Joy Preble's Blog, page 50

Quick post this morning. Am finishing up an amazing couple of posts with my cover artist, the very talented Cathleen Elliott. She is going to lift the curtain about how she works and creates, even show us some raw images and how and why they ended up looking like they do on the actual covers. You're going to get to see all the covers that didn't end up being the Dreaming Anastasia cover. And.... you're going to get to see the REAL Ethan. Yes! I had no idea, but Ethan is a real guy. And yes, h...

Been six months now (plus 8 days) since Dreaming Anastasia hit the book shelves. Six months!? Not sure how that happened. Or as Publicist Paul said when I told him this factoid - "Only six months? It sure seems like longer." Since I am an unfailing optimist, I took that as a reflection of his undying love and affection for working hip to hip with me in the muck and mire known as publishing your first novel, rather than a polite way of saying that I was an annoying twit who still hasn't found ...

In no particular order:
It's warm outside. At last!I'm getting very excited about NYC and Books of Wonder on 3/18.I think you are all going to LOVE Haunted!! Here's hoping Editor Dan thinks so, too.In school news - Julius Caesar still didn't listen to his wife or the omens. Still died in Act 3. Plus Brutus. Still a dunderhead.Spending time writing copious notes labeled "What does this character really really want?" helps. A lot.And did I say it's warm outside? And it's one week til spring...

Because I'm getting ready for you!

Yup. That is absolutely correct. Big Apple, here I come!! Why? Well, it's New York, isn't it?

Okay why, really?

Because Sourcebooks is launching its new Fire imprint with a totally rockin' awesome party/cool event/hey did you know Tiger Beat is playing and Libba and Dan are going to sing Libba's new YA song/Publicist Paul gets to escape the office/Joy gets to wander the streets of Manhattan/celebration!!

Want to join us? I really wish you would!

Here's the scoop:

First let me say what great answers everyone came up with - friends in the Mortal Instrument Series, Hush, Hush, Bones and Buffy, even classics such as Gatsby, Gone with Wind (a shout out to one of my international contest entries!), Anne of Green Gables - and more. You guys really rocked this question.

But - the magic contest picking hat (manned by every patient husband - "You want me to do this again? Okay get the hat. Did you pick up my dry cleaning?") never lies. And what did the contest h...

Thanks to all who participated in the Dreaming Anastasia Favorite Fictional Friends Giveaway contest. I've loved reading about everyone's choices! Because honestly, who can live without a BFF? Not me! I'll be announcing the winner Wednesday nite, so stay tuned!

Til next time...

So many wonderful things have happened lately: HAUNTED - the Dreaming Anastasia sequel, which is sold now to Sourcebooks and will be out in 2011; the wonderful support of @yabookscentral in talking about DA, posting my book trailer on their site http://www.yabookscentral.com/ and gaining me like 100 new followers; so many friends who are always there for me whenever I need them, including my agent, editor and publicist - all of whom have been working overtime on my behalf. I don't know what I...

Thinking about another Dreaming Anastasia giveaway to celebrate my 409 Twitter followers - 100 new followers in 24 hours thanks to @yabookscentral - aka Kimberly Pauley, who totally rocks. More to come tomorrow. Get ready to rumble and win something. Off to finish writing and ponder clever ideas.

Hmmmmmm...... ahhhhh.... lalalalala..... (this is the sound of pondering, in case you were wondering)

Til next time...

I grew up in Chicago. So I'm used to crazy politics. Corrupt politics. Politics that make your hair stand on end. Politics that make you go, "Seriously?" We used to joke that the city motto was "Vote early. Vote often."

So now I live in Texas. And we like to give old Illinois a run for its money. So in the spirit of "Seriously?" - did you know that one of our current candidates for gov. is Farouk Shami - who INVENTED THE CHI!! You know - as in flat iron. As in the greatest invention in the Wes...

Been teasing and taunting and slipping lines onto Twitter but finally, finally, it's up on PM and so I can proudly and happily and ecstatically announce:

Joy Preble's HAUNTED, the sequel to DREAMING ANASTASIA, in which a girl is being haunted by a mysterious and malevolent mermaid, to Daniel Ehrenhaft at Sourcebooks, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Rofe at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
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There is - as always - a long story to this. But for now I will leave it brief...