Turning the blog over to Intern Jenny for her announcement of the winner of the cover design contest! Take it away, Jenny! All of your cover designs were so great that it was hard to choose just one. Ultimately I had to envision myself perusing the YA section of the […]
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There’s been lots of serious talk about book covers recently, so let’s have a little fun today, shall we? I’m totally stealing my idea for this post from the Alien Onions, who blogged: CREATE YOUR DEBUT YA COVER 1 – Go to Fake Name Generator. The name that appears is […]
Wow — you guys kept me reading all day! I’m thrilled so many of you took up the Writing Prompt challenge, but in the end, I’m afraid there can be only one winner. The winning hook: Levi’s got the charm, the looks and the right amount of naughty to get […]
So much good news, it’s hard to decide which book jacket to showcase! Let’s go in order of pub date, shall we? The genius librarians at YALSA have nominated Ellen Booraem’s The Unnameables to the 2010 Best Books for Young Adult list. Blog readers may recall that I sat in […]
The good people over at Indie Bound have declared today, May 1st, “Buy Indie Day!” Now, I’m all about a day specifically dedicated to buying books, and this one, in particular, urges you to get out and support your local independent bookstore. My two favorites? Books of Wonder in NYC […]
Ok, not really, but I’m back in the States, and taking meetings this week with US editors, instead of international publishers. Which is a bit of a switch in my mind, really, since for the last week I’ve been talking about translation rights to books I’ve already sold in the […]
So, as I’ve been twittering lately, later this week I head to NYC, and then on to Italy for the Bologna Book Fair. And while, yes, it’s Italy in the Spring, with all the good food, great scenery, nice weather and such that that implies, but it’s also a lot […]
A little pink plaid for Amy Sue, who asks: I’m weeks away from querying agents. I checked your site and saw your authors, it seems like they all write YA, yet your submission guidelines say you like “witty women’s fiction.” Have you sold women’s fiction — is that an area […]
Wow, the news just keeps getting better! Alyson Noel's Evermore jumps up to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list next week. Wooot! *dances around*