Monday, April 27, 2009

publishing virgin

<whatapic> Dazed and confused -that's what it's like when the publication of your first book is imminent. (at least for me) For those of you who love Letterman, here's the: Top Ten Stupidest Questions You Ask Your Agent, Editors, Writing Partner (Margie), or Blog Girls (at least if you're me): 10. They want to buy […]

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

cutting: a.k.a. wrecking the draft

<www.losangeles.af.mil> So here's how it goes with us… We have 439 pages of Book 2 finished, and our draft is due next week (in other scenarios with BC an edit due).  It's done, right?  That's what sane people would assume, but Margie and I operate a little differently.  One of us calls the other (usually […]

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

libba bray meets midnight in the garden of good and evil

If you read the latest post on the BC blog, you know Little, Brown presented its 2009 fall/winter librarian preview and BC was one of the books presented. Read the post here. But this was my favorite quote from the article by Elizabeth Byrd, although it doesn't mention who said it: "Best Meets: 'Libba Bray […]

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Monday, April 20, 2009

melissa marr

[ Author Melissa Marr, Photo Credit: John Marr ] When you read the comments on your blog, you don't expect to see a comment from one of your favorite authors. Not if you're a first time author, waiting for your debut novel to be released. Not if one of your favorite authors is Melissa Marr, […]

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

the end

< Larry West – www.botropolis.com > The end of the book is hardest and the easiest part to write. It's a sprint.  Once I get to a certain point, I could write the whole thing in a day, in one sitting. If I didn't teach in the mornings. If I didn't have kids. But even though […]

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Friday, April 10, 2009

songs to write by

[The Kings of Southern Rock – The Allman Brothers Band] If you're writing about the South, you need to listen to some Southern music. In my case that's Southern rock. Since Beautiful Creatures, and the sequel we are writing now, are about a lot more than just the South, I need a few other songs […]

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