#20 airport tidings, NYCC and a cover reveal!
A quick note from a semi-comfortable chair at the Lexington airport -- as those of you who follow me on twitter and Facebook know, Christopher's brother Freddy and 10-year old nephew William were in a bad car crash Saturday evening. Freddy' fine, but we spent Sunday waiting out a 7+-hour surgery with no real idea whether there would be long-term cognitive effects or physical ones for little William. And, of course, we've been clocking a lot of hospital time since. The extremely good news is that everything seems as if it will heal up fine, no cognitive impairment, but the poor kiddo still has eyes that are so swollen it hurts to open them and is in some pain. But he's doing so well and being such a trooper and just THANK YOU to our long-distance friends and family for all your support and good thoughts this week. From me and Christopher, our gratitude. It means more than you can know that you were all pulling for William too.
(I mean, look at this kid!
He's that cute in real life. Serious. And very funny on pain meds.)
Two other things! I'm off to NYCC, which I forgot to mention in tinyletter the last. If you're there, come find me!
In the meantime, will you be at NYCC? ME TOO! Here’s where you can find me:
Friday, 10/7
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Panel – BookCon @ NYCC Panel Room – 1st Floor
Expanding Worlds: How Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels Imagine the World–For Better or Worse: From hyper-drive star ships to swords and sorcery to lustful vampires, science fiction and fantasy novels imagine worlds with infinite possibilities. But frequently, these worlds are remarkably similar to our own. Come hear bestselling science-fiction and fantasy authors discuss their imagined worlds and the impact of the collective SFF brain on the “real” world. Authors Rysa Walker (The Delphi Effect, Timebound), Gwenda Bond (Girl In the Shadows), Amy A. Bartol (Kricket series, Secondborn series), J.D. Horn (Witching Savannah series), and Alys Arden (The Casquette Girls) will debate and discuss, led by Senior Editor Jason Kirk of 47North and Skyscape.
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM: Autographing – BookCon @ NYCC Autographing Area – 6th Floor
At least Girl in the Shadows will be for sale from Word, and I’m also happy to sign anything you bring me! (I think you get a signing bracelet in line for the panel.)
I’ll be around Saturday afternoon too, but just swanning around seeing people. Hope to see some of you there!
AND Christopher and I got to reveal our middle grade cover and the copy from the back of the ARC. Behold!
I hope you guys love it as much as we do! The artist is Glenn Thomas and he’s also doing black and white interior art. Out in May from Harper!
Here’s the about the book that’ll be on the back of the ARCs:
Three kids. A hotel full of monsters. And a stolen magical artifact that could disrupt the balance between the humans and the supernatural. Welcome to life at Hotel Monster! The first book in the hilarious and spooky series that is Hotel Transylvania meets Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
Stephen’s dad decided to move them across the country to New York City, where his dad is taking over as head chef in an exclusive hotel. A hotel that has the most elite of clientele: monsters! Surprise! Or as they prefer to be called, supernormals. And an even bigger surprise? Stephen is part supernormal himself. When a magical artifact goes missing and Stephen is framed, he must work with two new friends to navigate this whole new world to clear his name. Consequences can be dire in the world of monsters. Spooky, funny, and full of monstrous hijinks, The Lost Legacy is an inventive and accessible mystery-adventure full of friendship, humor, and a monstrous cast of characters—perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps series.
We’ve had so much fun working with each other and our fabulous editor Martha Mihalick on this book/series and we can’t wait for you guys to step into this world. You can preorder if you like: Indiebound – Amazon – B&N.
And that's it for now! Sending love and good thoughts back to all of you, xo,
G