Cold Kiss was conceived as a single book, so writing Glass Heart was sort of a challenge.
On the one hand, weird to write a sequel to a book you didn't intend to write a sequel to. On the other hand, nice that they wanted you to!
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 8:16:51 am PST #20305 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:21:35 am PST #20306 of 28348
Because books.
Yeah. It would have been even nicer if it had done well, but I'm still proud of it.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 22, 2013 8:23:32 am PST #20307 of 28348
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh dear.
zuisa - Jan 22, 2013 8:26:11 am PST #20308 of 28348
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I just finished my John Green marathon that started a couple months ago with me sobbing my way through The Fault in Our Stars and ended this morning when I finished Looking for Alaska. (Will Grayson, Will Grayson, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns were in there too)
I found myself wishing he'd been writing when I was in high school. That's not meant as a criticism - I LOVED all of them - but I was such a mess when I was the age his characters are that his books may have been overwhelmingly helpful.
zuisa - Jan 22, 2013 8:26:11 am PST #20309 of 28348
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Amy - Jan 22, 2013 8:39:23 am PST #20310 of 28348
Because books.
I didn't mean for that to sound self-pitying. It's just one of those calculated risks in publishing -- do you assume interest will be there for a sequel, or actually wait and see?
le nubian - Jan 22, 2013 10:15:33 am PST #20311 of 28348
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy,
it didn't sound self-pitying to me, your remark made me laugh in a dark humor sort of way. I hope you meant it that way!
Amy - Jan 22, 2013 10:17:37 am PST #20312 of 28348
Because books.
Dark humor is the key to publishing. ::nods::
DebetEsse - Jan 22, 2013 10:26:18 am PST #20313 of 28348
Woe to the fucking wicked.
zuisa, I've only read 3 of them, but I completely agree. I intend to recommend Paper Towns and Will Grayson to most of the adolescents I know.
Polter-Cow - Jan 22, 2013 10:29:43 am PST #20314 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My favorites were The Fault in Our Stars and An Abundance of Katherines. The protagonist of the latter was basically me. There were seriously times when I was like JOHN GREEN GET OUT OF MY HEAD HOW DO YOU KNOW I THINK LIKE THAT.