Meagan Spooner's Blog, page 164

About The Kindness Project:

Too often kindness is relegated to a random act performed only when we’re feeling good.But an even greater kindness (to ourselves and others) occurs when we reach out even when we aren’t feeling entirely whole. It’s not easy, and no one is perfect. But we’ve decided it’s not impossible to brighten the world one smile, one kind word, one blog post at a time. To that end, a few of us writers have established The Kindness Project, starting with a series of inspirationa...

WRECKEDnow has a new title–THESE BROKEN STARS! Clickhereto find out more.

Lately it seems like every other YA novel I pick up is first person present tense. Which, when done right, is awesome. Some of my favorite books are in present tense. But I keep seeing books written in present tense with no actual reason for it. I think THE HUNGER GAMES, among other books, made this particular style of narration jump in popularity lately. I’m seeing a ton of aspiring writers using it in books that I’m not quite sure warrant it.

While it’s not the only reason to use it, I think...

ARCssssssssss! Yeah, so I actually got them about two weeks ago. But because my cover hadn't gone live yet, I couldn't very well show off my BEAUTIFUL galleys without giving away what the cover of SKYLARK looked like. A few friends suggested masking the cover with a fake book jacket, but in the end I just decided to wait. There was plenty of other exciting news to share with you guys, like the new title for my collaborative novel with Amie, THESE BROKEN STARS.

So, without further ado, the...

Hey guys, you know how I keep teasing you with the fact that I've been sitting on the cover of SKYLARK for, oh, months now?

Well, the teasing is over! Skylark's beautiful (I'm unbiased, I swear) cover is now UP on The Story Siren. Hop on over to see it, and while you're at it, enter to win one of THREE advanced reader copies of the book! Plus, I answer a few questions about the cover process, and my own reactions to the cover.

Head over to The Story Siren. . . .

Also, attention book bloggers...

WRECKED was one of those working titles that stuck. At first it was kind of a joke–one of our earliest readers often teased us about our book MASSIVE CRASH–but we came to really like the double meanings in it. Yes, it's about a (space)shipwreck, but it also describes the processes that the characters go through, and how everything falls apart so easily.

But it's also a very simplistic title, and doesn't quite convey everything we'd like it to about the book. Yes, it's a science fiction story, ...

WRECKEDhas sold overseas toPlaneta Manuscritoin Portugal,Novo Conceitoin Brazil, andOtwartein Poland!Novo Conceitohas also boughtSKYLARKas well.

SKYLARKis one of five young adult novels to be featured on BEA’s 2012 Editor’s Buzz panel!

For those of you who follow my writing partner, Amie Kaufman, this will come as no surprise, as she's already announced it on her blog. (For those of you who don't, march right over there and follow her!) Anyway, we have some rockin' news to share: WRECKED has sold as three-book deals in Poland (Otwarte) and Brazil (Novo Conceito)! And, because they are just that awesome, Novo Conceito has ALSO bought the SKYLARK trilogy.

Amie and I are in the middle of revisions for WRECKED, which is both a t...

It used to be that hardcopy book people would get this insane fire in their eyes when someone would ask them about e-readers or e-books or the future of publishing. It's that "I like the weight of them" look, the "it's the way they smell" look, the "you can pry my hard copy books out of my cold dead hands" look. In just a few short years it seems that's kind of calmed down a little bit. I know I have. I used to be adamant that I'd never own an e-reader, but now—especially that I do so much...