place. <br />
I'm learning to lie fallow, a bit. And to listen not just to my friends, but my heart, when it tells me 'back to the page.' Because, to me, the page is home. <br />
And there's no place like it."<br />
~ <a href="http://nikkiloftin.com/" target="_blank">Nikki Loftin</a> (THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY, Razorbill) <br />
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"Wow, what to say? My favorite part was launch week, when I got to meet readers face to face and see people holding the book. That was the moment it finally felt real. The rest of it sort of seemed like just a dream.<br />
The surprising (and perhaps disappointing?) thing for me was how little time I had to WRITE this year. I wish I'd known that getting on the path to publishing would triple my email load and internet/social media demands. I really have to work hard to MAKE the time to write these days, so that's been a learning curve."<br />
~ <a href="http://erinlange.com/" target="_blank">Erin Jade Lange</a> (BUTTER, Bloomsbury)<br />
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"Like Erin, I learned that for the first few months after my launch, I had almost no time to write.<br />
I also learned that there is strength in numbers, and being a part of this group helped me grow stronger as a writer and as a promoter of my book!<br />
And here is my favorite thing about the year: I loved getting that first piece of fan mail, from a little girl whose signature included 'Your biggest fan.'"<br />
~ <a href="http://www.kamikinard.com/home.html" target="_blank">Kami Kinard</a> (THE BOY PROJECT, Scholastic)<br />
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"My favorite thing? Meeting readers. Meeting people who are passionate about the books they read, and who work hard to spread the book love to everyone they know. <br />
The most surprising thing? How quickly time went by."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.jodimeadows.com/" target="_blank">Jodi Meadows</a> (INCARNATE, Katherine Tegen Books)<br />
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"My favorite thing about this year were all the people who posted pics of my "book in the wild" on my Facebook page during launch week. This included old high school friends I hadn't spoken to in years as well as fabulous new Apocalypsies friends and everyone in between. It seriously made me weepy like nothing else did to know all these lovely people were going out of their way to find the book and send me a photo. <br />
The most surprising thing: how life post-book publication is really not very different from pre-publication. There is still writing, rewriting and rejections to be had."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.sarvenaztash.com/home.html" target="_blank">Sarvenaz Tash</a> (THE MAPMAKER AND THE GHOST, Bloomsbury/Walker)<br />
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"For my favorite part, I have to go with reader responses, too. I've enjoyed reading professional, blogger, and Goodreads reviews (well, most of them). I've enjoyed hearing from family and friends who read my book. I haven't heard from any teens post-pub, but I got some pre-pub responses that brought me to tears with their enthusiasm and honesty.<br />
My launch events were also very rewarding. Family, friends, coworkers, and people from my past (my first and second grade teachers, among others!) came out to support me, and it was great fun. Next week I'll be doing my first teen event, and I'm optimistic for that as well."<br />
~ <a href="http://lisajennbigelow.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Jenn Bigelow</a> (STARTING FROM HERE, Amazon Children's Publishing)<br />
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"The best part of this debut year for me has been meeting other authors. It's a great big scary publishing world and it's nice to have peers to look up to. I've had a great time interacting with bloggers and readers. Knowing someone is picking up your work is a truly great feeling."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4824952.Zoraida_C_rdova" target="_blank">Zoraida Cordova</a> (THE VICIOUS DEEP, Sourcebooks Fire)<br />
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"One thing I learned this year was how glad I am to have the Apocalypsies--launching a debut novel would be so much scarier without people to lean on who are all going through the same thing. <br />
My favorite thing this year was hearing from readers and realizing all the different ways many people can read one book!"<br />
~ <a href="http://www.emilyhainsworth.com/" target="_blank">Emily Hainsworth</a> (THROUGH TO YOU, Balzer & Bray) <br />
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"Something I learned: Take a break. I discovered very early that I was so much more creative and productive when I scheduled time AWAY from writing and promoting. I actually declared some days 'CHLOE-free days.'<br />
Favorite moment: Seeing WELCOME, CALLER, THIS IS CHLOE on library shelves. Brought me to tears because libraries were such a huge part of my life growing up."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.shelleycoriell.com/" target="_blank">Shelley Coriell</a> (WELCOME, CALLER, THIS IS CHLOE, Amulet Books/Abrams)<br />
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"My highlights of the year were releasing book two in the Magic Most Foul saga, THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART and landing a 3 book deal with Tor/Macmillan for a new Historical Fantasy saga for adults with cross-genre crossover potential as characters from my other series will enter into this new parallel story line. THE ETERNA FILES will debut 2014 along with a reissue of my first Historical Fantasy saga."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.leannareneehieber.com/" target="_blank">Leanna Renee Hieber</a> (DARKER STILL, Sourcebooks Fire)<br />
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"I've learned to enjoy myself, not get caught up in all my writing insecurities. I don't want to look back on this time and only remember how scared I was. I want to remember that this was the year one of my very oldest dreams came true."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.kristensimmonsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Kristen Simmons</a> (ARTICLE 5, Tor Teen)<br />
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"Don’t read critiques of your book. It will only slow you down on your real job: writing the next one. The good ones intimidate you, the bad ones discourage you, and either way they don’t help. Just sit down and keep on writing."<br />
~ <a href="http://www.huntleyfitzpatrick.com/">Huntley Fitzpatrick</a> (MY LIFE NEXT DOOR, Penguin/Dial)<br />
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"Try not to take criticism personally, not everyone is going to enjoy your book. Trust your agent and editor's advice, they know what they're doing and are working in the best interest of you and your story. Lastly, take biotin every day and do yoga because writing and publishing books will make your hair fall out."<br />
~ <a href="http://colleenclayton.com/">Colleen Clayton</a> (WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, Penguin/Poppy)<br />
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"What I have learned this year: life is sweet; the world is beautiful;<br />
writers are an amazingly supportive bunch. Learn to doodle--very useful<br />
for book signings. Keep hydrated. Get some sleep. Keep writing. Keep<br />
writing! And if life decides to throw you a major curve ball or two, just<br />
smile and bring out the bright blue hair."<br />
~ <a href="http://annenesbet.com/">Anne Nesbet</a> (THE CABINET OF EARTHS, HarperCollins)<br />
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"What I learned about my debut year: Don’t take it personal; you’ll never please everyone. This lesson was hard for me because I have a tendency to get along with most people I meet. Putting your work out there makes you vulnerable to criticism. All of it is subjective. What one person loves, ten will hate, and trying to cater to everyone may risk your creativity. <br />
My favorite thing about this year: Meeting cool authors and swapping stories and war wounds. The support system is amazing and it’s a comfort to know while in a crisis that one email, Tweet or chat will bring the cavalry." <br />
~ <a href="http://www.jaimereedbooks.com/">Jaime Reed</a> (LIVING VIOLET: THE CAMBION CHRONICLES, Kensington)<br />
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Thanks so much to everyone who's been following our progress and supporting us along our road to publication this year, and to everyone who helped us achieve the dream of becoming published authors. We'd like to gather you all up in a giant group hug. <br />
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We hope to bring you many more books in the coming years, and we'll have occasional posts here about author events and the writing life.<br />
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And now, we turn things over to <a href="http://thelucky13s.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Lucky 13s</a>! Best wishes, debut authors, and Happy New Year to all!<br />
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~ <a href="http://www.lynnekellybooks.com/" target="_blank">Lynne Kelly</a> (CHAINED, Macmillan/FSG)Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-25267236220107224552012-12-28T13:11:00.001-06:002012-12-28T17:39:59.729-06:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Happy Friday and happy almost-the-end-of-the-year! Here's our latest and last weekly news update:<br />
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<b>New release:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14836136-fading-amber">FADING AMBER</a> by Jaime Reed<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Paper Chain of Prizes: Pre-Order DEEP BETRAYAL by Anne Greenwood Brown and get a <a href="http://annegreenwoodbrown.com/paper-chain-of-prizes/">chance to win an E-reader</a> or one of 39 other prizes<br />
Enter to win signed ARCs from lots of great authors when you check out A.G. Howards's <a href="http://authoraghoward.blogspot.com/2012/12/splintereds-red-carpet-event.html">virtual launch party post</a><br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://babelio.wordpress.com/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dle%2Bblog%2Bde%2Bbabelio%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Den&sa=X&ei=zqLUUMjtE8zriQLSoIG4CA&ved=0CDgQ7gEwAA">French readers</a> picked Starters by Lissa Price and The Selection by Kiera Cass as the only two YA books on a list of their 12 Favorite books, along with J.K. Rowling and Toni Morrison<br />
The sixth and last bonus scene from Anne Greenwood Brown's LIES BENEATH is now available <a href="http://annegreenwoodbrown.com/lies-beneath-extra-part-six/">on her blog</a><br />
Ame Dyckman's BOY + BOT and Anne Nesbet's THE CABINET OF EARTHS are among the Chicago Public Library's <a href="http://www.chipublib.org/forkids/kidsbooklists/bestofbest_list.php">Best of the Best Books for Kids</a><br />
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Have a great weekend, everyone! We'll be back next week with an end-of-the-year wrap-up!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-27968076936974139352012-12-22T06:00:00.000-06:002012-12-22T15:09:07.861-06:00What's Next? Apocalypsies in 2013 and Beyond!Well, the end of <strike>the world</strike> the year is nigh, and since it's December 22nd, if we're still here (<b><i>IN YOUR FACE, MAYANS!</i></b>) that means all of us here at the Apocalypsies will be publishing again in the upcoming year(s).<br />
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And I know you want to keep up with us. Yes, I know you do. Therefore, with the help of the Apocalypsies, and at the brilliant instigation of <a href="http://annenesbet.com/" target="_blank">Anne Nesbet</a>, I've cobbled together a list of what all your favorite Apocalypsies are up to next! In our own words.<br />
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You're welcome.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.kathleenpeacock.com/" target="_blank">Kathleen Peacock</a></b> (HEMLOCK, Katherine Tegen Books)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"The <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13063813-untitled" target="_blank">second book in the Hemlock trilogy</a> will be released in fall of 2013 and I am currently working on the third, and final, book."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.timebetweenus.com/" target="_blank">Tamara Ireland Stone</a></b> (TIME BETWEEN US, Hyperion)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"The <a href="http://www.un-requiredreading.com/authors/tamara-stone" target="_blank">sequel to Time Between Us</a> will be out fall 2013 from Hyperion. I can’t say much about this next book yet, but I’ll be able to talk about it soon. I can say that Anna & Bennett’s story continues, and that I absolutely love where their adventure is taking them next!"</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://gretchenmcneil.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gretchen McNeil</a></b> (POSSESS and TEN, Balzer + Bray)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15836516-3" target="_blank">3:59</a>, my fall 2013 release with Balzer + Bray. It's sci fi horror, about two girls who are the same girl in parallel dimensions, who discover that their worlds connect every twelve hours for exactly one minute at 3:59. They decide to switch places with disastrous results. After that, I have the first two books in the </i>Don't Get Mad<i> series <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16005219-get-even" target="_blank">GET EVEN</a> (Balzer + Bray, 2014) and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16005224-get-dirty" target="_blank">GET DIRTY</a> (Balzer + Bray, 2015) which is about a group of dissimilar girls who have banded together to form a revenge society, avenging wrongs perpetrated on their classmates by bullies, mean girls and teachers, which all goes well until one of their targets turns up dead and the secret society is implicated in the murder."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.jodimeadows.com/" target="_blank">Jodi Meadows</a></b> (INCARNATE, Katherine Tegen Books)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"The sequel to INCARNATE is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13043180-asunder" target="_blank">ASUNDER</a>, which releases January 29, 2013."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.brodiashton.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brodi Ashton</a></b> (EVERNEATH, Balzer + Bray)<br />
<b>What's next? <i>"</i></b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13115995-everbound" target="_blank">EVERBOUND</a> (the sequel to Everneath) comes out January 22nd, 2013. Jack made the ultimate sacrifice for Nikki, taking her place in the Tunnels of the underworld. Now, in EVERBOUND, Nikki will stop at nothing to rescue Jack, even if it means forming a tense alliance with Cole, the Everliving who took Nikki to the Underworld in the first place."</i>
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<b><a href="http://www.katielmcgarry.com/" target="_blank">Katie McGarry</a></b> (PUSHING THE LIMITS, Harlequin Teen)<br />
<b>What's next? </b> <i>"<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13561164-dare-you-to" target="_blank">DARE YOU TO</a> follows the story of Beth, a secondary character from PUSHING THE LIMITS and is scheduled to be released on May 28, 2013. In DARE YOU TO, what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams-and his life-for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.annenesbet.com/" target="_blank">Anne Nesbet</a></b> (THE CABINET OF EARTHS, HarperCollins)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"<a href="http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/books/Box-Gargoyles-Anne-Nesbet/?isbn13=9780062104250&tctid=100" target="_blank">A BOX OF GARGOYLES</a>, another middle-grade fantasy about Maya Davidson's adventures in France, will come out in May 2013 from HarperCollins. Dark magic is rippling through Paris; stone gargoyles are showing up where they shouldn't be; a magician's wicked shadow has bound Maya to make him whole again--even if that means she must trade her life for his.
