So this happened today: GirlsLife.com - Vampire Academy meets Spellbound in Lost in Thought
Could there BE a more awesome set of comparisons? I want to hug and cuddle this review and be forever friends.
A little trivia: the author of Spellbound and I have happen to have the same name.
In OTHER news... really wanting to read Lost in Thought? Well, you CAN. Though the 'official' release is 4/25, dear Amazon is shipping hardcovers and paperbacks NOW. Like, right now. You could get it tomorrow.
Don't forget that if you wait a few days, you can order a signed copy here.
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October 8, 2012
And now, for your reading pleasure...
So, remember that last post? It turned out to be Something. And that Something is this:
Yes, Lost In Thought is now available for purchase! By you! And your friends! And everyone!
Go ahead, tell the world!
In all seriousness though, please, go ahead, tell the world! Recommendations are like gold to any author, and I will give you hugs and gratitude for any time you mention Lost In Thought to someone who might enjoy it.
As of right now it's available on Amazon, Kobo, and iBooks. Nook and Sony are all coming soon.
THANK YOU all, again, a million times, for all the support you've given me and this book. I'm proud to share it with the world.
(And yes, before anyone asks, I still love my other book and it is still entirely in the works. More news on that in the future! For now, enjoy Lost In Thought!)
Yes, Lost In Thought is now available for purchase! By you! And your friends! And everyone!
Go ahead, tell the world!
In all seriousness though, please, go ahead, tell the world! Recommendations are like gold to any author, and I will give you hugs and gratitude for any time you mention Lost In Thought to someone who might enjoy it.
As of right now it's available on Amazon, Kobo, and iBooks. Nook and Sony are all coming soon.
THANK YOU all, again, a million times, for all the support you've given me and this book. I'm proud to share it with the world.
(And yes, before anyone asks, I still love my other book and it is still entirely in the works. More news on that in the future! For now, enjoy Lost In Thought!)
August 16, 2012
Spooky for everyone!!
It's HERE!! Yay!!!!! Happy happy book birthday to 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award winner Jill Baguchinsky and Spookygirl: Paranormal Investigator! Publication date TODAY from Pengiun/Dutton. :D
If y'all don't know Violet yet, you should. Grab your copy, like, now, okay? I can't explain my level of excitement for Jill and Violet (and Buster) in words, so I'll let exclamation points do it for me!!
Aaannnd, while you're at it, also check out our other co-finalist Rich Larson's latest collection of sci-fi awesome: Datafall: Collected Speculative Fiction
Rich knows how to use the word titular. Just sayin'.
If y'all don't know Violet yet, you should. Grab your copy, like, now, okay? I can't explain my level of excitement for Jill and Violet (and Buster) in words, so I'll let exclamation points do it for me!!
Aaannnd, while you're at it, also check out our other co-finalist Rich Larson's latest collection of sci-fi awesome: Datafall: Collected Speculative Fiction
Rich knows how to use the word titular. Just sayin'.
May 22, 2012
All the Congratulations
to Cassandra, Rebecca, Regina, Alan, Charles, & Brian--the ABNA Finalists class of 2012!
Download their excerpts, and cast your votes, won't you? The everything is HERE.
Download their excerpts, and cast your votes, won't you? The everything is HERE.
April 27, 2012
The Hoke, the poke... the AWESOME
I take no credit for this whatsoever, and have no idea where it originated, except that where/whoever that was rules. Verily, I shall turn myself around.
April 18, 2012
The Golden Ticket, Part 4... So now you're an ABNA finalist
The semi-final round announcement is coming up for ABNA 2012 and I know 500 people are anxiously awaiting it. Last year, I was too, sort of. I just wanted my PW review, believing wholeheartedly that I’d reached the end of my run. It was shocking and delightful to have been wrong. Again. I did as much of a happy dance as I was able. At that point, I was almost nine months pregnant, and was absolutely, not 100 but 1000% sure my contest time was over.
When you’re a semi-finalist, your anticipation day is not the day they announce the finalists, but a week prior. If your phone doesn’t ring, you’re not* a finalist. For me, it became a running joke that I was going to miss a phone call that day, 1) because I didn’t think it was remotely possible I’d get one, and 2) because it happened to be the day I was due to deliver.
Well, the baby had plans of her own, and decided she wanted out on Mother’s Day. In fact, she was in such a hurry, she landed herself in the NICU for nine days (she’s fine, no worries). And so it turned out on the week before the finalists were announced, I did indeed miss a phone call anyway. Because I was napping.
Best. Voicemail. Ever.
I was, um, overly emotional at the time for a number of reasons, which explains why my mom discovered me weeping great big tears over my cell phone. SO now you’re a finalist—CONGRATULATIONS! And here comes the hard part. You actually have to sit on the news for an entire week. Why? Because you have things to do.
During that week, you sign and fax many documents, including a pre-acceptance of the winner’s contract and an NDA. (What the documents say, I am not at liberty to tell you.) They verify that you are eligible and willing to be a finalist. You arrange your travel, send in a picture, correspond with the ABNA team on your bio and your novel’s summary, work with the PR department. It’s a whirlwind, and you keep it all to yourself.
When that week, one of the longest you’ll ever pass, is over, and the finalists—including you!!—are announced, then what?
YOU GET TO WORK.
Do you want to win? Start stumping for votes, immediately and with gusto. It may feel awkward or uncomfortable or like begging and you hate it and you want people to vote because your book is good, not because you asked them and blah, blah, blah… SO. WHAT. You need votes to win, and if you don’t work for them, you won’t win. Consider it practice for when you’re published, because the biggest cheerleader for your book will always have to be you.
