So, I have no internet. ::insert ENORMOUS SIGH:: My router isn’t working, and because we live in Germany, there is no way to get the broken router fixed on a Sunday (or anytime soon, it would seem). And because we live in the middle of nowhere, the nearest internet café is 20 miles away. The […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share the biggest news in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday–big deals, important changes, etc. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing […]
You might have seen my book review for Untraceable on Sunday. If not, read it. This book is impressive–and its author, Shelli Johannes, is quite possibly even more impressive. Why do I have such glowing praise for Shelli? Because she’s done something a lot of us are too scared to do: she has indie-published her […]
I don’t normally share my own interviews on my blog, but the questions for this interview were just TOO FUN! So I have to share…plus, there’s another great interviewee (author Eve Marie Mont, author of BREATH OF EYR) and an awesome GIVEAWAY (looooots of swag). Even better, the ladies at Small Reviews and Ruby’s Reads […]
One year ago TODAY, my book sold to HarperCollins. One year ago TODAY, my dreams came true and my hard work finally paid off… But it couldn’t have happened without my amazing, AMAZING agents: Sara Kendall and Joanna Volpe. So thank you…
So…I thought I’d do something SO OUT OF CHARACTER that (if I were reading about myself in a novel) I’d declare the protagonist inconsistent and throw the book across the room. Yes, after seeing this amazingly inspirational post by Sara Zarr, I thought I’d… ::gulp:: …share an unrevised excerpt from my NaNo WIP. Why? Because I don’t […]
It’s that day again–time for Sooz’s YA and MG Publishing Industry Lowdow. The general idea is that I share the biggest news in the young adult and middle grade publishing world each Friday–big deals, important changes, etc. My source for deal news is Publishers Marketplace, which requires a paid subscription. As such I’m only sharing […]
It’s NaNoWriMo month. In other words, it is currently hell-on-earth for many writers around the globe. A self-induced hell that anyone who isn’t participating in just CAN’T UNDERSTAND. Yes, we clearly enjoy torture, but no, we are not insane. (Though, ask again in 3 weeks…) Anyway, the purpose of this post is to soothe the […]
I am so, so, SO excited to finally share this with you all. All you wonderful people who leave me comments and email me and put up with ramblings…all you amazing readers who make my heart melt everyday. TODAY I CAN FINALLY SHARE MY COVER. I’ve had my cover since July, and the pretty model […]
So, yesterday marked the beginning of 2011’s NaNoWriMo. I participated (and won) last year. Funnily enough, I wrote 50,000+ words in Screechers, and then threw the whole thing away a few months later and started completely, 100%, not-a-single-word-saved over. I love me some NaNoWriMo, guys. The camaraderie, the sense of achievement at the end, and […]