Comments | rj_anderson: I am EXPLOSIVELY happy right now.

rj_anderson

I am EXPLOSIVELY happy right now.

May 06, 2010 07:30

Yesterday and today have been full of such astonishingly good news I will burst if I don't share it (and I will probably burst ANYWAY, just from sheer glee):

First, my YA paranormal thriller Touching Indigo, which I sold to my UK publisher earlier this year, has now found a home in North America as well! Andrew Karre at Carolrhoda Lab, the new YA ( Read more... )

fan art, knife, ultraviolet, publishing

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Yay!!! ex_kmessner May 6 2010, 11:33:20 UTC

So happy to hear the great news about TOUCHING INDIGO! And that fan art is just awesome - congrats!!

Re: Yay!!! rj_anderson May 6 2010, 18:34:55 UTC

Thank you, Kate!

olmue May 6 2010, 12:01:28 UTC

I love what I read of Indigo, and I'm really glad to hear of its North American home! Congrats!

Lovely fan art as well...

rj_anderson May 6 2010, 18:35:23 UTC

Much appreciated! Always happy to hear from you.

apis_mellifera May 6 2010, 12:46:16 UTC

Hurray! Can't wait to read it!

rj_anderson May 6 2010, 18:35:57 UTC

Thanks so much!

yunitsa May 6 2010, 12:48:31 UTC

Yay for Touching Indigo on both sides of the Atlantic - I'm really looking forwarding to reading it!

I'm curious, on the lit business side - since you have two different publishers/editors in the UK and North America, both of whom will presumably be editing and suggesting changes, could this lead to two different versions of the book (besides the usual spelling etc.)? Somehow I've never thought about this happening.

rj_anderson May 6 2010, 17:56:25 UTC

Fortunately, that hasn't happened to me yet. If the book is coming out in the US at or near the same time as the UK edition, usually it's the US editor who does the substantive editing. (This is what happened with my first two books, and as far as I know it will also happen with INDIGO.)

If the book hasn't sold in the US yet by the time it needs to be edited on the UK side, or if the UK edition is coming out significantly earlier (i.e. 8 months to a year earlier) than the US one, then the UK editor does the substantive editing and the US just has to take the book as-is. (Which is what is happening with my third faery book, ARROW.)

Thanks for the congrats and kind words!

yunitsa May 6 2010, 18:26:33 UTC

Ah, cool, thank you for explaining - I'm glad there's a sensible process for it even when two different publishers are involved.

So excited for this one!

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rj_anderson May 6 2010, 18:34:26 UTC

Calvin and Hobbes are dancing for me! I am charmed. Thank you!