Amazon/Penguin do PR and you work with their people, but do your own work too. All press is good, and seek out any media opportunities you can, especially ones that will publish quickly—blogs, twitter, web features, a local paper(s) that can get you in the next day. The voting window is short, so get on it right away. Don’t overlook networks like your college alumni association, even your high school.
Once you’ve done your work, then what? Pack your bags, and make sure you’ve read the other finalists’ excerpts. All of them, even the category you’re not in. I feel that should go without saying, but I’m saying it anyway.
And again, congratulations. Take some time just to feel awesome about your accomplishment.
*Don’t get the call? Technically, you could still be a finalist. Someone may turn out not to be eligible or may have to decline. (That was, in fact, almost me.) But the odds are pretty slim.
Up next: Congratulations!… someone else. Now what? Follow this story with the golden ticket tag.
When you’re a semi-finalist, your anticipation day is not the day they announce the finalists, but a week prior. If your phone doesn’t ring, you’re not* a finalist. For me, it became a running joke that I was going to miss a phone call that day, 1) because I didn’t think it was remotely possible I’d get one, and 2) because it happened to be the day I was due to deliver.
Well, the baby had plans of her own, and decided she wanted out on Mother’s Day. In fact, she was in such a hurry, she landed herself in the NICU for nine days (she’s fine, no worries). And so it turned out on the week before the finalists were announced, I did indeed miss a phone call anyway. Because I was napping.
Best. Voicemail. Ever.
I was, um, overly emotional at the time for a number of reasons, which explains why my mom discovered me weeping great big tears over my cell phone. SO now you’re a finalist—CONGRATULATIONS! And here comes the hard part. You actually have to sit on the news for an entire week. Why? Because you have things to do.
During that week, you sign and fax many documents, including a pre-acceptance of the winner’s contract and an NDA. (What the documents say, I am not at liberty to tell you.) They verify that you are eligible and willing to be a finalist. You arrange your travel, send in a picture, correspond with the ABNA team on your bio and your novel’s summary, work with the PR department. It’s a whirlwind, and you keep it all to yourself.
When that week, one of the longest you’ll ever pass, is over, and the finalists—including you!!—are announced, then what?
YOU GET TO WORK.
Do you want to win? Start stumping for votes, immediately and with gusto. It may feel awkward or uncomfortable or like begging and you hate it and you want people to vote because your book is good, not because you asked them and blah, blah, blah… SO. WHAT. You need votes to win, and if you don’t work for them, you won’t win. Consider it practice for when you’re published, because the biggest cheerleader for your book will always have to be you.
Amazon/Penguin do PR and you work with their people, but do your own work too. All press is good, and seek out any media opportunities you can, especially ones that will publish quickly—blogs, twitter, web features, a local paper(s) that can get you in the next day. The voting window is short, so get on it right away. Don’t overlook networks like your college alumni association, even your high school.
Once you’ve done your work, then what? Pack your bags, and make sure you’ve read the other finalists’ excerpts. All of them, even the category you’re not in. I feel that should go without saying, but I’m saying it anyway.
And again, congratulations. Take some time just to feel awesome about your accomplishment.
*Don’t get the call? Technically, you could still be a finalist. Someone may turn out not to be eligible or may have to decline. (That was, in fact, almost me.) But the odds are pretty slim.
Up next: Congratulations!… someone else. Now what? Follow this story with the golden ticket tag.
April 11, 2012
Another YA opportunity- Agent Dinner!
Here's another heads up, YA writers! If you are in or around the Claverack, NY area (ie. the incredibly lovely section of Eastern NYS between Albany and NYC, near the MA border), your library is hosting a YA AGENT DINNER on 6/13.
Details here:
http://claveracklibrary.org/2012/04/03/dinner-with-an-agent-june-13-2012/
For $40, benefiting the library, you get to dine with fellow YA enthusiasts and FOUR YA AGENTS:
Wendy Schmalz
Miriam Altshuler
Jennifer Laughran
Liza Pulitzer-Voges
Could this evening get more awesome? I don't see how.
Registration starts 4/15 and seats are very limited. Here's the catch: you must be a library patron OR AN SCBWI MEMBER.
Details here:
http://claveracklibrary.org/2012/04/03/dinner-with-an-agent-june-13-2012/
For $40, benefiting the library, you get to dine with fellow YA enthusiasts and FOUR YA AGENTS:
Wendy Schmalz
Miriam Altshuler
Jennifer Laughran
Liza Pulitzer-Voges
Could this evening get more awesome? I don't see how.
Registration starts 4/15 and seats are very limited. Here's the catch: you must be a library patron OR AN SCBWI MEMBER.
April 6, 2012
YA Spec Fic Open Submission Opportunity!
Heads up, writers! Do you write YA speculative fiction? Are you unagented and unpublished*? There's a fantastic opportunity for direct submission at Strange Chemistry, a new YA imprint from your friends at Angry Robot launching this fall! The doors are open April 16-30.
Read the details here:
http://strangechemistrybooks.com/opendoor/
I'm not involved in this process (though you bet my agent has already submitted our proposal!), but think it's awesome. All I can say is follow the instructions to the letter, make sure your MS and first 5 are in tip-top shape, and GOOD LUCK!
Not YA? Don't despair. Angry Robot says they're doing another open call this spring, though they don't have details online yet.
Not Spec Fic? Sorry, Charlie.
*This includes self-published. Unpublished for them means not published in any way.
Read the details here:
http://strangechemistrybooks.com/opendoor/
I'm not involved in this process (though you bet my agent has already submitted our proposal!), but think it's awesome. All I can say is follow the instructions to the letter, make sure your MS and first 5 are in tip-top shape, and GOOD LUCK!
Not YA? Don't despair. Angry Robot says they're doing another open call this spring, though they don't have details online yet.
Not Spec Fic? Sorry, Charlie.
*This includes self-published. Unpublished for them means not published in any way.
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