Release day is coming soon! In time for Christmas!
In the meantime, check out this first review for the UFO anthology from Locus Online. Included are sneak peeks at all the stories as well.
Tag: Promo
Secret project revealed!
Pretty excited about this! Here’s the press release for the 2009 Debutantes e-anthology:
New York Times bestselling author Jessica Verday announces an e-anthology featuring 25 authors from the writers group 2009 Debutantes
The bestselling author of THE HOLLOW Trilogy, Jessica Verday, has gathered 24 other authors for a kind of Young Adult sampler featuring a theme of “Firsts.” The eBook will be published by Verday herself and she will be co-editing with Rhonda Stapleton author of the STUPID CUPID series.
This eBook will give readers a chance to sample the stories of 25 different authors exploring what it’s like to experience something for the first time. From first kiss to first love, there’s no time like the first time.
“This is an innovative way for authors to reach out to readers in a single book that anyone can afford. Readers get the chance to find a new story from some of their favorite authors, and while they’re at it, be introduced to other authors they may not have been able to get to know yet,” says Verday.
The e-anthology will be available on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords. The tentative release date is October 4, 2011.
Contributing authors are: Jessica Verday, Carrie Ryan, Rhonda Stapleton, Cyn Balog, Lauren Bjorkman, Leigh Brescia, Teri Hall, Stacey Jay, C. Lee McKenzie, Janet Gurtler, Jenny Moss, Jackson Pearce, Kristina Springer, Charity Tahmaseb, Jon Skovron, Heidi Kling, Saundra Mitchell, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Lara Zielin, Shani Petroff, Kurtis Scaletta, J.A. Yang, Jennifer Brown, and Sydney Salter.
Cover to be revealed May 2011.
You can read a bit more over at Jessica’s blog.
You know what this means, of course. I am writing under contract. So, I guess I better get busy and do just that.
More updates to come, I’m sure.
How many more shopping days?
The Debs are everywhere this holiday season!
As you can see, Darcy is working overtime on December 5th in Chicago. I guess I will be too, since I’ll be signing–and volunteering–at the fundraising book fair for Andrew’s Jr. High. You know what that means, don’t you (other than the fact I have ample opportunity to embarrass my offspring)?
Not only will I sign your copy of The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading, but I will wrap it for you. (Because I’m also scheduled to work the gift wrapping table, if you haven’t already guessed.)
Hope to see you there!
And for more information on Debs signings this holiday season, check out the link below.
Darcy:
December 5th, Holidaze with the Debs:
1-3 p.m.
Borders
161 N. Weber Road
Bolingbrook, IL
Including: Cynthea Liu, Saundra Mitchell, Aprilynne Pike, Kristina Springer, Darcy Vance, Lara Zielin
7-9 p.m.
The Book Cellar, Inc.
4736-38 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
Including: Cynthea Liu, Saundra Mitchell, Aprilynne Pike, Kristina Springer, Darcy Vance, Lara Zielin
Charity:
December 5th, First annual Hopkins West Jr. High Book Fair:
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4 – 6 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Ridgehaven Mall
13131 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305
The Austen Inspired First Line Contest!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an avid reader must be in want of these new YA books!
Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard and The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading by Darcey Vance and Charity Tahmaseb
If you want to enter a contest to win these books, visit this entry and complete the sentence: “It is a truth universally acknowledged….”
A funny thing happened on the way to the post office
Well, actually it happened at the post office. I had a big stack of books I was sending out (eleven to be precise). The guy working the counter asked me about them, thinking I was an eBay bookseller or something.
I, seizing upon opportunity (somewhat uncharacteristically), said, why, no, this is a book I wrote.
Post office guy? He. Was. Astounded. I had to tell him all about it. His wife had to know because she loves to read.
It’s at this point I think to myself: wow, I should really have some book business cards made up.
Then, the woman next in line piped that she has teen daughters who love to read.
Insert an image here of me kicking myself.
I was reduced to writing down titles on scrap paper.
So, I need some cards, ASAP. I tried some of those online design-your-own type places, but the results looked like someone with no graphics arts ability using one of those online design-your-own type places. But something is better than nothing, so I’m pushing this task up on my to-do list.
I also need a better answer to the question: “How long does it take to write a book?”
“It depends.” did not go over too well. The guy working the counter looked at me like: What? Is she crazy? She doesn’t know how long it takes to write a book? Isn’t that what she does?
I guess I could’ve told him four years. I got the initial idea for Geek Girl’s Guide in February of 2004. It sold in March, 2008 (and we still had another revision to go through).
Of course, I wrote other things during that time. Shelved it, took it out again, shelved it, started working with Darcy … hm, I had a moral in mind, I’m sure, beyond persistence and being in it for the long haul.
But all I really can think of is: book business card.
Must. Have.
Writing Wrongs 