----In other news, I am thinking of hiking the John Muir Trail!"</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.jessica.spotswood.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Spotswood</a></b> (BORN WICKED, Putnam)<br />
<b>What's next? <i>"</i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>BORN WICKED comes out in paperback Jan 3, and I'll be going on tour to celebrate! And then the second book in the Cahill Witch Chronicles, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13541582-star-cursed" target="_blank">STAR CURSED</a>, comes out June 18."</i></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.lanakrumwiede.com/" target="_blank">Lana Krumwiede</a></b> (FREAKLING, Candlewick)<br />
<b>What's next? </b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13438525-untitled" target="_blank">The (still untitled) sequel to FREAKLING</a> will be released October 2013. I also have a picture book under contract with Candlewick, which I'm very excited about!"</span></i><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.laurenmorrill.com/" target="_blank">Lauren Morrill</a></b> (MEANT TO BE, Delacorte)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What next?</b> <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My second book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16067180-being-sloane-jacobs" target="_blank">BEING SLOANE JACOBS</a>, will release January 7, 2014 from Delacorte. Pitched it as The Parent Trap meets The Cutting Edge, it's about two girls with the same name, but very different lives, who decide to switch places during summer camp. I'm currently at work on my third novel."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.suzannelazear.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Lazear</a></b> (INNOCENT DARKNESS, Flux)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next? </b><i>"Book Two in the Aether Chronicles series releases 8-8-13. In <a href="http://www.aetherchronicles.com/" target="_blank">CHARMED VENGEANCE</a> while V and James are on an errand for the high queen, Noli joins the crew of her brother's air-pirate ship, the Vixen's Revenge. There she discovers the Earth Court King plans to find a forbidden artifact--one that will bring destruction to everyone Noli loves. Book Three releases in 2014."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://shannonmessenger.com/" target="_blank">Shannon Messenger</a></b> (KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES, Aladdin)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://pages.simonandschuster.com/lettheskyfall/" target="_blank">LET THE SKY FALL</a>, book one in my YA series is coming out March 5, 2013 from Simon Pulse. It's about two teens who can control the wind, fighting to survive against the warriors coming to destroy them and fighting even harder to resist the forbidden attraction between them. I also have book 2 in the KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES series coming in fall 2013. Title and cover to be revealed soon."</i></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://cjredwine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">C. J. Redwine</a></b> (DEFIANCE, Balzer + Bray)</span><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>DECEPTION, the sequel to DEFIANCE, comes out 8/27/13 from Balzer + Bray and continues the story of Rachel and Logan as they fight to outrun an army, outwit a traitor, and turn the tables on an enemy who gains strength with every passing day. The third book in the trilogy is scheduled for fall 2014."</i></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.robinbridges.com/" target="_blank">Robin Bridges</a></b> (THE GATHERING STORM and THE UNFAILING LIGHT, Delacorte)</span><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The third book in the Katerina Trilogy, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16217442-the-morning-star" target="_blank">THE MORNING STAR</a>, will be out on August 27, 2013, from Delacorte. Katerina travels to Egypt searching for an ancient sword that will destroy the lich tsar Konstantin for once and for all."</i></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.heatheranastasiu.com/" target="_blank">Heather Anastasiu</a></b> (GLITCH, St. Martin's Griffin)</span><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Override-Glitch-Book-Heather-Anastasiu/dp/1250003008/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355981625&sr=1-1&keywords=override" target="_blank">OVERRIDE</a>, book two in the Glitch Trilogy, comes out Feb. 12, 2013. It continues Zoe and Adrien's story as they join the Resistance, fight back against the Community, and learn what it means to love in such a broken world<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The third and final installment, SHUTDOWN, arrives on shelves July 2, 2013."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.marissaburt.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Marissa Burt</a> (STORYBOUND, HarperCollins Children's)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Story's End, the sequel to Storybound, will be out April 2, 2013, and I'm working on a new Middle-grade fantasy."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.susannewinnacker.com/" target="_blank">Susanne Winnacker</a></b> (THE OTHER LIFE, Marshall Cavendish)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> "</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My new YA thriller <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15703724-impostor" target="_blank">IMPOSTOR</a> comes out May 23, 2013 from Razorbill. It's about a girl who can turn into whoever she wants to be and who assumes the identity of a teenage murder victim to catch a serial killer."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.zoraidawrites.com/" target="_blank">Zoraida Cordova</a></b> (THE VICIOUS DEEP, Sourcebooks Fire)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13092528-the-savage-blue" target="_blank">T</a></i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13092528-the-savage-blue" target="_blank">HE SAVAGE BLUE</a> (book #2 in The Vicious Deep series) comes out May 1st, 2013. Tristan Hart's worlds, above and below, come to a clash as he battles to become Sea King."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.dianarennbooks.com/" target="_blank">Diana Renn</a></b> (TOKYO HEIST, Viking)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I am working on two more standalone YA mysteries featuring globe trotting sleuths and international intrigue. LATITUDE ZERO (coming 2014) is about a teen tv show personality and avid cyclist who travels to Ecuador to unravel the mysterious death of a fellow cyclist. In BLUE VOYAGE (2015) a teen girl traveling in Turkey gets entangled with an international gang of antiquities smugglers. Both books will be published by Viking."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://officialelizabethrichards.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Richards</a></b> (BLACK CITY, Putnam)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-A-Black-City-Novel/dp/0399159444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356007813&sr=8-1&keywords=phoenix+elizabeth+richards" target="_blank">PHOENIX</a> (a Black City novel, book #2) comes out on June 4 2013, with Putnam/Penguin. Weeks after his crucifixion and rebirth as Phoenix, Ash Fisher believes his troubles are far behind him. He and Natalie are engaged and life seems good. But his happiness is short-lived when he receives a threatening visit from Purian Rose, who gives Ash an ultimatum: vote in favor of Rose’s Law permanently relegating Darklings to the wrong side of the wall or Natalie will be killed. The decision seems obvious to Ash; he must save Natalie. But when Ash learns about The Tenth, a new and deadly concentration camp where the Darklings would be sent, the choice doesn’t seem so simple. Unable to ignore his conscience, Ash votes against Rose’s Law, signing Natalie’s death warrant and putting a troubled nation back into the throes of bloody battle. In addition to the release of PHOENIX, the paperback edition of BLACK CITY is out on May 7, 2013, and I'll be on the Breathless Reads tour in February."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.elisaludwig.com/" target="_blank">Elisa Ludwig</a> </b>(PRETTY CROOKED, Katherine Tegen Books)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My follow-up sequel <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13146824-pretty-sly" target="_blank">PRETTY SLY</a> comes out in late 2013/early 2014. It continues Willa's adventures as she tries to find out the truth about her mother."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.tiffanyschmidt.com/" target="_blank">Tiffany Schmidt</a></b> (SEND ME A SIGN, Walker)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My second novel is another contemporary standalone, tentatively titled <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13634097-bright-before-sunrise" target="_blank">BRIGHT BEFORE SUNRISE</a>. It's a dual-perspective, takes-place-in-one-night, coming of age/romance---(think, suburban NICK & NORAH'S ULTIMATE PLAYLIST). It releases in March 2014 also with Walker-Bloomsbury."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.shelleycoriell.com/" target="_blank">Shelley Coriell</a></b> (WELCOME CALLER, THIS IS CHLOE, Amulet)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next? </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My next YA contemporary--GOODBYE, REBEL BLUE--releases Fall 2013 from Amulet Books/Abrams. This is the story of a snarky rebel who completes the bucket list of a do-gooder classmate and en route meets up with a gimpy dolphin, a guy with dimples, and pains from her past. In Spring/Summer 2014, THE APOSTLES, my dark, edgy romantic suspense series about an elite group of FBI agents who work outside the box releases from Grand Central Forever with THE BROKEN, THE BURIED, and THE BLIND."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.hilarygraham.com/" target="_blank">Hilary Weisman Graham</a></b> (REUNITED, Simon & Schuster)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My agent is currently shopping a new YA contemp. and I'm already busy writing another one--this time, Sci-Fi! I've also written a new one-hour TV drama that I'm hoping to set up, and I'm in pre-production on a humorous web series about women & food called Absolutely Flabulous. So stay tuned..."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.katherinelongshore.com/" target="_blank">Katherine Longshore</a></b> (GILT, Viking)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next? </b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My second Tudor novel, <a href="amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Tarnish-Katherine-Longshore/dp/0670014001/ref=la_B0064VDGJQ_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1355247236&sr=1-3" target="_blank">TARNISH</a>, will be published on June 18, 2013. It's the story of a young Anne Boleyn, new in the court of Henry VIII, who finds herself forced to make an impossible choice between her heart’s desire and the chance to make history."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.monicacarnesi.com/" target="_blank">Monica Carnesi</a></b> (LITTLE DOG LOST: THE TRUE STORY OF A DOG NAMED BALTIC, Nancy Paulsen Books)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Working on Book 2, also with Nancy Paulsen Books, about a well intentioned but stubborn little bunny who has a hard time understanding that hibernation is something that bears (and not bunnies) do."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.kimberlysabatini.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly Sabatini</a></b> (TOUCHING THE SURFACE, Simon Pulse)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My second novel, THE OPPOSITE OF GRAVITY is being revised to sell and I'm working on a third, CHASING ADAPTATION."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.kmwalton.com/" target="_blank">K. M. Walton</a></b> (CRACKED, Simon Pulse)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next? "</b><i>My next contemporary novel <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781442453593" target="_blank">EMPTY</a> comes out January 1, 2013 with Simon Pulse. It's about an overweight teen girl who is used to disappointment."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.themarblequeen.com/" target="_blank">Stephanie J. Blake</a></b> (MARBLE QUEEN, Amazon Children's Publishing)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My debut month just started (just in time for the world's end). I'll be celebrating my launch January 6th, doing my first school visits, and hopefully selling my option book in 2013."