Huh, Amy-- I dunno, Glass Heart doesn't sound like much on the surface but it's the kind of title that could really sing with the right kind of cover. And they totally did right by you with COLD KISS, so...
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
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The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Barb - Jul 22, 2011 10:27:44 am PDT #4502 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
sumi - Jul 22, 2011 1:23:57 pm PDT #4503 of 6690
Art Crawl!!!
I was reading Hoxton Handmade's blog and came across her post about the Ministry of Stories which is a children's writing program that Nick Hornby set up after being inspired by David Eggers 826 Valencia project in San Francisco. I love the shopfront!
Gudanov - Jul 25, 2011 9:20:25 am PDT #4504 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Glass Heart sounds like a decent title to me.
I'm working on an experimental new first chapter to Cog, starting earlier than the current one. I'll have to see if I like it or not. I think once the opening is all figured out it should revise quickly. While there are many mistakes to correct and things to tweak, at the moment I don't have any big plot changes in mind.
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2011 1:33:49 pm PDT #4505 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Glass Heart sounds like a perfect title for a sequel to Cold Kiss. Cold becomes Glass, Kiss becomes Heart. It works.
Amy - Jul 25, 2011 1:37:49 pm PDT #4506 of 6690
Because books.
That's what the marketing department thinks, I guess. Glad you guys don't think it sucks, anyway.
hippocampus - Jul 25, 2011 1:47:31 pm PDT #4507 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
I like the rhythm of it. I can hear "next, Terry Gross interviews author Amy Garvey, author of Cold Kiss, Glass Heart, and...".
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2011 2:39:45 pm PDT #4508 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cold Kiss, Glass Heart, Can't Lose!
Amy - Jul 25, 2011 2:46:54 pm PDT #4509 of 6690
Because books.
Yes. Yes, that will be the title of the third book.
And they will all play football happily ever after.
Strix - Jul 25, 2011 5:27:06 pm PDT #4510 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I do like it, especially together.
Especially if the cover rocks it like Cold Kiss.
It makes me think of the Gaiman take on Snow White, "Snow, Glass, Apples" for some reason...and Gaiman ain't necessarily a bad word-association answer to get for this game.
ETA: But if Book #3 has a snowy apple, a la Twilight on it, you have my help for some righteous ass-kicking.
Amy - Jul 25, 2011 5:35:28 pm PDT #4511 of 6690
Because books.
There's actually not going to be a book three. Not about Wren, anyway. I've told Wren's story now, and I'm ready to write something new. I think, honestly, I was sort of done with Wren's story at the end of Cold Kiss, in that it was a story I really needed to tell. The new book is definitely one I was asked to tell, which is a different thing.
Not that I don't like it, but it was harder to figure out what the story would be, when it wasn't part of the original idea for me.
Especially if the cover rocks it like Cold Kiss.
Thanks! I think the cover is beautiful, but what they do with the second one is making me nervous. I know they want to echo the general idea, using a different element (i.e. not a mouth, obviously), and shift the palette. And that's where I'm nervous -- if you think about it, there aren't a lot of other places to go. A cool pink will probably be too girly and too young, orange and yellow are out, because there's nothing paranormal or angsty about them, and gray won't pop.
The color now straddles blue and green so evenly, I don't think they could go one way or the other with that, which leaves purple. Which ... could work, I guess.
Silvery might be a choice, though. Hmmm.