News: July 2008 Archives
I'm running around like a crazy Daphne this morning, trying to get stuff done before my flight to NYC. Contracts to mail, manuscripts to upload to my Kindle, emails to answer, and blogs to post! So please forgive this bare bones list of links, and I promise I'll be better soon.
- Alyson Noel's Kiss And Blog is going back to press!
- Ask Daphne is being reprinted in the Children's Book Insider, and will have a quarterly column as of October.
- Registration for the 2nd Annual Kidlit Bloggers Conference in Portland, Oregon is now open. Rexroth and I will be there. Will you?
- And... um... The first act of Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog is now up! Act II follows tomorrow, Act III on Saturday, and by Sunday it will be gone. Watch now!
Some recent reviews for Miss MJ to post today. One from Sassymonkey, of Girl At Sea, and one from the official YALSA blog (the Young Adult Library Services Association) of Let It Snow, a fun new anthology featuring a story from Maureen coming out from Penguin this fall. Enjoy!
I was positively THRILLED this morning to open my inbox and find the cover design for the first book in Alyson Noel's forthcoming "Immortals" series, Evermore. It's drop dead gorgeous, if I do say so myself. Without further ado... meet Ever.
What do you think?
A five-star review over at Teens Read Too for Band Geek Love by Josie Bloss, as well as a very nice print review in the July issue of KLIATT, which reads, in part:
Ellie is obsessive, high-strung, and sometimes rather horrible. She's touchy and domineering, and cares too much about what people think about her. Somehow, though, her behaivor and attitude come off as refreshingly real and honest. Ellie is indecisive and makes mistakes, just like many teenagers. Her strong personality is nicely offset by Conner's kindness, and their relationship, with all its twists and turns, is interesting to watch unfold. The unusual setting of marching band, a microcosm of high school not often seen in YA novels, helps this stand out.I'm so thrilled for Josie, and really looking forward to reading the sequel, Band Geeked Out, which will be available next summer.
Today's a short work day as I have to pick a friend up from the hospital this afternoon, and I'll be away from my lappy. That being said, here's some great news on an otherwise somewhat dreary day in the front range -- Alyson Noel's Cruel Summer is another one of Seventeen's Summer Beach Reads! Go Colby!