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.jennreese.com/" target="_blank">Jenn Reese</a></b> (ABOVE WORLD, Candlewick)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The second book in my middle grade adventure series, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15700338-mirage" target="_blank">MIRAGE</a>, comes out March 12, 2013. Aluna, Hoku, Calli and Dash venture into the desert to save Dash's people, the centaur-like Equians. The third and final book in the trilogy is scheduled for 2014."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.sarahtregay.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Tregay</a></b> (LOVE AND LEFTOVERS, Katherine Tegen Books)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next? </b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>FAN ART, in which a high school senior is trying to stay in the closet until he can gather the courage to come out to his best friend -- and crush; when he hijacks the school literary magazine and publishes a controversial short story, he must defend his actions or risk not graduating, and when a senior prank gone bad outs him during the graduation ceremony, he must face both his crush and his true identity, will be available 2014 from Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins."</i></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.lauraellenbooks.com/" target="_blank">Laura Ellen</a></b> (BLIND SPOT, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next? </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I am working on another stand-alone thriller. Playing on Alaska's 24 hours of summer sun, rather than the traditional darkness, this modern-day gothic is about 17 year old Kat Walters who, running from her own demons, travels to a remote Alaskan campground to meet the father she'd always thought was dead -- only to discover he is accused of murder. Release date coming soon!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.marissameyer.com/" target="_blank">Marissa Meyer</a></b> (CINDER, Feiwel & Friends)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Cinder's story continues in <a href="http://www.marissameyer.com/book/book-two/" target="_blank">SCARLET: Book Two of the Lunar Chronicles</a>. In this book, based on Little Red Riding Hood, Cinder's path crosses with Scarlet, a girl whose grandmother has gone missing, and Wolf, a street fighter with dubious motives. Release date: February 5, 2013."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://ginadamico.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Gina Damico</a></b> (CROAK and SCORCH, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next? </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>ROGUE, the third and final book in the CROAK trilogy, will be coming out in fall 2013 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt."</i></span>
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.laurisawhitereyes.com/" target="_blank">Laurisa White Reyes</a></b> (THE ROCK OF IVANORE, Tanglewood Press)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> "</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The sequel to my debut novel, <a href="http://www.tanglewoodbooks.com/" target="_blank">THE LAST ENCHANTER</a>, comes out in November 2013 with Tanglewood Press. It is a middle grade high fantasy adventure where Marcus, the enchanter's apprentice from book I discovers he has the ability to see visions of the future, something no other enchanter can do."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://claire-legrand.com/" target="_blank">Claire Legrand</a></b> (THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, Simon & Schuster)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next? </b><i>"My next novel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13129136-the-year-of-shadows" target="_blank">THE YEAR OF SHADOWS</a>, comes out August 2013, also with Simon & Schuster BFYR. It's a middle grade ghost story about 12-year-old Olivia who has to work with the ghosts haunting her father's decrepit symphony hall to increase ticket sales and save the orchestra from going bankrupt -- if, that is, she can hold off the vicious shades threatening to drive her father insane, trap her ghost friends in Limbo forever, and tear down the hall piece by piece. </i></span><i>And even farther down the line . . . Fall 2014 will see the release of my YA debut, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13507001-winterspell" target="_blank">WINTERSPELL</a>, a re-telling of the Nutcracker ballet in which 17-year-old Clara Stole must journey from corrupt 1899 New York City to the wintry kingdom of Cane to save her father from a mad faery queen. Her only companion is the cursed prince Nicholas, bent on reclaiming his throne -- and using Clara to get it."</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.robinmellom.com/" target="_blank">Robin Mellom</a></b> (DITCHED: A LOVE STORY, Disney-Hyperion)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>My middle grade series, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Classroom-Student-Council-Smackdown/dp/1423150643/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356031563&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Classroom%3A+Student+Council+Smackdown" target="_blank">THE CLASSROOM: The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet-Epic-Kid</a>, released in June of 2012 and the sequel to that book will come out June 25, 2013. It's a mockumentary of life in seventh grade. Oh, the awkwardness. This year I also plan to finish my follow-up to DITCHED. It's titled BUSTED and is about a girl who takes a job running errands for an eccentric couple and finds herself involved in the crazy world of LA nightlife. But after a misunderstanding lands her in jail, she has one fateful night to clear her name, help a rising movie starlet avoid the paparazzi and find Adam, the coworker who is quickly stealing her heart. So. Much. Fun! 2013 is shaping up to be a year of awesome!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.barrywolverton.com/" target="_blank">Barry Wolverton</a></b> (NEVERSINK, Walden Pond Press)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The paperback of NEVERSINK comes out Fall 2013, while I finalize the first book in my new VANISHING ISLAND trilogy, arriving in 2014/2015 from Walden Pond Press."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://liznorris.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Norris</a></b> (UNRAVELING, Balzer + Bray)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span>The digital novella, UNDONE, and the sequel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14743784-unbreakable" target="_blank">UNBREAKABLE</a>, come out in spring 2013, also with Balzer + Bray. Then a stand alone novel, still untitled, comes out from Bazler + Bray in 2014."</i></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.carolinestarrrose.com/" target="_blank">Caroline Starr Rose</a></b> (MAY B., Schwartz and Wade)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"My debut picture book, OVER IN THE WETLANDS (Schwartz and Wade, 2014)."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.jennylundquist.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Lundquist</a></b> (SEEING CINDERELLA, Aladdin MIX)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>"My second middle grade novel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13451598-plastic-polly" target="_blank">PLASTIC POLLY</a>, comes out March 2013 also with Aladdin MIX. It's about a popular (but hated) eighth grader who gets tasked with overseeing her middle school's talent show competition and sees it as a way to prove that she's not as 'fake' as everyone believes. My first young adult novel, THE PRINCESS IN THE OPAL MASK, releases a few months later, in October. 2013 looks to be crazy busy!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://annegreenwoodbrown.com/" target="_blank">Anne Greenwood Brown</a></b> (LIES BENEATH, Delacorte)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Betrayal-Anne-Greenwood-Brown/dp/0385742037/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352586571&sr=1-1&keywords=Deep+Betrayal" target="_blank">DEEP BETRAYAL</a>, the second book in the LIES BENEATH trilogy, comes out March 12, 2013, followed by PROMISE BOUND in the spring of 2014. Right now I'm working on a stand alone book called PLAYING CARDS WITH SOPHOCLES. We'll see..."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.jaykristoff.com/" target="_blank">Jay Kristoff</a></b> (STORMDANCER, Thomas Dunne Books)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The sequel to STORMDANCER is out in September 2013 (doesn't have a name yet... well, it does, but it's an 'I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you' deal."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://emilyhainsworth.com/" target="_blank">Emily Hainsworth</a></b> (THROUGH TO YOU, Balzer + Bray)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next? </b> <i>"My follow up stand alone novel <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15782557-never-is-a-promise" target="_blank">NEVER IS A PROMISE</a> comes out winter 2014, also with Balzer+Bray. It's a story about a girl who falls asleep at fifteen and wakes up at sixteen with everything she's ever wanted, except her life has fallen to pieces. If she doesn't figure out where everything started to go wrong, things will get much, much worse..."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.itsrhymetime.com/" target="_blank">Tiffany Strelitz Haber</a></b> (THE MONSTER WHO LOST HIS MEAN, Henry Holt)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>My next picture book <a href="http://amzn.to/T5gMxf" target="_blank">OLLIE AND CLAIRE</a> (Philomel/Penguin) will be out April 17th, 2013. It's sort of a play on a certain Rupert Holmes song from the 80s.... It's also a quirky, doggy friendship story with a twist."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://susandennard.com/" target="_blank">Susan Dennard</a></b> (SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY, HarperTeen)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>"The second book in my trilogy, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Strange-Lovely-Susan-Dennard/dp/0062083295/ref=la_B005YEU2VY_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356103590&sr=1-2" target="_blank">A DARKNESS STRANGE AND LOVELY</a> releases in July of 2013. Plus, a prequel novella, A DAWN MOST WICKED, releases in June. I'm hammering away at book 3 and also working on an adult epic fantasy! Hooray for 2013!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://erinlange.com/" target="_blank">Erin Jade Lange</a></b> (BUTTER, Bloomsbury)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"My second contemporary YA novel, DEAD ENDS, will be published Fall 2013. It's the story of a bully and a boy with Down Syndrome who bond while chasing the ghosts of their absent fathers, with only a mysterious atlas full of riddles to guide them."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.emdanforth.com/" target="_blank">Emily M. Danforth</a></b> (THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST, Balzer + Bray)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I'm working on another stand alone YA novel that will likely (hopefully) be out in Spring or Summer of 2014. It involves, among other things: a wunderkind author; the making of a controversial indie film; the (infamously) unfinished Truman Capote novel ANSWERED PRAYERS; and celesbians. Please stay tuned, dear reader."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.lizziekfoley.com/" target="_blank">Lizzie K. Foley</a></b> (REMARKABLE, Dial)</span><br />
