Lost History Paperback Day!
An appropriately gothic animation for launch day. At last the paperback of my Gothic Book Baby is officially launched into the world! If a hardcover release feels like a birth, a paperback release is more akin to a graduation—now The Lost History of Dreams is available in all possible formats! To commemorate the day, here's what's going on: ~ A special Launch Day giveaway of an autographed paperback of The Lost History of Dreams accompanied by an email tarot reading avec moi (retail
Lost History Paperback ~ 1 day to go!
Tomorrow! One day! Eek! *runs around flailing limbs* Today's quote comes from another one of my agency sisters, Hazel Gaynor, who's as wonderful in real life as her novels are to read. (Clearly our agent has incredible taste in authors.;-)) Hazel is also a co-founder of The Inspiration Project, which is a perfect reflection of her generous heart and spirit. Finally a reminder that this is taking place tomorrow. We'll have giveaways, visits from author friends, and more. Click here for details—and hope
Lost History Paperback ~ 2 days to go!
Two days until paperback time! Today's quote comes courtesy of Erika Swyler, who is one of my agency sisters (meaning we share the same literary agent) as well as one heck of a writer. I would recognize an Erika Swyler novel even if I didn't see her name on the cover. For starters, Erika's novels are populated with some of the most original characters I've ever read: a mad scientist father unable to let go of the past; a lonely
Lost History Paperback ~ 3 days to go!
Three days!! As in one-two-three-it's-here! And yes, The Lost History of Dreams was inspired by these three novels, which are among my Favorite Books Ever. I'm deeply honored to have my gothic book baby mentioned alongside them. Besides their sheer literary amazingness, these three novels also employ a nested story structure—a story-within-a-story, if you will—just as Lost History does. Here's more about my writing process from an interview with librarian Sarah Johnson: "I knew from the beginning I wanted The Lost History of Dreams
Lost History Paperback ~ 4 days to go!
With only four days before the paperback publication, I'm back to sharing praise from author friends. I adore Greer Macallister for a multitude of reasons. Besides being a wonderful writer, she's a lovely person IRL and incredibly generous of spirit to her fellow authors. Here's an example: to commemorate the paperback release of her novel Woman 99, she asked ninety-nine female authors for book recommendations under the hashtag #read99women. Greer kicked off her ambitious blog series with this post: [F]or the next
