Waving From Under Piled Clothes
This is going to be a very scattered post, because I am feeling scattered at the moment! I spent the end of last week getting ready to host a kid-birthday party in our house (which had gotten VERY SCARY with accumulated mess after several months of constant Deadline Mode). Then it was time for for a nice family visit, and then my kid's actual birthday afterwards...and now we're packing to get ready for a family trip to London, huzzah! Best of all, this trip will include a publishing party (for me and Patrick, not the kids).
I know, I know. There are people in the world - or at least, in London - who can say the words "Oh, I'm going to a London publishing party" with ennui or even with chagrin.
I cannot. To say the least. It's almost impossible not to bounce as I say it, even when I'm saying it to myself!
But I do wish I could say those words to my teenaged self! Or even to my seven-year-old self, since that was the age I was when I realized I wanted to be a professional writer.
And look what I also got to see in the last week: the Bloomsbury UK kids' catalogue for January-June 2016. Do you recognize that front cover???? :)
I was very, VERY happy to see my fiery dragon-girl making her way out into the world like that!
If you want to read a (signed!) early copy, don't forget that there's still one up for offer on the Authors for Refugees auction! Since a whole bunch of extra authors, editors and agents contributed new stuff over the last week, the auction's deadline has been extended to 8 a.m. (UK-time) October 1st. Whether or not you're interested in my ARC, you should definitely check out the auction as a whole!
Now I need to get back to packing for tomorrow's trip...which includes desperately trying to unearth fancy-dress items that I haven't used for months! (Oddly enough, in my normal life, there aren't all that many times when they come in handy! ;) )
But first, since it's Wednesday, I'll share with you guys, too, the teaser quote that I put up on Twitter today for Book Quote Wednesday (#bookqw). The word for the week was "long", and since Congress of Secrets is coming out in less than 5 weeks (!!!!), I thought I'd share my first teaser quote from it today:
(The whole concept of CoS began when I thought: wouldn't it be fun to make the powerful, manipulative, ruthless woman the heroine of her own book? And guess what: it WAS fun! :) I can't wait for you guys to read the first big excerpt on The Book Smugglers tomorrow.)
I know, I know. There are people in the world - or at least, in London - who can say the words "Oh, I'm going to a London publishing party" with ennui or even with chagrin.
I cannot. To say the least. It's almost impossible not to bounce as I say it, even when I'm saying it to myself!
But I do wish I could say those words to my teenaged self! Or even to my seven-year-old self, since that was the age I was when I realized I wanted to be a professional writer.
And look what I also got to see in the last week: the Bloomsbury UK kids' catalogue for January-June 2016. Do you recognize that front cover???? :)
I was very, VERY happy to see my fiery dragon-girl making her way out into the world like that!
If you want to read a (signed!) early copy, don't forget that there's still one up for offer on the Authors for Refugees auction! Since a whole bunch of extra authors, editors and agents contributed new stuff over the last week, the auction's deadline has been extended to 8 a.m. (UK-time) October 1st. Whether or not you're interested in my ARC, you should definitely check out the auction as a whole!
Now I need to get back to packing for tomorrow's trip...which includes desperately trying to unearth fancy-dress items that I haven't used for months! (Oddly enough, in my normal life, there aren't all that many times when they come in handy! ;) )
But first, since it's Wednesday, I'll share with you guys, too, the teaser quote that I put up on Twitter today for Book Quote Wednesday (#bookqw). The word for the week was "long", and since Congress of Secrets is coming out in less than 5 weeks (!!!!), I thought I'd share my first teaser quote from it today:
(The whole concept of CoS began when I thought: wouldn't it be fun to make the powerful, manipulative, ruthless woman the heroine of her own book? And guess what: it WAS fun! :) I can't wait for you guys to read the first big excerpt on The Book Smugglers tomorrow.)