<b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My next stand alone novel, tentatively called "The Unnecessaries," will come out from Dial in 2014. It's a story about a home for unloved children--and it involves a mouldering mansion, a swamp, a long lost treasure, a missing circus, and a very grumpy ghost."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.ginarosati.com/" target="_blank">Gina Rosati</a></b> (AURACLE, Roaring Book Press)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I'm working on a historical/fantasy/speculative/sci-fi/romance - I've been doing a ton of research for this, so it will be a while before there's any news to share. Also, there's no sequel planned for Auracle, but I'll write a few short stories featuring Anna, Rei, Seth and Callie, and post them on my blog in 2013. I'll link to them from Twitter when they're ready."</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.mccormicktempleman.com/" target="_blank">McCormick Templeman</a></b> (THE LITTLE WOODS, Schwartz and Wade)</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>"Next up is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13600701-the-glass-casket" target="_blank">THE GLASS CASKET</a>, a twisted re-telling of Snow White in the tradition of a classic Grimm's fairy tale. It comes out Spring 2014 from Delacorte."</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://jennytorressanchez.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Torres Sanchez</a></b> (THE DOWNSIDE OF BEING CHARLIE, Running Press Kids)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My second YA novel <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15775055-death-dickinson-and-the-demented-life-of-frenchie-garcia" target="_blank">DEATH, DICKINSON, AND THE DEMENTED LIFE OF FRENCHIE GARCIA</a> comes out Spring 2013, also with Running Press. It's about a death obsessed girl who hangs out at the local cemetery with her dead poet pal, Emily Dickinson, as she contemplates life and death and tries to figure out why the guy she loved (but hardly knew) chose to be with her the last night of his life."</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.kristensimmonsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Kristen Simmons</a></b> (ARTICLE 5, Tor Teen)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The next book in the ARTICLE 5 trilogy, <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765329592" target="_blank">BREAKING POINT</a>, comes out on February 12, 2013. In this next installment, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings are taken in by the Resistance—an underground organization working to systematically take down the government. At headquarters, all eyes are on the sniper, an anonymous assassin taking out FBR soldiers one by one. Rumors are flying about the sniper’s true identity and Ember and Chase welcome the diversion, until the government posts its most-wanted list, and their number one suspect is Ember herself."</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.huntleyfitzpatrick.com/" target="_blank">Huntley Fitzpatrick</a></b> (MY LIFE NEXT DOOR, Dial)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What's next?</b> <i>"My follow up stand alone, also to be published by Penguin-DFYA in Spring, 2014, is set in the same town as MY LIFE NEXT DOOR, but with a completely different cast of characters. 17-year-old Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich kid from across the bridge in Stony Bay, and she hails from a family of fishermen and housecleaners who keep the island's summer people happy. Gwen worries a life of cleaning houses will be her fate too, but just when it looks like she'll never escape her past—or the island—Gwen's dad gives her a tip: her wealthy, elderly employer is redoing her will this summer, and that could be Gwen's ticket to the good life. But what will it mean for Gwen’s now life? Sparks fly and secret histories unspool as Gwen spends a gorgeous, restless summer struggling to resolve what she thought was true—about the place she lives, the people she loves, and even herself—with what really is."</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.lynnekellybooks.com/" target="_blank">Lynne Kelly</a></b> (CHAINED, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)<br />
<b>What's next? </b><i>"I'm working on my next midgrade novel, NESSIE MALONE'S GUIDE
TO CREATURES THAT AREN'T REAL, about an amateur forensic scientist with
cryptozoologist parents."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.meganmiranda.com/" target="_blank">Megan Miranda</a></b> (FRACTURE, Walker)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hysteria-megan-miranda/1111414242?ean=9780802723109" target="_blank">HYSTERIA</a>, my next YA stand-alone psychological thriller,
will be published by Walker/Bloomsbury in February, 2013. It's about a girl who
can't be charged for a killing she does commit, who is then framed for one she
doesn't commit. Also, she's being haunted--or stalked--by something that may or
may not be real."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.jasouders.com/" target="_blank">J. A. Souders</a></b> (RENEGADE, Tor Teen)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"The sequel to RENEGADE (untitled as if now), also with Tor
Teen, comes out Fall 2013."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://kassytayler.com/" target="_blank">Kassy Tayler</a></b> (ASHES OF TWILIGHT, St. Martin's Press)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"Shadows Of Glass 2 book in series July 23 2013."</i><br />
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<b>Leanna Renee Hieber </b>(DARKER STILL, Sourcebooks Fire)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"Leanna Renee Hieber returns to her adult historical fantasy
roots as she releases several short stories into anthologies, the foremost of
which is "Charged", featured in QUEEN VICTORIA'S BOOK OF SPELLS
(March 2013, Tor/Macmillan). The story features a character from her upcoming
gaslamp fantasy saga THE ETERNA FILES, (Tor, 2014). She will also soon have
word on the re-release of her Strangely Beautiful saga."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.tomwrotethat.com/" target="_blank">Tom Ryan</a></b> (WAY TO GO, Orca Book Publishers)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"My follow up is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17161414-tag-along" target="_blank">TAG ALONG</a>, a stand alone contemporary and
will be released by Orca in September, 2013: Andrea, Paul, Candace, and Roemi
aren't friends - they barely even know each other - but they do have one thing
in common : it's prom night, and for very different reasons, none of them is at
the big event. Over the course of one crazy night, paths are crossed, plans are
changed, messages are mixed, and things definitely do not end the way they
began."</i><br />
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<b><a href="http://lbschulman.com/" target="_blank">L. B. Schulman</a></b> (LEAGUE OF STRAYS, Abrams)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> <i>"I am working on a very complex contemporary young adult book
right now and am almost done. My guess is it will be ready to be submitted to
publishers in about four months. I am really proud of this one and can't wait
to bring it into the world."</i><br />
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<a href="http://trishdoller.com/" target="_blank"><b>Trish Doller</b></a> (SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL, Bloomsbury)<br />
<b>What's next?</b> "<i>My next book is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15826648-where-the-stars-still-shine" target="_blank">WHERE THE STARS STILL SHINE</a>, another YA contemporary stand-alone that will be published by Bloomsbury in October, 2013: Stolen as a child from her large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten years, Callie has only the barest idea of what normal life might be like. She's never had a home, never gone to school, and has gotten most of her meals from laundromat vending machines. Her dreams are haunted by memories she’d like to forget completely. But when Callie’s mom is finally arrested for kidnapping her, and Callie’s real dad whisks her back to what would have been her life, in a small town in Florida, Callie must find a way to leave the past behind. She must learn to be part of a family. And she must figure out how to keep real love when it won’t let her go.</i>"<br />
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<b>New release:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10194198-the-marble-queen">THE MARBLE QUEEN</a> by Stephanie Blake<br />
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<b>New sales:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.kamikinard.com/home.html">Kami Kinard's</a> THE BOY PROJECT TOO: Notes and Observations of Tabbi Reddy <br />
Jenny Lundquist's <a href="http://jennylundquist.com/2012/12/13/my-secret-project-isnt-so-secret-anymore/">THE PRINCESS IN THE OPAL MASK</a>, a YA fantasy, has sold to Running Press in a two-book deal, with book one set to be released in the fall of 2013<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Susanne Winnacker is celebrating her new publication date for IMPOSTOR with an <a href="http://susannewritesfiction.blogspot.de/2012/12/impostor-arc-giveaway-news.html">ARC giveaway</a><br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
GRAVITY by M.B. West is the featured book club pick at Seventeen Magazine online. Read the article and see the GRAVITY trailer <a href="http://www.seventeen.com/entertainment/reviews/gravity-book-club">here</a><br />
Croak by Gina Damico, Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie, and Starters by Lissa Price are among The Chicago Public Library's <a href="http://www.chipublib.org/forteens/teenspages/bestofbest_teen.php">Best of the Best Teen Books List</a><br />
K.M Walton presented a TEDx talk about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6QLS6DZpvk&list=PLSatVjzQd2dRooSLC_qt8r3X32HDM1Pww&index=10">"The Power of Human Kindness"</a><br />
Lauren Morrill wrote an article for USA Today's Happily Ever After blog about her <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2012/12/12/lauren-morrill-meant-to-be-ya-inspiration/1765741/">favorite YA romances</a><br />
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Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend, and gets to enjoy some holiday time with family and friends and books!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-40301336162201810292012-12-11T16:39:00.001-06:002012-12-11T16:39:15.919-06:00Writing Irresistible Kidlit - An Interview with Mary Kole<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There's a new book out about writing kidlit that you'll want to put on your Christmas wishlist this year! WRITING IRRESISTIBLE KIDLIT: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13665361">The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers</a>. <br />
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It's by the fabulous Mary Kole, who happens to be the agent of equally fabulous Apocalypsie Emily Hainsworth (THROUGH TO YOU).<br />
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Here's the official description:<br />
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CAPTIVATE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF YOUNG ADULT READERS!</div>
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Writing for young adult (YA) and middle grade (MG) audiences isn't just "kid's stuff" anymore--it's kidlit! The YA and MG book markets are healthier and more robust than ever, and that means the competition is fiercer, too. In Writing Irresistible Kidlit, literary agent Mary Kole shares her expertise on writing novels for young adult and middle grade readers and teaches you how to:<br />
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<li>Recognize the differences between middle grade and young adult audiences and how it impacts your writing.</li>
<li>Tailor your manuscript's tone, length, and content to your readership.</li>
<li>Avoid common mistakes and cliches that are prevalent in YA and MG fiction, in respect to characters, story ideas, plot structure and more.</li>
<li>Develop themes and ideas in your novel that will strike emotional chords.</li>
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I had the chance to read this recently, and I found myself nodding in agreement on pretty much every page. Mary covers a variety of writing craft issues and gives the kind of tips that beginning writers will find VERY helpful. And thanks to the variety of strong examples from published works, even seasoned authors will find inspiration and helpful exercises to improve our writing.<br />
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Personally, I found it interesting that Cole recommends against excessive "physical telling" in favor of more "interiority" and internalized her suggestion to use "characterizing details" to underscore a character's "core identity. These are things I had been doing instinctively, but in the future I will include these types of things in a more strategic approach when I draft and revise.</div>
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Find out more about <a href="http://kidlit.com/about/">Mary Kole and the book at her website</a>. And now for an interview with Mary.<br />
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<b>There are many books on the market about how to write novels and get published. What made you decide that writers needed another one? If writers could only buy one book to help them write irresistible kid lit, why would they choose yours and not another?</b><br />
