Today I am SO THRILLED to say that my crit partner, Natalie C Parker SOLD HER BOOK!
Read all the details of her two-book deal on her blog and congratulate her. I can't tell you how excited I am for people to read BEWARE THE WILD. It's not like anything out there right now -- a little Southern Gothic, a little Paranormal, a LOT of awesome. As a crit partner, there's nothing more amazing than watching someone work their butt off to make a great story an amazing story and then have other people believe in it as much as you do. I'm so proud to be Natalie's CP. I can't wait for BEWARE THE WILD to be unleashed on the world!
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
New Year, New News!
So this is something I've been sitting on for months. Partly because I kept waiting to wake up and find out it's not true. Partly because I wanted to make sure I dotted all my i's and crossed all my t's. And honestly because I was painfully nervous about putting it out in the world and seeing what the reaction would be. So what is this news, you ask?
You might remember this announcement from author Saundra Mitchell about the new anthology she's editing, DEFY THE DARK, a few months ago. Here's a little more info:
DEFY THE DARK is an all-new anthology coming Summer 2013 from Saundra Mitchell and HarperTeen. It features 17 stories by critically-acclaimed and bestselling YA authors as they explore things that can only happen in the dark.
So here's the thing. One of those 17 authors is me. I know. I can't believe it either! My short story, STILLWATER, about a town that's just... not quite right (and kissing), is going to be published. In a book. By HarperTeen. Right next to some of my ALL-TIME favorite YA authors. It still feels like it's not really happening.
Me with my publishing contract!
I can't give you the full list of authors yet (trust me, it will blow your mind), but here's a little taste of the authors who have also announced or posted that they're contributing:
And that is just the tip of the amazing author iceberg. Basically, if I could have hand-picked a group of authors to all be in one anthology, this would be that group. When I look at the full list, I sort of feel like I stumbled into someone else's surprise party.
And so as 2012 gets started, I just want to say to everyone out there who might be reading this and feeling frustrated with their own progress, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOO. I'm living proof that if you keep working hard on your writing, put your heart in it, and put yourself out there, someone will recognize it. They really will.
Being invited to contribute to this anthology was the last thing I expected. It was one of those dream goals I hadn't even put on my list yet because I felt I had so many other things I needed to accomplish first, before I could even dare to imagine it. And now here I am, hoping to survive the apocalypse and make it til Summer 2013!
There will be much more exciting news about DEFY THE DARK coming in the future - including one really awesome surprise. And I'm still trying to figure out what to do to celebrate and share the love. But for now I just want to say thank you to everyone in the YA writing community who has ever taken the time to share their journey, because without all of your blogs and forums and tweets I would still be trying to figure out how to get started writing a book. I hope that my little bit of good news can help spur you on your path to your own.
I'll do a post later on about how I managed to finally get over my fear and actually write the story. (It was not pretty.)
Also, if you haven't yet, go congratulate my CP Kristi V. Helvig on signing with an agent!
You might remember this announcement from author Saundra Mitchell about the new anthology she's editing, DEFY THE DARK, a few months ago. Here's a little more info:
DEFY THE DARK is an all-new anthology coming Summer 2013 from Saundra Mitchell and HarperTeen. It features 17 stories by critically-acclaimed and bestselling YA authors as they explore things that can only happen in the dark.
So here's the thing. One of those 17 authors is me. I know. I can't believe it either! My short story, STILLWATER, about a town that's just... not quite right (and kissing), is going to be published. In a book. By HarperTeen. Right next to some of my ALL-TIME favorite YA authors. It still feels like it's not really happening.
I can't give you the full list of authors yet (trust me, it will blow your mind), but here's a little taste of the authors who have also announced or posted that they're contributing:
- Sarah Rees Brennan
- Tessa Gratton
- Malinda Lo
- Saundra Mitchell
- Dia Reeves
- Beth Revis
- Jon Skovron
- Courtney Summers
And that is just the tip of the amazing author iceberg. Basically, if I could have hand-picked a group of authors to all be in one anthology, this would be that group. When I look at the full list, I sort of feel like I stumbled into someone else's surprise party.
