Something About A Boat

Loves ya books, comics, musicals, and watches way too much television. Writer, reader, unrepentent fangirl. I'm a newly converted Whovian. Magnus Bane is my spirit animal.

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The Demon's Deadline - Cover Reveal & FAQ

Hey, I wrote a book! And thanks to its publisher, OddRocket, it has a cover. Want to see? DO YOU?

All right. Here it is:

It’s kind of bad ass, if I do say so myself. I love it! I especially love the lettering of the title and gritty style.

Some quick questions and answers about the book, in which I interview myself:

What’s It About?

This is not the official blurb, but The Demon’s Deadline is about 16-year-old Nicolette Sorrentino, who, after a near-fatal car accident, ends up working for a demon. I usually say it’s a story about a girl and her demon. The demon would probably not appreciate that phrasing. ;) It’s Young Adult Urban Fantasy.

When Does It Come Out?

There’s no official release date yet but expect it early 2015. As soon as I have an official date, I will post that information here.

Is It Part of a Series? 

It’s the first in a trilogy. But the good news is, the books will all be released about a month apart, so you won’t have to wait long for books two and three once you have book one. This is also why there’s no official release date yet.

Will It Be Available on [Insert eReader Here]?

Yes! OddRocket is a digital-only publisher, so it will only be available in digital format. But it will be available on most (all?) digital platforms and if you don’t have an ereader, you can get free apps for both the Kindle and Nook on your smartphone, computer, or tablet and read it that way.

If you have any other questions or comments, please feel free to shoot me an ask.

So, what do you think?!*

*It’s my first book. I get one interrobanng and two winky faces. ;)

(x-posted from wordpress)

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Get yer YA Book Recs here!

Curious about YA? Not sure what to read next? Want a YA Book Rec just for you? Tell me what you like (television shows, other books, tropes) and I’ll try to recommend a book for you!

What’s your thing?

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Ask Box Link. 

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An Odd Announcement (Tumblr Version)

I made this announcement on my blog today, but since it’s short, I’m copying the whole thing over here.

You guys, I’m so excited and thrilled to announce that I’ve signed with OddRocket publishing to release a Young Adult Urban Fantasy trilogy starting later this year.

This is incredibly exciting for me, as I’ve loved OddRocket since their launch. When I attended their launch party in September of 2012, I fell in love with their attitude, their aesthetic, their mission, and their books. I decided then and there I’d love to write for them, but I didn’t know it would actually happen. So I’m honored and overjoyed to step aboard their rocket ship and take this journey with them.

They’re an e-publisher so the books will be available in all digital formats. There’s no release date for the first book yet, but it’s on the horizon and I promise as soon as I know anything, you will know it, too.

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Reblogging myself. I'm mostly only on that account now. I lack time to tumbl hard. :/ 

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I got a CNN breaking news alert when you got your hair cut.

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The shelter staff said they do this ALL DAY

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Cupcakes & Word Counts & Bad Ass Friends

Writing is hard. It’s lonely. It’s a little maddening. And it can be isolating. You can’t always meet friends for happy hour unless you can also bring your laptop and wear your headphones, because you have to finish a chapter or a story or edits (and they buy you drinks, because writing is not super lucrative either). I also believe no book gets written without some obsession on the author’s part, which can make you pretty boring if your friends don’t want to listen to your thoughts on how the demon world works or answer questions like “Which Jazz Band instrument do you think character of mine would play?”

But the thing is, sometimes you’re lucky enough to have friend who will answer with “A saxophone, obviously” and will happily ask questions about this world you’re building so you can iron out the kinks.

Ben is that awesome friend. He’s not a fiction writer (well, he dabbles) but he is one of my best readers (although with Claire!) He (and she) will suffer through my roughest drafts and extract things I don’t even realize about the stories. He’ll be honest (‘where the eff did this romance come from?’) but he’s also my biggest fan (he even likes my Terrible Vampire Book of Doom).

And when I wrote 6,546 words yesterday on my current WIP, my personal best day ever, he bought me cupcakes:

How awesome is that? One large cupcake for every thousand words and a tiny baby cupcake for the 500 words on top of that. Freaking awesome, right?

I know 6,500 words isn’t some miracle that qualifies me for sainthood. I know it’s something a lot of writers can knock out every other day (I usually average 1,200 a day). I didn’t even finish the draft, which was my bigger goal. But man, it was hard. It wrecked my brain like I’d shoved it in a blender. Maybe that’s why I’m writing this gooey sentimental post.

The point is, having friends and people that support you in this crazy world of writing is pretty important. Because writing—while awesome!—is kind of brutal sometimes. And I’m very lucky to have very awesome friends who buy me cupcakes for meeting personal milestones. Because it’s so hard. Blood, sweat, and brain power. That’s how novels are born.

So seriously, if you’re writing and intend to do it professionally, find friends who support you. Not all of your friends need to chomp at the bit to read the latest version of your draft (or even be in line for the books when they come out). But having a few who do can really save your sanity in your most fragile moments. And you will have fragile moments. Because holy crap writing is hard.

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I know for a fact at least 85% of you said incredibly problematic shit when you were younger and now that you’ve grown and learned to not do that you look back and shudder but you’ve forgiven yourself so why is it that when it’s someone you don’t like the stuff they did in 2008 is suddenly unforgivable and needs to be brought up at every opportunity

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Fashion Olympics, 2008

So I’ve seen several of the photos from this shoot wandering around tumblr, but it never said what they were from, so I figured I’d put them all together with a link. Because more Lucy Liu is always a good thing?

Also I will never get over how much I love her face in that boxing one.

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City of Heavenly Fire snippet

“And I suppose you know who Magnus’ father is?” Luke said.

“I paid a lot of money once to find it out,” Raphael said.

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#my sexual orientation is…#the winter soldier’s homicidal walk (via thisgirlgames)

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#this fucking picture is a piece of shit and he looks like he crawled out of a gay club at 5 am headed to his job as a rent boy goodbye(via castiality) 

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Louis C.K.’s opening monologue on SNL.

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I don’t know why I couldn’t stop laughing

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