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Why write this? You mean, other than my selfish dream of wanting to publish a book? :) I have always loved the Don Maass approach in WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL of analyzing popular book excerpts in tandem with teaching writing concepts. I learn a lot from thinking about how and why a writer is doing something in a specific passage instead of just memorizing a rule like "Show, don't tell." I thought it would be really interesting (and fun!) to pair the writing concepts I've been teaching with real life examples and that's what I wanted to bring to the conversation.<br />
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<b>The book lists and examples you compiled are incredibly helpful. How did you go about putting these together?</b><br />
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I thought of my favorite MG and YA books across different genres and got to think about why each one resonated with me so much. For example, THE HUNGER GAMES is a masterclass in pacing and BEFORE I FALL makes an unsympathetic character likeable. I thought of all the concepts I wanted to cover and made sure that I had specific examples to do it. Then I got to reread thirty-five of my favorite books and take copious notes. That was the most dizzying but also the most gratifying part of writing the book. <br />
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<b>As an agent, your reading time must be especially precious. How do you find a balance between reading submissions, working on client’s books and keeping up with what’s new and noteworthy on the market?</b><br />
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There's no set formula for my day-to-day reading life. Sometimes I have a free gap and I can focus on submissions. Other times, I have a lot of client work that I need to dig into. There are days when a negotiation or sale takes up my time. Then there are the days when I need to read a hot upcoming book or check in with editors about what they're seeking. It's a balancing act and I do the best I can. It sometimes feels like barely controlled chaos!<br />
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<b>Writers often excel in some areas and are lacking in others. In your opinion, can all elements of craft be learned by hard work and practice? Or are there certain things one must just have an instinct for?</b><br />
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There are a lot of storytelling elements that can be learned with sufficient practice, but all writers have their personal challenges. Whether it's having to work extra hard on dialogue or remind yourself of tension and pacing all the time, I don't think there's a single person out there who doesn't have a blind spot. To me, character seems like the most difficult to master if it doesn't come naturally. There are so many moving parts to creating a vibrant human being on the page. But the good thing about writing is that you can practice your craft anywhere, anytime, and every time you write something or read something, you are learning.<br />
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<b>There are many accepted rules of writing, (i.e prologues suck, start with action, adverbs are evil) but it’s also said that rules are meant to be broken. What kind of rule breaking can you overlook – or even applaud – and which broken rules make you cry into your cornflakes?</b><br />
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I note in the guide that the rules I cover aren't the end all and be all, and there are definitely exceptions. That said, however, I think there is a distinct line between writers who break rules because they don't know them, are lazy, or think they happen to be the exception, and writers who know the rules and then make a conscious decision to break them, with sound reasoning behind each choice. No matter what kind of pianist you want to be, whether classically trained or wildly experimental, you still need to use a standard piano with 88 keys to get to where you're going. I advocate for intelligent rebellion. :)<br />
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<b>I know you get this question all the time, but what emerging trends do you see as far as genres? Are there any particular gaps that you are looking to fill on your list?</b><br />
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Contemporary realism with romantic elements! The problem with that is that it's a much broader, more generic category than, say, paranormal romance. It can be anything, and that's why writers struggle with this answer. The good news is that we're in a trend valley right now, without any one "big thing," which should inspire more people to focus on THEIR story idea instead of looking around to see what everyone else is doing.<br />
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<b>What effect are recent changes such as publisher mergers and the expansion of the New York Times Bestseller List going to have on publishing? Do writers need to worry about these changes?</b><br />
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As I mention in the book, you're going to have to start thinking about your story's commercial potential. There's going to be less and less room for people to take a chance on a "small" idea because everyone is under pressure to find the next blockbuster. Every successive blockbuster we have in the marketplace will also be expected to sell bigger than the last. The good news is that a lot of upstart small publishers and digital alternatives are springing up, which might actually be able to reach a more niche audience better than publishers who are chasing ever-increasing slices of the "mass market" pie. <br />
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<b>If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would you say?</b><br />
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Work less and live more. Otherwise you'll end up boring. I think the same goes for writers. We all need to step away from the screen and chase some unrelated-to-writing-and-publishing inspiration to keep ourselves fresh. This industry is small and connected, and sometimes it feels like our work comes out of a giant echo chamber.<br />
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Thanks Mary!<br />
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<i>Lenore Appelhans is the author of <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.net/Level-2/Lenore-Appelhans/Memory-Chronicles-The/9781442441859">LEVEL 2</a>, coming out with Simon & Schuster on Jan 15, 2013. She blogs at <a href="http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/">Presenting Lenore</a>.</i></div>
Lenore Appelhanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-64205447790705831402012-12-07T08:23:00.000-06:002012-12-07T08:23:27.809-06:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Weekend update, with the Apocalypsies!<br />
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Giving books for the holidays? A few of our members are giving away signed bookplates and other swag as <a href="http://apocalypsies.blogspot.com/2012/12/holiday-bonuses.html">holiday bonuses</a> <br />
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<b>Foreign rights:</b><br />
Elizabeth Richards' <a href="http://theredpenofdoom.wordpress.com/">BLACK CITY trilogy</a> - Hungary<br />
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<b>Film rights:</b><br />
Jennifer Shaw Wolf's <a href="http://www.jennifershawwolf.com/breaking-beautiful.html">BREAKING BEAUTIFUL</a> - MRB Productions<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Stop by <a href="http://1000wrongs.blogspot.com/2012/11/mmgm-giveaway-interview-w-hans-bauer.html">Laurisa White Reyes' blog</a> to read an interview with the authors of FISHTALE and enter to win a copy of the book<br />
Enter to win one of two signed and personalized copies of Lynne Kelly's CHAINED in this <a href="http://www.lynnekelly.blogspot.com/2012/12/chained-holiday-giveaway.html">holiday giveaway</a><br />
Read an excerpt of Fading Amber, the last of the Cambion Chronicles, and enter to win an ARC on <a href="http://jreedwriteordie.blogspot.com/2012/12/fading-amber-giveaway.html">Jaime Reed's blog</a>. Also check out the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/38980-fading-amber">Goodreads giveaways</a><br />
Count down to the release of Shannon Messenger's <a href="http://ramblingsofawannabescribe.blogspot.com/2012/12/do-you-want-to-let-sky-fall-hint-theres.html">LET THE SKY FALL</a>, and enter to win an ARC of the novel<br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Congratulations to all our members nominated for <a href="http://www.yabookscentral.com/blogs/14402">YABC Choice Awards</a>! Stop by and vote for your favorites<br />
LITTLE DOG LOST by Monica Carnesi is a <a href="http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/blogs/read-roger/horn-book-fanfare-2012/">Horn Book 2012 Fanfare pick</a><br />
Stop by A.G. Howard's <a href="http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/2012/12/splintered-by-ag-howard-blog-tour-plus.html?spref=tw">SPLINTERED blog tour</a> for interviews and giveaways<br />
<a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/?page_id=11">STARTERS</a> by Lissa Price was chosen by B&N and the Los Angeles Public Library as one of their Best Teen Books of 2012, and Lissa was interviewed in the Jan 2013 issue of <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/">Writer's Digest</a> Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-9463014373103304012012-12-05T07:23:00.001-06:002012-12-06T09:45:52.883-06:00Holiday Bonuses! What's rectangular, flat, and super-easy to gift wrap?<br />
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I guess this <i>could</i> describe the iPad Mini, but I meant BOOKS.<br />
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If you're planning on giving books this holiday season, we hope you'll consider ours :)<br />
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And if you do, the following Apocalypsies have special offers to sweeten the deal -- including signed bookplates, limited edition swag, and other festive bonus fun. Click the links below for more details.<br />
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Happy Holidays and Happy Reading! <br />
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<a href="http://lynnekellybooks.com/wordpress/signed-books-stuff" target="_blank">Lynne Kelly's CHAINED --> Order signed copies or request signed bookplates</a><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1354645937860_352" style="font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif;"><a href="http://lynnekellybooks.com/wordpress/signed-books-stuff" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1354645937860_350" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1354656605_0"></span></a></span> <br />
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<a href="http://dianarenn.blogspot.com/2012/12/signed-tokyo-heist-swag-for-holiday.html" target="_blank">Diana Renn's TOKYO HEIST --> Signed Swag For the Holidays </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.tiffanyschmidt.com/send-me-a-signature/" target="_blank">Tiffany Schmidt's SEND ME A SIGN --> Send Me a SIGNATURE</a></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://bit.ly/SdNfiK" target="_blank">L.B. Schulman's LEAGUE OF STRAYS --> Signed Bookplates & Contest!</a></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.jessicaspotswood.com/blog/2012/12/04/born-wicked-for-the-holidays/" target="_blank">Jessica Spotswood's BORN WICKED --> Signed Bookplates</a></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://sarvenaztash.blogspot.com/2012/12/holiday-giveaway-free-signed-bookplates.html" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1354645937860_666" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1354716321_0">Sarvenaz Tash's THE MAPMAKER & THE GHOST --> Signed Bookplates </span></a></blockquote><br />
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Tiffany Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027955587655310354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-56970904010320985992012-11-30T07:20:00.000-06:002012-11-30T07:20:30.348-06:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Happy Friday! Here's our latest news:<br />
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<b>Events:</b><br />
See seven Apocalypsies <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/131534970329955/">tonight in Chicago</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/446116375445643/">Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin</a><br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
