My little book, Plain Kate, has just made its transcontiential debute.  The lovely chickens at the Chicken House have treated Kate to new cover and a new marketing approach, and launched her as Wood Angel.  The book has already been reviewed glowingly by the Times of London, and -- just today, by the Guardian.

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Hello blog!  Long time no see.  Been busy.   As many of you know, November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, where thousands of writers try to crank out 50,000 words in 30 days.

Yeah, not me.  I've been buried in what John Green calls "National Finish A Draft Of Your Book, I Mean, Seriously, Come On Month."  And it's working.  Despite ( Read more... )

As regular readers (are there any?) know, PLAIN KATE was lucky enough to land the smart and feisty Chicken House as its UK publisher.   Turns out the title "Plain Kate" sounds terribly chick-lit to British ears, so the book is getting a whole new treatment:  new title, new cover, new copy, the works.

Presenting -- WOOD ANGEL



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I'm thrilled announce that I've sold the UK rights to my YA fantasy PLAIN KATE. The fun and feisty people at Chicken House won the auction, and have given me permission to go public with this happy news.

It's been a busy week here in writing land.

The big news is that my ARC for Plain Kate came! (An ARC, or advanced reading copy, looks like a paperback book, complete with cover art; they are distributed to book reviewers and book store buyers and the like before a book is published.)

I was so excited! James was in a little hot water when I ( Read more... )