Ah, great ending! I like the way it leaves it open for thinking about possibilities and repercussions. (ETA: Sox' story, not Barb's raspberry. :stern frown: )
Nicely done, Sox!
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Strix - Sep 12, 2011 6:14:25 pm PDT #4639 of 6719
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
hippocampus - Sep 13, 2011 4:10:36 am PDT #4640 of 6719
not your mom's socks.
Thanks, Erin!
Hey Amy, when's your tour taking you to ... Philly??
Amy - Sep 13, 2011 4:41:21 am PDT #4641 of 6719
Because books.
It's not! Although I am trying to arrange something at the Chester County Books.
hippocampus - Sep 13, 2011 5:43:34 am PDT #4642 of 6719
not your mom's socks.
We need to fix that - unless that gets you in trouble with your publisher. Then we won't.
Amy - Sep 13, 2011 5:47:50 am PDT #4643 of 6719
Because books.
Why would it get me in trouble? They'll be happy to support any other publicity I can put together.
hippocampus - Sep 13, 2011 6:09:01 am PDT #4644 of 6719
not your mom's socks.
cool. I will put my thinking cap on.
Toddson - Sep 13, 2011 6:30:12 am PDT #4645 of 6719
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Amy, I watched the little trailer - I noticed that your cover (the best, I think) is the only one without a young woman on it. It's distinctive and, so to speak, cool.
Amy - Sep 13, 2011 6:52:44 am PDT #4646 of 6719
Because books.
Aw, thanks, Todd!
Barb - Sep 14, 2011 1:34:29 pm PDT #4647 of 6719
“Not dead yet!”
I needs help, y'all. (Well, beyond the usual...)
Anyhoo, a producer has apparently expressed interest in Haunted, my ghost YA. (MEEP) Loves the concept, loves the writing, loves everything except she feels that the blurb/pitch as it stands, is a bit soft/cerebral/intellectual, so she wants a bit of a harder hook.
This is the blurb as it stands:
A fatal betrayal sends Matthew and Emily on a journey that traverses the boundaries between life and death. Combining elements of The Sixth Sense and The Time Traveler's Wife, A Single Haunted Memory explores themes of destiny and fate, guilt and retribution, and asks the question, where does the line between life and death truly lie?
Which, okay, I can understand the whole "too cerebral" thing, using TTW and Sixth Sense, especially since we're talking about a YA book. But I need a new one liner.
HALP?
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 1:41:58 pm PDT #4648 of 6719
Because books.
Barb, I'm so brain dead and I read it so long ago. What happens exactly? I can't really work with just that.
In general, for YA I think you want something hookier, not just harder. Like (and this is just an example, not based on your proposal): He's dead. She's not. But they're in love ...
You know what I mean?