Corrine Jackson's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10822395-touched">TOUCHED</a><br />
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<b>New deals:</b><br />
Two new YA novels for <a href="http://dianarenn.blogspot.com/">Diana Renn</a>, LATITUDE ZERO (2014) and BLUE VOYAGE (2015), mysteries featuring globetrotting teens, action, and international intrigue with Viking/Penguin<br />
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<b>Foreign rights:</b><br />
<a href="http://tamarairelandstone.com/books/">Tamara Ireland Stone's</a> TIME BETWEEN US and the upcoming sequel - Taiwan<br />
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<b>Film rights:</b><br />
Diana Renn's <a href="http://dianarenn.blogspot.com/">TOKYO HEIST</a>, to the production company Anonymous Content<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Enter to win an advance copy of Jodi Meadow's ASUNDER in her <a href="http://www.jodimeadows.com/?p=1948">Reviewer Appreciation Giveaway</a><br />
Suggest a song for the playlist of <a href="http://kathleenpeacock.blogspot.com/2012/11/if-you-play-it-they-will-come.html">Hemlock 3 by Kathleen Peacock</a> for a chance to be included in book three's acknowledgements <br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Congratulations to all our members on YALSA's <a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bfya-nominations">best of young adult literature list</a><br />
Anne Nesbet's THE CABINET OF EARTHS is featured in <a href="http://www.slj.com/2012/11/books-media/collection-development/focus-on-collection-development/middle-grade-fantasy-believe-it-focus-on-believe-it-november-1-2012/">School Library Journal's article</a> on middle grade fantasy, and J. Anderson Coats' THE WICKED AND THE JUST, Veronica Rossi's UNDER THE NEVER SKY, and Emily Danforth's THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST are on SLJ's <a href="http://www.slj.com/2012/11/featured/best-books-2012/">Best Books of 2012 list</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/?page_id=11">Starters by Lissa Price</a> won the Crimezone Award in the Netherlands for Best YA Thriller of 2012 (non-Netherlands) and the ist Eselsohr Award in Germany for Best YA 2012. Barnes & Noble picked Starters as one of the Best Teen Books of 2012 <br />
Fans of LIES BENEATH can now read extra scenes on <a href="http://annegreenwoodbrown.com/lies-beneath-extra-part-one/">Anne Greenwood Brown's blog</a>Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-35178595746524850562012-11-16T14:53:00.000-06:002012-11-16T14:53:14.758-06:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Time for another news update!<br />
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Check out the <a href="http://joannelevy.com/2012/11/02/kidlit-cares/">Kidlit Cares auction</a> to bid on lots of bookish items to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief!<br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11721314-meant-to-be">MEANT TO BE</a> by Lauren Morrill<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10634286-ashes-of-twilight">ASHES OF TWILIGHT</a> by Kassy Tayler<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468074-renegade">RENEGADE</a> by J.A. Souders<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12568505-black-city">BLACK CITY</a> by Elizabeth Richards<br />
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<b>Cover reveals:</b><br />
<a href="http://presentinglenore.blogspot.de/2012/11/cover-reveal-chick-o-saurus-rex.html">CHICK-O-SAURUS REX</a> by Lenore Appelhans<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Seen Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY out in the wild? Enter the <a href="http://theredpenofdoom.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/wheres-black-city-photo-challenge/">BLACK CITY photo challenge</a> and win some signed swag<br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Jane McLoughlin's AT YELLOW LAKE has been longlisted for a <a href="http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_2013_longlist.html&fb_source=message">Carnegie Medal</a> in the U.K.<br />
MEANT TO BE by Lauren Morrill was included in Huffington Post Teen's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/camp-rock-2-obama-victory_n_2088836.html#slide=1732823">5 Things We're Into This Week</a><br />
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Enjoy your weekend, and Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-35435302833017698322012-11-09T11:35:00.000-06:002012-11-09T11:38:41.605-06:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Happy Friday! Here's our latest news:<br />
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<b>New release:</b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/fishtale.thenovel">FISHTALE</a> by Hans Bauer and Catherine Masciola<br />
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<b>Cover reveals:</b><br />
<a href="http://glass-of-wine.blogspot.com/2012/11/exclusive-tarnish-by-katherine.html">TARNISH</a>, and the paperback of <a href="http://katherinelongshore.blogspot.com/2012/11/gilt-paperback-cover-reveal.html">GILT</a> by Katherine Longshore<br />
Heather Anastasiu's <a href="http://www.xpressoreads.com/2012/11/cover-reveal-giveaway.html#more">SHUTDOWN</a> (Glitch #3)<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Enter to win one of ten copies of A.G. Howard's SPINTERED in the <a href="http://anita-authoraghoward.blogspot.com/p/contests-and-giveaways.html">Official Amulet Giveaway</a><br />
Check out Elizabeth Richards' <a href="http://theredpenofdoom.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/black-city-blog-tour-schedule/">BLACK CITY Blog Tour</a>, going on all month with lots of interviews to read and prizes to win <br />
Help spread the word about the release of M.B. West's <a href="http://m-b-west.blogspot.com/2012/10/gravity-e-book-is-now-available.html">GRAVITY e-book</a> for a chance to have a character named after you in book two, plus a signed book or other prizes<br />
Enter to win a copy of <a href="http://1000wrongs.blogspot.com/2012/11/mmgm-ashes-of-twilight-by-kass-tyler.html">ASHES OF TWILIGHT</a> by Kassy Tayler<br />
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<b>Foreign rights:</b><br />
Katherine Longshore's <a href="http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/43886/nl">GILT</a> trilogy - the U.K. <br />
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<b>Reviews:</b><br />
WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by Kat Zhang was reviewed in <i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/books/review/beta-and-whats-left-of-me.html?_r=0">The New York Times</a></i><br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Debra McArthur is featured on the Girl Scouts' website, <a href="http://studio.girlscouts.org/">The Studio</a><br />
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Enjoy your weekend!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-9012084505548452922012-11-02T05:00:00.000-05:002012-11-02T05:00:06.532-05:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Thanks to everyone who participated in the YAmazing Race With MGnificent Prizes! We had a lot of fun playing and hope you all did too. <br />
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We've taken a couple of weeks off of the good news updates while the race was going on, so let's get caught up:<br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11556960-crewel">CREWEL</a> by Gennifer Albin<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11105153-blind-spot">BLIND SPOT</a> by Laura Ellen<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9999795-venom">VENOM</a> by Fiona Paul<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10560849-touching-the-surface">TOUCHING THE SURFACE</a> by Kimberly Sabatini<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12844575-gravity">GRAVITY</a> by Melissa West<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10553047-the-twisted-tragedy-of-miss-natalie-stewart">THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART</a> by Leanna Renee Hieber<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13482565-out-of-reach">OUT OF REACH</a> by Carrie Arcos<br />
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<b>Cover reveals:</b><br />
Anne Nesbet's <a href="http://annenesbet.com/?p=468">A BOX OF GARGOYLES</a><br />
Paperback of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151155202708051&set=a.290810953050.144351.92933398050&type=1&theater">PUSHING THE LIMITS</a> by Katie McGarry<br />
<a href="http://www.yahighway.com/2012/10/cover-reveal-imposter-by-susanne.html">IMPOSTOR</a> by Susanne Winnacker<br />
UK cover for <a href="http://susannewritesfiction.blogspot.de/2012/10/cover-reveal-life-beyond.html">THE LIFE BEYOND</a> by Susanne Winnacker<br />
<a href="http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/exclusive-cover-reveal-charmed-vengeance--giveaway-international">CHARMED VENGEANCE</a> by Suzanne Lazear<br />
Paperback for Jessica Spotswood's <a href="http://www.jessicaspotswood.com/blog/2012/10/18/born-wicked-paperback-cover-reveal-contest/">BORN WICKED</a><br />
Kassy Tayler's <a href="http://cindyholby.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/introducing-shadows-of-glass/">SHADOWS OF GLASS</a><br />
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<b>Foreign rights:</b><br />
<a href="http://carriearcos.com/?page_id=10">OUT OF REACH</a> by Carrie Arcos - Spain<br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Take a peek at the first chapter of <a href="http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/10/renegade-excerpt">RENEGADE</a> by J.A. Souders<br />
WAY TO GO by Tom Ryan has been nominated for Canada's <a href="http://tomwrotethat.com/2012/10/white-pine/">White Pine Award</a><br />
THE MONSTER WHO LOST HIS MEAN by Tiffany Strelitz Haber was featured in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/10/12/books/review/12monsters-ss-7.html"><i>The New York Times'</i> Sunday Book Review</a><br />
<a href="http://carriearcos.com/?page_id=10">OUT OF REACH</a> by Carrie Arcos is a finalist for the National Book Awards for young people's literature, and received a starred review from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br />
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<b>Book trailer:</b><br />
Leanna Renee Hieber's THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART:<br />
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Have a great weekend, readers!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-42548870700605115892012-10-30T09:08:00.000-05:002012-11-02T08:23:25.941-05:00YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes III - The Winners!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here they are, the grand prize winners of each leg of the race:<br />
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Egging the House: <b>Kellie R.</b><br />
Toilet Papering the Yard: <b>Elizabeth B.</b><br />
Smashing Pumpkins: <b>Cheryl</b><br />
Silly String: <b>Hannah M.</b><br />
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All winners were chosen at random from the pool of racers who got every question (in that leg) correct. They have been notified by email - so if you're reading this and you're a winner, please email back so we can send you our stuff!<br />
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Finally, thank you so much to all who raced! We hope you had a great time and learned about some fabulous new books along the way. We really appreciate your support - as debut authors, every little bit helps, and there is nothing more thrilling for us than connecting with new readers. You rock!<br />
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(And finally finally, our warm, dry thoughts are with all those who have been affected by the hurricane. We hope your recovery efforts go quickly and that everyone is safe!)Gina Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588548440555564845noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-67692778726833855172012-10-22T11:05:00.000-05:002012-11-02T08:28:37.037-05:00The YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;">NOTE: The race is officially over - winners will be announced tomorrow right here on the Apocalypsies blog. Thank you to all who participated, and good luck!</span><br />
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Welcome to the starting line of the YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes, presented by the Apocalypsies! Over the course of the race, you'll be introduced to over 50 debut YA and MG authors and their fabulous books. Are you up to the challenge?<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Here's how it works:</u></span><br />
