I’m thrilled to announce that STARTERS was chosen to kick off a new YA German imprint of Piper Verlag. It’s called IVI Verlag and aimed for teens but also adults as there is so much crossover today. This is their mysterious cover for STARTERS: So clean and elegant. Very muchRead More →
This was my first time at the World Fantasy Con and my first panel ever! Chandra Rooney, me, Marissa Lingen (moderator), John Pitts. Dan Wells was a no-show. We guessed travel problems, since this was the first panel of the conference. Doesn’t this description sound like someone wanted a doozyRead More →
I have a lot of writing to do and also am behind on my WFC post, but wanted to share this with all Southern California readers. I saw Romeo and Juliet, the opera, yesterday and it was wonderful. They’ve cast two beautiful singers who can also act and the productionRead More →
Halloween night my guy and I went to see Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. It was the first of their new show, although my husband had seen a mini-version of it at Kevin’s Smith’s podcast taping. I was a fan of Neil’s but now —Read More →
Just heard today that this will be my final cover: I’m so excited and grateful to have brilliant publishing minds behind my book. Thank you to everyone who was part of this.Read More →
You’ll have to pay for it. But I’d say it’s worth it. My uber-agent, Barbara Poelle, is doing a Writer’s Digest webinar this Thursday, Nov 3. You don’t have to be there, you can access the information at your convenience. But you should register as early as you can becauseRead More →
I was going to tell you all about World Fantasy Con, but that will have to wait. First I want to tell you what it was like spending the evening with George Clooney. I just got home from a special screening at the DGA of THE IDES OF MARCH,Read More →
Heard of www.goodreads.com? I’m giving away a beautiful hardback book! More about that in a bit. s Last night, at the Long Beach Hilton, I was one of the authors invited to the SCIBA Awards dinner. I think I was the only debut author who didn’t have a published bookRead More →
The Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany just ended. It’s a major event in book publishing. My fellow Apocalypsie, Lenore, took this photo of my foreign agent Heather holding a card stock giveaway with info about STARTERS. Wouldn’t you want to buy anything from her? Ice cream? An island in theRead More →
Here it is, my cover to STARTERS, my debut novel! BLOGGERS, PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS AN OLD COVER. THERE IS A NEW TAGLINE. Many talented Random House people here in the US and across the ocean in the UK came together to create this. I am grateful to them all.Read More →
