Because writing has been hard lately and I really needed some cheering up, I will share with all of you this truly amazing review Faren Miller just did of Racing the Dark and The Burning City in the August issue of Locus. Here's some excerpts, with a pre-emptive squee!!!!

Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Racing the Dark (opener of the Spirit Binders trilogy) ( Read more... )

So, THE BURNING CITY comes out June 1. I have four galleys. Keeping in mind that "uncorrected proofs" means just that, would anyone (preferably people who have read RACING THE DARK) like me to send a copy? Since I have so few, if you can write a review of some kind on some venue, that would be nice. I'm so busy with MOONSHINE stuff that this book ( Read more... )

I wrote a post that addresses cover issues and whitewashing on Justine Larbalestier's blog. The cover reference, should you need it, can be found here.

An excerpt:

“Alaya,” he said, “the art is lovely. The image and everything is great. But are you sure you want to limit yourself like that with this cover?”

“Limit myself?” I asked.

Looky! Looky!


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Racing the Dark is coming out in paperback in the fall and I just got the new cover. The type will probably change a bit, but otherwise this is it.

I'm pretty excited. What do you think?

(And I should have the cover for the sequel soon, too. Yay!)


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I'm not sure how many on my f-list are at all interested in the nitty-gritty of novel writing, but I just posted this on my Amazon blog for Racing the Dark.

And look at this! (Scroll down to page 6)

Theories vary on when is the best time to write a ( Read more... )