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-At the bottom of this post, there are four different Halloween pranks. Choose your favorite shenanigan and click on it to start one of the four legs of the race. You will be taken to an author's website, where you will find a synopsis of their book. Read it, remember it, drool over the pretty cover. When you're done, click on the link provided and jump to the next author.<br />
-After twelve or thirteen stops, you'll be taken to a quiz with questions about the books you just met. And accuracy counts - the winners will be whoever gets the most questions correct!<br />
-Once you complete a quiz, you will be given the links for the starts of the other legs. There are four legs in all. You are welcome to run the race all at once, or do a couple of legs and come back for the rest - pace yourself however you'd like! Speed <span style="font-weight: bold;">does not</span> matter.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Rules of the Road:</u></span><br />
-To be eligible to win, you <span style="font-weight: bold;">must complete one or more of the quizzes</span>, and must provide your name and email address on each quiz.<br />
-The race will run from 12:00pm EST on Monday, October 22nd to 12:00pm EST on Monday, October 29th. Any quizzes submitted before or after these times <span style="font-weight: bold;">will not count</span>.<br />
-Winners will be posted here on the Apocalypsies blog on Tuesday, October 30th, and will also be notified by email.<br />
-As stated above, speed doesn't matter; accuracy does. Take as much time as you need to complete the quizzes - go back and look for the answers if you need to. The winners, one from each quiz, will be whoever gets the most number correct in each quiz. If there is a tie, the winners will be chosen at random from those who got the most correct.<br />
-Please do not submit more than one entry per quiz.<br />
-This contest is open internationally.<br />
-If you run into any problems during the race, have any questions about the race, or need a medic, please click <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dC1PZVU0UUVRV1pjRWd5eGlBbHhUVkE6MQ">HERE</a> to contact a race official.<br />
-If you'd like to leave some feedback when you are finished racing, please click <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDQyN2EtenRYSHV2SWlPeFlrRG80MWc6MQ#gid=0">HERE</a>. We'd really appreciate it!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Prizes:</u></span><br />
There will be four prize packs - one per quiz, and featuring prizes from that quiz's authors. Each prize pack will be a mix of books and swag. The prizes generously donated by the participating Apocalpysies authors are:<br />
-Copies, ARCs, or preorders of: AURACLE, BLACK CITY, BLIND SPOT, CHAINED, CRACKED, FREAKLING, GLITCH, KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES, LEVEL 2, LIVING VIOLET: THE CAMBION CHRONICLES, MEANT TO BE, OLDSOUL, PERSONAL EFFECTS, PRETTY CROOKED, PUSHING THE LIMITS, QUANTUM COIN, REMARKABLE, RENEGADE, REUNITED, SCORCH, SEEING CINDERELLA, SEND ME SIGN, SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE, STARTERS, THE BOY PROJECT, THE CABINET OF EARTHS, THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, THE DARK LIGHT, THE OTHER LIFE, THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY, THROUGH TO YOU, TIME BETWEEN US, TOUCHED, TOUCHING THE SURFACE, VELVETEEN, VENOM, WELCOME CALLER, THIS IS CHLOE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND<br />
-Plus: gift cards, T-shirts, jewelry, notebooks, signed bookplates, CDs, bookmarks, tattoos, postcards, stickers, buttons and more!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>But wait! Bonus prizes!</u></span><br />
Make sure to fully read each author's post, because there are plenty of bonus giveaways along the way, with chances to win <span style="font-weight: bold;">even more</span> prizes - more books, more swag, more everything! We've got more loot than that neighbor down the street that gives out full-size candy bars! (On Halloween, that is. Otherwise, that's creepy.)<br />
Note: The YAmazing Race itself is open internationally, but individual author giveaways might not be - be sure to check each author's site for details.<br />
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Okay. Are you ready to start? All carbo-loaded, stretched out your hammies?<br />
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Click on your favorite hooligan activity and go go go!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Mark your calendars: starting next Monday, October 22 at 12:00pm Eastern, the Apocalypsies will be hosting the third ever YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes - a week-long blog race featuring over 50 debut authors! Come back to this site any time between October 22-29 to join the race and learn more about the hottest books debuting in 2012 - AND earn a chance to win one of several prize packs made up of signed ARCs and finished copies, gift certificates, bookmarks, jewelry, swag, and more! See you at the starting line - and spread the word!</span>Gina Damicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588548440555564845noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-59145665802015555892012-10-11T22:17:00.003-05:002012-10-11T22:17:38.228-05:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Happy Friday! Have a look at this week's exciting news: <br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11115457-time-between-us">TIME BETWEEN US</a> by Tamara Ireland Stone<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12819342-what-happens-next">WHAT HAPPENS NEXT</a> by Colleen Clayton<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13414964-velveteen">VELVETEEN</a> by Daniel Marks<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13438522-freakling">FREAKLING</a> by Lana Krumwiede<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13034113-valkyrie-rising">VALKYRIE RISING</a> by Ingrid Paulson<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13414829-the-unfailing-light">THE UNFAILING LIGHT</a> by Robin Bridges<br />
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<b>Cover reveal:</b><br />
Eve Marie Mont's next novel, <a href="http://evemariemont.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-touch-of-scarlet-cover-reveal-giveaway.html">A TOUCH OF SCARLET</a><br />
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<b>Film rights:</b><br />
Rights to Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY series <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/screen-gems-elizabeth-richards-black-city-377466">sold to Screen Gems</a><br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Carrie Arcos' OUT OF REACH is a <a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2012.html#.UHeJffl27u0">National Book Award nominee</a><br />
VELVETEEN by Daniel Marks is one of the novels recommended in this <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2012/10/08/recommended-reads-absolution-velveteen/1621715/">USA Today article</a><br />
Some familiar names are on YALSA'S article <a href="http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/10/10/the-next-big-thing-contemporary-realistic-fiction/">"The Next Big Thing In Contemporary/Realistic Fiction"</a><br />
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<b>Book trailers:</b><br />
CREWEL by Genn Albin:<br />
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OUT OF REACH by Carrie Arcos:<br />
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Have a great weekend, readers!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-41656198835843794882012-10-09T03:00:00.000-05:002012-10-09T09:07:20.991-05:00Apoca-siblings Love!<br />
October 9th is a special day for The Apocalypsies as we have several new book babies to share with the universe! It's a great mix...we've got a darkly delicious paranormal tale, a sweeping time-travel romance, an epic modern-day fantasy involving Norse Mythology, and then some straight-up, contemporary realism! I think I speak for all of my fellow debut authors in saying that this has been a whirlwind ride for the last couple of years. (Yes...that's the gestational period for a typical book baby...18 months to a year...oof!) So, without further adieu, here is the round-up of the Apocalypsies book babies being released today!<br />
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<i>Velveteen </i>by Daniel Marks! </h2>
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<span id="freeText5714982520363609426">Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem. </span><br />
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problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno,
it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more
by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen
much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind.<br /><br />Bonesaw.<br /><br />Velveteen
aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she’s
figured out just how to do it. She’ll haunt him for the rest of his
days. <br /><br />It’ll be brutal... and awesome.<br /><br />But crossing the
divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences.
Velveteen’s obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and
jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she’s willing to take—except fate has
just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and
completely off-limits coworker.<br /><br />Velveteen can’t help herself when
it comes to breaking rules... or getting revenge. And she just might be
angry enough to take everyone down with her.</span><br />
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Synopsis from Amazon:<br />
Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago
and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to
travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him,
a new world of adventure and possibility. As their relationship
deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where
he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe
into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to
ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate—and what
consequences they can bear in order to stay together.<br />
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Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, <i>Time Between Us</i> is a stunning and spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new talent in YA fiction.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Between-Tamara-Ireland-Stone/dp/142315956X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349747557&sr=1-1&keywords=tamara+ireland+stone" target="_blank">Buy Time Between Us on Amazon </a><br />
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Synopsis from Amazon:<br />
Nothing <i>ever</i> happens in Norway. But at least
Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil
fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she'll finally get
out from under the shadow of her way-too-perfect big brother, Graham,
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What Ellie doesn't anticipate is Graham's
infuriating best friend, Tuck, tagging along for the trip. Nor did she
imagine boys going missing amid rumors of impossible kidnappings. Least
of all does she expect that something powerful and ancient will awaken
in her and that strange whispers will urge Ellie to <nobr>claim</nobr>
her place among mythological warriors. Instead of peace and quiet,
suddenly there's a lot for a girl from L.A. to handle on a summer
sojourn in Norway! And when Graham vanishes, it's up to Ellie—and the
ever-sarcastic, if undeniably alluring, Tuck—to uncover the truth about
all the disappearances and thwart the nefarious plan behind them. <br />
Deadly legends, hidden identities, and tentative romance swirl together in one girl's unexpectedly epic coming-of-age.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Valkyrie-Rising-Ingrid-Paulson/dp/0062025724/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349747863&sr=1-1&keywords=ingrid+paulson" target="_blank">Buy Valkyrie Rising on Amazon </a></div>
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the ski trip, Cassidy "Sid" Murphy was a cheerleader (on the bottom of
the pyramid, but still...) and a straight-A student, with two of the
best friends a girl could ask for. </b><br />
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When Sid finds herself
on a ski lift with hunky local college guy, Dax Windsor, she's thrilled.
"Come to a party with me," he tells her, but Dax isn't what he seems.
