Of your house getting struck by lightning? Because that happened to MY house last week. And not only did it scare the bejeezus out of my husband, my visiting family, and my poor, poor pets, but it also fried our internet router. Worse, my crappy internet service provider can’t come to fix the aforementioned fried router until Friday. […]
I have family visiting this week, so I’ll be away from the blog. But while you’re here, BE SURE to check out the cover reveal for Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass today! Plus, the Throne of Glass Facebook page had been revamped with all sorts of cool stuff, so browse while you’re there! See you in week! […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
I’m deep in the trenches of my Screechers rewrite. I’m almost to 50K, and thankfully, I’m not sick of the story yet. 😉 I’ve cut a lot from the original manuscript and written in new POVs to show the same scenes. It has taken time, and I’ve had to plan this book out more than any other […]
High fantasy: Epic stakes, magical powers, chosen ones, and prophecies. Creatures of the non-human variety, medieval warfare, royalty, and feuds. It is, in a word, SWEEPING. I love high fantasy, and since childhood, it has been my go-to genre in the adult reading world. As such, I thought I’d lay out a few of all […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share all the deals I know 0f in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing part […]
For the purposes of promotion, I’ve hired an amazing illustrator named Natalia Pierandrei to create character art for Something Strange & Deadly. I won’t tell you what exactly I’m doing with these images–that’s still Very Top Secret–but I just HAD to share Natalia’s preliminary sketches with. They are nothing short of exquisite (as is all […]
5 out of 5 stars. I’ve been on a fantasy kick lately (as I’m sure you can tell from my recent recommendations), and amazingly, every book I’ve picked up in the past weeks has been stellar. I had high hopes for Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief, and I am pleased to say it did not disappoint […]
It’s that day again…except NOT. Because today is different from other Fridays. Today is riddled with horror and bad luck. Today might be the worst day for publishing…or maybe the best–if you’re one of those superstitious-opposites people. No matter the terrors of the day, it’s still time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The […]
I’ve mentioned before that I’m all about clean eating, and anyone who knows me well knows I’m a bit wacko about what I put in my body. No processed sugars, whole grains and fresh produce only, well-raised meat, and no preservatives. I switched to this diet almost a year ago, and it was one of […]
