B: Beyond the Blog
Internet, it’s been a super busy week! Meg and I are buckled down tight and working through our edits for WRECKED. I had no idea this was going to happen, but I have a newsflash for you: I love revision. I know! I’m as surprised as you are!
I think one of the key differences is that when you’re revising alone, sometimes you can’t tell whether your work is getting better or worse. With in-depth, thoughtful feedback from our genius editor, it turns out this is a blast!
Oh wait, you’re wondering why we’re flying the Brazillian and Polish flags today? I must have forgot to mention that the WRECKED trilogy has sold in Brazil and Poland! Otwarte will be bringing out the books in Poland, and Novo Conceito came out on top in Brazil. We’re both so excited–I can’t wait to see what the books look like translated!
T: Things I Like
This great blog post from the SCBWI New York Conference Blog on Kathryn Erskine’s keynote address. It’s a great summary of her presentation on how to stay focused as a writer. I got a lot out of it.
Publishing Crawl, a great new venture from the ladies behind Let The Words Flow, as well as some new friends including agents and booksellers. Tune in every day of the week for interviews, industry inside information, book reviews and writing tips.
This smart and thoughtful post from my partner in crime, Meagan Spooner, on books as fingerprints–why your collection of physical books matters.
W: What I’m Reading
Last week I recommended THE ASSASSIN AND THE PIRATE LORD by Sarah J. Maas — I know some of you grabbed a copy. For those who haven’t yet, here’s the deal — swashbuckling novella prequel to the amazing THRONE OF GLASS, which will be out in August. It’s 99 cents, you’ll race through it in an hour or two, and love every minute. Questions? Thought not.
This week I’m in critique mode, and when I duck out of the edit cave, I’ve been racing through more amazing stuff by a couple of crazy talented authors who’ll be debuting this year. I can’t wait to recommend them to you all when they’re out–for now, buckle your swashes and grab a copy of THE ASSASSIN AND THE PIRATE LORD!
Congratulations on the international rights!
I’ll check out the links and look into getting Sarah’s novella.
That post was chock-full of good news! The links look great and I’ll check them all out. Meagan’s sounds excellent!
Thanks for sharing valuable infor and good luck with your revisions.
Although it took me awhile to love revision (I think because it was SO HARD tearing apart what I’d just spent months putting together), I do love it now. Writing becomes beautiful in revision.
AHHH! CONGRATS ON SELLING TO BRAZIL AND POLAND!!!! WOOT!!!!!
(And thank you so much for the shout-out. I <3 you!!!)
Congratulations!
Yay for Poland and Brazil! Congratulations!!! I’m off to grab The Assassin and the Pirate Lord.
Yay for Poland and Brazil. Obviously countries with very good taste!
Wonderful that you got international rights sold! I love revision and I know it’s because I can focus on bits at a time and not have to worry about the bigger picture. It’s kind of like being down to handling one horse in front of my carriage instead of a whole team. Does that metaphor work?
Yay for international sales! The people of Poland and Brazil will be very lucky to have you and Meg.
Awesome about the international rights! Congrats! I imagine it would be really weird to see your book in a foreign language that you don’t actually understand
Congratulations on the International sales! Wow! Best news ever!
Congrats on selling internationally! Awesome
Off to check out those pirates… 
Congratulations! That so great about Brazil and Poland.
And I have to agree about revision. Focused revision that improves your book in ways you never would have thought of is FUN!
oh wow, that’s brilliant news about Wrecked. Congrats!
And yep, I love revisions too now. I used to shudder at the thought of them but now I find the end result so satisfying.
Yay! Congratulations on the international rights – brilliant!
First of all, MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can’t tell you how stoked I am for your and Meagan. I hope it just gets better and better. Keep selling. You deserve to be read in a thousand languages.
Also, I had no idea Sarah put out another book! Or is this the same book as Queen of Glass? Did they just change the title? I’ve been so out of the loop, stuck on my own little planet.
That’s so exciting about the books selling Brazil and Poland! Congrats!
Thanks for all the links, by the way. I’m off to check them all out.
Congratulations on the international rights. That’s so exciting. Happy revisions!
Wow. What wonderful news… International.. And loving revisions.
Xx
Love editing? Lucky you, and it must be great to have a writing partner.