He takes everything from Sid-including a lock of her perfect red
curls-and she can't remember any of it.<br />
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<b>After the ski trip, Sid is an insomniac and an obsessive late-night runner, unable to relate to her old friends.</b><br />
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Caught in a downward spiral, Sid drops her college prep classes and
takes up residence in the A/V room with only Corey "The Living Stoner"
Livingston for company. But as she gets to know Corey--slacker, baker,
total dreamboat--Sid finds someone who truly makes her happy. Now, if
only she could shake the nightmares, everything would be perfect... <br />
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Witty and poignant, Colleen Clayton's debut is a stunning story of moving on after the unthinkable happens.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Happens-Next-Colleen-Clayton/dp/0316198684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349748670&sr=1-1&keywords=what+happens+next" target="_blank">Buy WHAT HAPPENS NEXT on Amazon. </a></div>
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Thank you for stopping by The Apocalypsies Blog today. </div>
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Happy Reading! XOXO. Colleen</div>
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<br />Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05194979609949200840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-40022585514433086232012-10-05T15:48:00.000-05:002012-10-05T15:48:36.402-05:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Happy Friday! Here's what our authors have been celebrating lately: <br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12606292-geeks-girls-and-secret-identities">GEEKS, GIRLS, AND SECRET IDENTITIES</a> by Mike Jung<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10194623-league-of-strays">LEAGUE OF STRAYS</a> by L.B. Schulman<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11958583-skinny">SKINNY</a> by Donna Cooner<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10512887-through-to-you">THROUGH TO YOU</a> by Emily Hainsworth<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12842828-keeper-of-the-lost-cities">KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES</a> by Shannon Messenger<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13513650-chasing-the-skip">CHASING THE SKIP</a> by Janci Patterson<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11798085-send-me-a-sign">SEND ME A SIGN</a> by Tiffany Schmidt<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12551077-stealing-parker">STEALING PARKER</a> by Miranda Kenneally<br />
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<b>Cover reveals:</b><br />
Elizabeth Richards' next novel <a href="http://www.goodchoicereading.com/2012/10/phoenixcoverreveal.html">PHOENIX</a> (plus and excerpt and giveaway)<br />
A.J. Hartley's second DARWEN ARKWRIGHT novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darwen-Arkwright-Insidious-Bleck-Hartley/dp/1595144102/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0">DARWEN ARKWRIGHT AND THE INSIDIOUS BLECK</a><br />
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<b>Foreign rights:</b><br />
Marissa Meyer's <a href="http://www.marissameyer.com/">CINDER</a> - Japan <br />
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<b>New sites:</b><br />
J.A. Souders <a href="http://jasouders.com/new-website-is-live/">website</a> (with ARC giveaways)<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Enter to win signed SPLINTERED advanced reader copies, an interactive Alice In Wonderland book, & lots more in A.G. Howard's <a href="http://authoraghoward.blogspot.com/2012/10/splintered-secrets-revealed-big-prizes.html">"Unlock the Secrets to Splintered" giveaway<br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
J.A. Souders has a free Elysium Chronicles German short story, <a href="http://jasouders.blogspot.com/2012/09/elysium-chronicles-short-story-dark.html">A DARK GRAVE</a><br />
Shannon Messenger's KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES is the Simon Kids' book of the month. Read the first three chapters on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Simonkids/app_190322544333196">Facebook page</a><br />
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Enjoy your weekend, everyone!<br />
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Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-52662401638140113582012-10-02T06:01:00.000-05:002012-10-02T06:01:56.719-05:00Release Day Glee!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Without YOU, our dreams wouldn't be coming true today.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.emilyhainsworth.com/a-blog/" target="_blank">Emily Hainsworth - THROUGH TO YOU</a></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.epicreads.com/search/?q=emily+hainsworth#!browseInside/0/" target="_blank">While you're picking out clothing for the day, read the first 6 chapters of THROUGH TO YOU here.</a><br />
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<b><a href="http://ramblingsofawannabescribe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shannon Messenger - KEEPER OF LOST CITIES</a></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Simonkids/app_190322544333196" target="_blank">While you're waiting for your coffee to brew, get a sneak-peak at the first three chapters of KEEPER OF LOST CITIES here!</a><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.tiffanyschmidt.com/?p=729" target="_blank">Tiffany Schmidt - SEND ME A SIGN</a></b><br />
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<a href="http://issuu.com/bloomsbury/docs/send_me_a_sign_schmidt" target="_blank">While you're hunting down your car keys (to head to the bookstore, of course), read the first two chapters of SEND ME A SIGN here!</a><br />
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Happy Reading!<br />
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xo,<br />
Emily, Shannon, & Tiffany (aka, the three writers running around with crazy-large smiles today)Tiffany Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027955587655310354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-16889216630997290402012-10-01T10:02:00.000-05:002012-10-01T10:02:58.313-05:00Path To Pubication: CHASING THE SKIP<br />
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My path to publication was a long one, spanning twelve years
and nine books written. I'd like to pick
up, though, in November of 2008, which is when I wrote CHASING THE SKIP. I'd been working on a novel I was writing as
my creative project for my master's program.
I'd chosen a difficult novel for my thesis--one with lots of characters
and problems I didn't know how to tackle.
I did that because I wanted to grow, and while four years later I'm glad
I did it, at the time I just felt burned out and exhausted. </div>
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I had just
turned the final draft in to my committee members, and all I wanted to do in
the world was write something fun. So I
pulled out an outline I already had for a book I thought would write up
fairly quickly. It only had three main characters,
and took place mostly in a truck or along the highway. And what was better, it was about bounty
hunting. What could be more fun than
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In the two
weeks before I had to do final revisions on my thesis novel, I wrote half of
CHASING THE SKIP. I took two weeks off
for revisions, thesis defense, and then Thanksgiving, but after the break I
came back to it and wrote the second half the novel in another two weeks. I ran the whole novel (in first draft, it was
about a third shorter than it is now) through my last and favorite workshop
class of my master's program. They liked
it. I liked it. It felt good to be enjoying writing again
rather than slogging through.</div>
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It took
about a year after that before I signed with my agent, and another six months
before we had a polished draft ready to send out to editors. Even after several drafts, it still went out
my least-revised novel to date. I needed
to embellish and develop a lot of things (one can't, after all, sell a YA novel
at 30k words) but the core of the story didn't need to change. And when the book finally went out on
submission in winter, 2010, my editor snapped it up in a pre-empt before a full
month had gone by. Easily written,
easily sold. These are, I believe, the
only two easy things that have happened in my twelve years writing. </div>
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Two and a
half years later, it's finally about to hit the shelves. It will be read by people I don't know. And I couldn't be more excited that it's this
book--the fun one--that's going out first.
I hope my readers will enjoy it as much as I did.</div>
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<i>Janci Patterson writes fantasy, science fiction, and contemporary YA novels. Her debut novel, CHASING THE SKIP, will be released October 2nd, 2012, from Henry Holt. She lives with her family in Orem, Utah.</i></div>
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<b>New release:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13316241-scorch">SCORCH</a> by Gina Damico - <br />
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<b>Cover reveals:</b><br />
<a href="http://skateorbate.blogspot.com/2012/09/emptys-new-cover-reveal-and-giveaway.html">EMPTY</a> by K.M. Walton<br />
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<b>Foreign rights:</b><br />
<a href="http://tamarairelandstone.com/">Tamara Ireland Stone's</a> TIME BETWEEN US - Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Turkey <br />
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<b>Reviews:</b><br />
PERSONAL EFFECTS by E.M. Kokie received a starred review from <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7636-5527-3">Publishers Weekly</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fishtalethenovel.com/Fishtale.html">FISHTALE</a> by Catherine Masciola received positive reviews from Kirkus and Booklist<br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Enter to win books and other fun prizes when you pre-order Mike Jung's <a href="http://captainstupendous.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/a-contest-is-such-a-transparent-way-to-get-people-to-do-stuff-isnt-it-hey-look-a-contest/">GEEKS, GIRLS, AND SECRET IDENTITIES</a><br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Katherine Longshore announced the title and subject of her next book in the <a href="http://www.twochicksonbooks.com/2012/09/exclusive-title-reveal-book-2-in-royal.html?m=1">Royal Circle Series</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amedyckman.com/home.html">BOY + BOT</a> by Ame Dyckman was chosen for Reading is Fundamental's 2012-2013 STEAM Multicultural Book Collection. Thanks to the generous support of Macy’s, more than 600 book collections will be donated to RIF programs serving children in low-income communities throughout the U.S.<br />
<a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/">STARTERS</a> by Lissa Price made a surprise reappearance on the Southern California Independent Booksellers Assoc Bestseller list at #8<br />
K.M. Walton's <a href="http://skateorbate.blogspot.com/p/cracked-reviews.html">CRACKED</a> was nominated for the American Library Association's Quick Picks Award<br />
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Enjoy your weekend, everyone!<br />
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Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-18108232490260391382012-09-21T10:18:00.000-05:002012-09-21T10:18:27.247-05:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Here's what we're celebrating this week! <br />
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<b>Cover reveal:</b><br />
K.M. Walton's <a href="http://skateorbate.blogspot.com/2012/09/emptys-new-cover-reveal-and-giveaway.html">EMPTY</a> (plus giveaway)<br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11958033-ten">TEN</a> by Gretchen McNeil<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11043618-what-s-left-of-me">WHAT'S LEFT OF ME</a> by Kat Zhang<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10852343-stormdancer">STORMDANCER</a> by Jay Kristoff (U.S. release)<br />
Chanelle Gray's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12578568-my-heart-be-damned">MY HEART BE DAMNED</a><br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Enter to win Elizabeth Richards' BLACK CITY in the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/22994-black-city">Goodreads giveaway</a><br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
The Veteran's History Project is featuring Corrine Jackson's IF I LIE this weekend at the National Book Festival. Find out more on <a href="http://corrinejackson.com/wordpress/2012/09/20/if-i-lie-at-the-national-book-festival/">Corrine's post</a>, including the secret passphrases you can mention at the festival to win prizes<br />
<a href="http://ramblingsofawannabescribe.blogspot.com/2012/09/limited-edition-keeper-swag-packs-for.html">Pre-order KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES</a> by Shannon Messenger to receive a limited edition swag pack and benefit the Kids Need to Read organization<br />
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Enjoy a book-filled weekend!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159497498437731714.post-41198702898271764612012-09-14T06:00:00.000-05:002012-09-14T07:30:57.467-05:00The End (of the week) Is Nigh!Happy Friday! Here's another good news round up: <br />
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<b>New releases:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9372419-personal-effects">PERSONAL EFFECTS</a> by E.M. Kokie<br />
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<b>Film rights:</b><br />
Dreamworks picked up the movie rights to Leigh Bardugo's <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/09/12/dreamworks-harry-pottershadow-and-bone/">SHADOW AND BONE</a><br />
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<b>New sales:</b><br />
Two new YA novels for Gretchen McNeil, GET EVEN and GET DIRTY in the <a href="http://gretchenmcneil.blogspot.com/2012/09/dont-get-mad.html">DON'T GET MAD series</a><br />
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<b>Contests:</b><br />
Enter to win an advance copy of Janci Patterson's next novel, <a href="http://www.jancipatterson.com/2012/09/10/giveaway-also-i-have-a-book/">CHASING THE SKIP</a><br />
Comment on Kami Kinard's article <a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/kami-kinard-7-things">"7 Things I've Learned So Far"</a> on the Writer's Digest blog to enter to win a copy of THE BOY PROJECT.<br />
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<b>Other awesomeness:</b> <br />
Read the first 50 pages of LEVEL 2 by Lenore Appelhans on the new <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheMemoryChronicles">Facebook page</a><br />
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<b>Book trailer:</b><br />
Tiffany Schmidt's <a href="http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2012/09/send-me-sign-trailer-premiere-party.html">SEND ME A SIGN</a><br />
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Have a great weekend, everyone!Lynne Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221452684484215980noreply@blogger.com0