And so as 2012 gets started, I just want to say to everyone out there who might be reading this and feeling frustrated with their own progress, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOO. I'm living proof that if you keep working hard on your writing, put your heart in it, and put yourself out there, someone will recognize it. They really will.
Being invited to contribute to this anthology was the last thing I expected. It was one of those dream goals I hadn't even put on my list yet because I felt I had so many other things I needed to accomplish first, before I could even dare to imagine it. And now here I am, hoping to survive the apocalypse and make it til Summer 2013!
There will be much more exciting news about DEFY THE DARK coming in the future - including one really awesome surprise. And I'm still trying to figure out what to do to celebrate and share the love. But for now I just want to say thank you to everyone in the YA writing community who has ever taken the time to share their journey, because without all of your blogs and forums and tweets I would still be trying to figure out how to get started writing a book. I hope that my little bit of good news can help spur you on your path to your own.
I'll do a post later on about how I managed to finally get over my fear and actually write the story. (It was not pretty.)
Also, if you haven't yet, go congratulate my CP Kristi V. Helvig on signing with an agent!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Friday Five
This week turned out to be a surprisingly good week for me!
I entered Nathan Bransford's Guest Post Contest and my post was selected! I will be guest posting on Nathan's blog this Sunday, October 10th at 10am PT in case, you know, you want to stop by and check it out. Just sayin'!
I finally got into a groove with my current revision. I'm back at that place where I feel like I'm creating again instead of just moving words around. I love that feeling! (Although, I'm thinking of renaming my ms EVERYBODY SHRUGS because that's what everybody does in it. All the time.)
I got a Shiny New Idea for NaNoWriMo! Be my buddy! (I can't believe it's less than a month away!)
I posted the opening for our new story on Tangeld Fiction.
Today is the first day of my local SCBWI's weekend long Fall Conference! A whole weekend with people who don't think it's weird to write and read books for teens. Love it!
What about you? Anything awesome happen for you this week?
I entered Nathan Bransford's Guest Post Contest and my post was selected! I will be guest posting on Nathan's blog this Sunday, October 10th at 10am PT in case, you know, you want to stop by and check it out. Just sayin'!
I finally got into a groove with my current revision. I'm back at that place where I feel like I'm creating again instead of just moving words around. I love that feeling! (Although, I'm thinking of renaming my ms EVERYBODY SHRUGS because that's what everybody does in it. All the time.)
I got a Shiny New Idea for NaNoWriMo! Be my buddy! (I can't believe it's less than a month away!)
I posted the opening for our new story on Tangeld Fiction.
Today is the first day of my local SCBWI's weekend long Fall Conference! A whole weekend with people who don't think it's weird to write and read books for teens. Love it!
What about you? Anything awesome happen for you this week?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Exciting News!
I have joined forces with three AWESOME YA writers to start a new group blog called TANGLED FICTION! Each month, L. J. Boldyrev, Natalie C. Parker, Anne Marie and I will be co-writing a short story and posting it on the blog.
What do I mean by co-writing? At the beginning of each month, one of us will start a new story. Then each week, one of us will continue the story until the end of the month when the story reaches its exciting and breathtaking conclusion! (Think Merry Sisters of Fate with a twist!)
We're SO excited to start this new challenge and hope you'll come check us out! Join the Tangled Fiction Livejournal Community as a watcher, OR follow the Tangled Fiction Blog on Blogger (You can get the RSS feed there too!). We'll be posting in both places with the first part of our story appearing one week from today! Tuesday, September 7th.
You can hear more about Tangled Fiction tonight at 6:30 pm EST when L.J. chats with Barry Eva on his radio show A Book and Chat!
And there's even MORE cool stuff! Anne Marie and her crit partner Lesley are hosting COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT 2010!
Got a half-finished ms that you need to finish? Love the idea of NaNoWriMo but 50,000 is too many words or November is a bad month for you? Want to win TONS of awesome prizes? (Like signed books and ARCs and iTunes gift cards!) Then check out the Complete Your Draft 2010 contest! Write 25,000 words on your ms in the month of September and win prizes! Check out the link for all the info! Ends September 30th but sign up before September starts!
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