YA LGBT Books discussion

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to share some exciting news! Even though my debut Young Adult novel sold this past June, it's finally been announced in Publishers Marketplace!

It doesn't allow me to link directly, but here's the text of the Publisher's Marketplace announcement, which appeared in the "Deal" section on November 28:

"Steven dos Santos's THE TORCH KEEPER, about a young man's harrowing struggle to save his younger brother by surviving a sadistic military recruitment -- and facing the horrifying fate that awaits not only each recruit, but their loved ones, to Brian Farrey at Flux, in a two-book deal, for publication in Winter 2013, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown."

The novel features a gay male protagonist and love interest. While waiting on revision notes from my editor, I'm currently working on the sequel, which will feature other characters in the GLBTQ spectrum;-)

I look forward to sharing more news with all of you and hearing about your own projects.

Thanks!

Yay, you! :D Good luck with your novel, and keep us posted on your other work.

Thanks, Hayden! There should be a lot more news to post in the coming months, with edits, covers, possible book trailers, contests, etc. ;-)

I look forward to reading it, Steve.

Scylar wrote: "I look forward to reading it, Steve."

Thanks, Scylar, I appreciate it :-)

Hot off the presses! Just added another 1,000 words to my sequel manuscript. That brings the total to 44,204 words and 168 pages. At this rate, I should meet my next goal of reaching page 200 very soon :-)

Steven wrote: "Hot off the presses! Just added another 1,000 words to my sequel manuscript. That brings the total to 44,204 words and 168 pages. At this rate, I should meet my next goal of reaching page 200 very ..."

Yay you!! Looking forward to reading your work Steve--best of luck!

Thanks, Sammy!

Tomorrow (Tuesday, December 13) I go on my very first author visit to Palmetto High School in Miami! It'll be great connecting with my potential audience. Very excited and nervous. Wish me luck! :-)

Good luck Steven... I'm sure you will do better than well..

My first author visit to Miami Palmetto Senior High School's Writer's Cafe was a resounding success! What a terrific group of students! Not only were they so welcoming, but they asked such intelligent questions. I'm sure we'll be reading a lot of great stories by these teens some day soon. It was my first time being asked to sign autographs, and I was actually asked to sign someone's Kindle and someone else's shirt! I feel like a rock star ;-)It was a pleasure connecting with such brilliant minds!

Byron wrote: "Good luck Steven... I'm sure you will do better than well.."

Thanks so much, Byron!

Special Alert! As the search for Author Steven dos Santos continues (last seen fleeing the oppression of The Establishment), this interview with the main person of interest in THE TORCH KEEPER has surfaced!
http://thelucky13s.blogspot.com/2011/...

For those of you interested, here is my first video interview for my debut novel, THE TORCH KEEPER, conducted at the 2012 SCBWI Miami Conference last week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...

Hey, great interview (and I like the peace signs on the shirt :)

Do you have a release date?

Kaje wrote: "Hey, great interview (and I like the peace signs on the shirt :)

Do you have a release date?"

Thanks, Kaje! Unfortunately, it won't be out until the beginning of 2013...

Steven wrote: "Kaje wrote: "Hey, great interview (and I like the peace signs on the shirt :)

Do you have a release date?"

Thanks, Kaje! Unfortunately, it won't be out until the beginning of 2013..."

That's a long time to wait, but at least it's in motion. Hopefully the editing will go smoothly.

I prefer my usual publisher that doesn't have fixed release schedules. (One of my recent books with a different pub was finished three months before the release date, and the sitting around waiting is driving me crazy, and that was only a 6-month wait from contract to release. A year would be really tough.)

Good luck with it.

Hey Guys,

I came across the latest copy of my book's synopsis from the publisher's upcoming catalog and updated it here on Goodreads :-) To read it, click on the cover.

Steven wrote: "Hey Guys,

I came across the latest copy of my book's synopsis from the publisher's upcoming catalog and updated it here on Goodreads :-) To read it, click on the cover. "

Very cool Steven!!!

Sammy2006 wrote: "Steven wrote: "Hey Guys,

I came across the latest copy of my book's synopsis from the publisher's upcoming catalog and updated it here on Goodreads :-) To read it, click on the cover. [bookcover:T..."

Thanks, Sammy! I love unexpected surprises ;-)