On Monday afternoon, I finished reading through my fairy tale revision one last time and decided it was finally ready to send off to my agent. After it was out of my hands, I was excited and exhausted all at the same time. And that was the beginning of what I’ve been calling the “post-revision [...]
Thanks so much to everyone who entered my Celebration Giveaway. I got lots of great suggestions for funny books, and now my reading list is downright ludicrous. Okay, on to the winners. According to random.org, they are: Medeia Sharif and Rebecca T. Congrats to both of you! I’ll be emailing you shortly with further instructions. [...]
Today I wanted to talk about fairy tale retellings, especially since that’s what I’ve been focusing on in my writing recently. Right now I’m about halfway through reading Ash, a retelling of Cinderella by Malinda Lo. I’m really enjoying the story and the writing is lovely. As I’ve been reading, I’ve been thinking about the [...]
The other day I picked up a book I’d been looking forward to reading for a while. Sadly, I couldn’t even get past the first chapter. The first few pages were almost all description of the setting and of characters we hadn’t met yet. After that, the narrative launched into an extended flashback; it felt [...]
Just a reminder that my Celebration Giveaway ends on Friday! Okay, so do you guys remember that fairy tale retelling I’ve been revising (and complaining about) for months? Well, the end is finally in sight – I can smell it! Yesterday I finished rewriting a scene and realized it was the last one that needed [...]
Ugh, my website is being temperamental today. I had to delete this post and start over, without pictures this time. Hopefully it will work. Okay, here we go: I love recommending good books and movies to people, and it just so happens I’ve come across two of them in the past couple days. On Saturday, [...]
A while back, someone (maybe Andrea?) suggested that every Friday post have a picture of our black lab, Emma. If I wasn’t always misplacing my camera, that might work. Instead, I think I’ll have to settle for including a puppy pic or two in my link round-up posts. Sound good? Then here we go. Here’s [...]
I’ve been a little distracted recently. Between book deal excitement and new dog excitement and it’s-so-hot-my-brain-is-melting excitement, my WIP has been a tad neglected. But this week I decided enough was enough: I was going to work on my retelling if it killed me. Monday was hard. I couldn’t stop checking my email every two [...]
One of the things people have been curious about with MY UN-FAIRY TALE LIFE is the process of writing it and finding a publisher. It’s a bit of a winding story, so pull up a chair and kick back. Here it is, the (somewhat long) story of my funny little book. The Story is Born [...]
First off, I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who commented on my BIG news post and sent me emails and tweets and Facebook messages. I was just overwhelmed by all the congratulations and kind words – you guys are awesome! What better way to keep the party going than to give [...]
