If it hasn't been obvious from previous posts, I love Twilight and can't wait for New Moon. I also love parodies. So last night's SNL made me very, very happy.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
I Have No Clothes (But I Have a Contract!)
I find myself in a strange liminal space.
My book is edited, copy edited and has been handed over to the incredible Penguin sales juggernaut.
The cover shoot just happened and I'm thrilled: amazing photographer, perfect concept - but I won't see results for another couple of weeks.
My web site is about to go live - but not quite yet.
I hesitate to ask the faceless man how it's going (he scares me).
In some ways I feel like my book just vanished. That I have all this excitement but no physical manifestation as yet of the book itself to help me believe. It's floating out there in New York *waves, hello New York!* with amazing people, but sometimes I blink and worry what if none of this has actually happened? Thank the stars I get to keep a copy of my contract.
But maybe the strange sensations of a world out of place isn't the result of the in-between place of publishing I'm living in. Maybe I'm just still in shock from seeing this:
No, you're not wrong - it is, indeed, Twilight Barbie.
And WOW in the space of writing this post I gained two more followers. Welcome!!!
My book is edited, copy edited and has been handed over to the incredible Penguin sales juggernaut.
The cover shoot just happened and I'm thrilled: amazing photographer, perfect concept - but I won't see results for another couple of weeks.
My web site is about to go live - but not quite yet.
I hesitate to ask the faceless man how it's going (he scares me).
In some ways I feel like my book just vanished. That I have all this excitement but no physical manifestation as yet of the book itself to help me believe. It's floating out there in New York *waves, hello New York!* with amazing people, but sometimes I blink and worry what if none of this has actually happened? Thank the stars I get to keep a copy of my contract.
But maybe the strange sensations of a world out of place isn't the result of the in-between place of publishing I'm living in. Maybe I'm just still in shock from seeing this:
No, you're not wrong - it is, indeed, Twilight Barbie.And WOW in the space of writing this post I gained two more followers. Welcome!!!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happiness is...
Dinner that's a phenomenally delicious sandwich from Cecil's deli
and...
mail that brings your book contract from Penguin!
Squeee!!!!!
and...
mail that brings your book contract from Penguin!
Squeee!!!!!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Role Models
Author Maggie Stiefvater just released the cover for LINGER and it is stunning. 
Plus she gave a sneak peak of the first paragraph.
I loved SHIVER and can't wait for the follow up. Go wolves go!
And Aprilynne Pike posted an amazing guide about first-time authors, publishing, and goals that any aspiring author should take a look at.
Plus she gave a sneak peak of the first paragraph.• grace •
This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.
Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.
But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it’s only me who’s not firmly in my own skin.
I loved SHIVER and can't wait for the follow up. Go wolves go!
And Aprilynne Pike posted an amazing guide about first-time authors, publishing, and goals that any aspiring author should take a look at.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Oversight
It's one of those days. On the morning walk with dogs, leaves glittered with frost. Winter's approach wraps around me like a cloak and all I want to do is hibernate.
My brain's creativity has already departed for napland. So all I can offer today is the Halloween creature feature I somehow missed in my week of spooky posts:
Night of the Living Dough
My brain's creativity has already departed for napland. So all I can offer today is the Halloween creature feature I somehow missed in my week of spooky posts:
Night of the Living Dough
Monday, November 2, 2009
Good Luck & Godspeed, or Why I'm Not Doing NaNo
I've been feeling a little left out. All my bloggerly friends are embarking on the month-long writing frenzy that is NaNoWritMo.
I love the idea of NaNo and maybe if I were more of a planner I could make it work for me. But my writing is like a fever that grips me and doesn't let get. I can't really plan for it. (Except for copy edits, I've now learned that I can plan for copy edits. Thank goodness.)
I'm also nearly finished with WOLFSBANE (Nightshade Book 2) and will need to keep my focus on revision of that beast and getting it into the hands of my lovely critters.
But I'm feeling a little lonely, wishing I could be in the NaNo frenzy that has gripped the writing work for this newborn month of November. I'll follow fellow authors' progress with interest and cheer them on from the sidelines.
Maybe next year.
Speaking of NaNo folks who I admire, thanks so much to Carrie Harris for the honorable mention in her Twilight + Classic title mashup contest!! Carrie's contests are a blast, I'd highly recommend perusing the entries and entering yourself in the next round.
I love the idea of NaNo and maybe if I were more of a planner I could make it work for me. But my writing is like a fever that grips me and doesn't let get. I can't really plan for it. (Except for copy edits, I've now learned that I can plan for copy edits. Thank goodness.)
I'm also nearly finished with WOLFSBANE (Nightshade Book 2) and will need to keep my focus on revision of that beast and getting it into the hands of my lovely critters.
But I'm feeling a little lonely, wishing I could be in the NaNo frenzy that has gripped the writing work for this newborn month of November. I'll follow fellow authors' progress with interest and cheer them on from the sidelines.
Maybe next year.
Speaking of NaNo folks who I admire, thanks so much to Carrie Harris for the honorable mention in her Twilight + Classic title mashup contest!! Carrie's contests are a blast, I'd highly recommend perusing the entries and entering yourself in the next round.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Hallo-Week Wrap Up
It's November 1. Thank you for all the great Hallo-week comments!
Your reward: a very short story!
The Dogs of All Hallow's Eve
(Featuring Gwyn the border collie and Rocco the pug)
Trees stripped bare stretched toward the full moon as Gwyn and Rocco waited.
With patient eyes and wagging tails they donned their costumes,
transformed into a creature from below and the world's most dangerous pug.
Flickering candles gleamed within the jack-o-lanterns on the doorstep.
And then...doorbell! Devil Gwyn and Karate Rocco run to the door, instantly becoming the highlight of our household - better even than the candy.
And so it went on as dozens of children appeared at the door: the classics - fairies, witches, Death himself, to the current - Batman, Spiderman, Optimus Prime, G.I. Joe. So many costumes.
Gwyn tried to sneak away and go trick or treating with the crowds of little ghouls and goblins tramping down the block. Devil dog indeed.
At last the bell fell silent. Costumes were shed.
Exhausted from the busy night of greeting, wagging, showing off their Halloween style - there was only one thing left to do.
Your reward: a very short story!
The Dogs of All Hallow's Eve
(Featuring Gwyn the border collie and Rocco the pug)
Trees stripped bare stretched toward the full moon as Gwyn and Rocco waited.
With patient eyes and wagging tails they donned their costumes,
transformed into a creature from below and the world's most dangerous pug.
Flickering candles gleamed within the jack-o-lanterns on the doorstep.
And then...doorbell! Devil Gwyn and Karate Rocco run to the door, instantly becoming the highlight of our household - better even than the candy.
And so it went on as dozens of children appeared at the door: the classics - fairies, witches, Death himself, to the current - Batman, Spiderman, Optimus Prime, G.I. Joe. So many costumes.
Gwyn tried to sneak away and go trick or treating with the crowds of little ghouls and goblins tramping down the block. Devil dog indeed.
At last the bell fell silent. Costumes were shed.Exhausted from the busy night of greeting, wagging, showing off their Halloween style - there was only one thing left to do.
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