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Okay so I couldn’t really say anything about this until today but it’s official: I’m now represented by Veronica Park at Corvisiero! I’m absolutely beyond thrilled to be working with her and her agency. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m tortured by big decisions like this, but Veronica’s wit and savvy made this an easy one. I’m so glad to join her list of clients, and to demand all of her attention until she inevitably realizes she’s made a huge mistake and flees the country.
Betsy DeVos, our new Secretary of Education, has such a fantastic mind for fantasy and whim! I just love the little daydream she had about bears and schools and firearms, and it really got me inspired to do some writing that really mattered. After a long talk with all of the other books I’m in the middle of writing, on such banal topics as queer representation in fantasy and mental health, I got cracking on a fanfiction I think America needs. Let me know what you think!
For a while I avoided considering writing another book because it seemed like an act of defeat. It felt this way because my first book was this big, messy thing that lived in pieces upon my desktop, and I hadn’t really sent it around to agents, and it wasn’t published. For that reason alone, the idea of starting a new book felt like giving up on the old one.
Sebastion: Ariel listen to me
The human world is a mess
life under the sea is better than anything they got up there
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Sebastion: And besides, you’re a young girl who has been forced into a premature fame by your royal heritage, so it’s extra important that you, of all people, don’t compromise this kingdoms secrecy nor sovereignty by exposing our ‘mythical’ existence to humans, who we can all agree are absolutely monstrous when facing something they don’t understand.
Read moreUnabridged Disney Song Intros: Under the Sea, The Little Mermaid
It’s hard to write in the summer. At least for me. And maybe I’m alone in this — other people brag about how much writing they’re doing on Twitter, but the quiet irony of this pleases the jealous and bitter part of me (which is, really, most of me) greatly, and so I have to repeat myself: It’s hard to write in the summer.
Read moreHow to avoid your publishing dreams in the summer of 2016
Something you should know about me is that from a very young age I decided that reality just wasn’t for me, and that I was going to spend about 100% of my time pretending I was anyone else. The result was that I was a horrible little liar fascinated with my ability to trick people, especially kids my own age.
I’ve been listening to Sarah Enni‘s First Draft podcast non-stop since I discovered it via Twitter a few weeks ago. I tweeted at her to let her know. She tweeted back. It was great. Still waiting for her to reach out to interview me, but I know she’s busy and heaven knows I’m busy. Gosh.
Hi, blog.
Okay so don’t kill me but… I’m back? I’ve been on hiatus from about 80 different projects for the past several months (including this one) but, after a truly incredible summer and a surprisingly busy autumn, I’d like to re-invite myself back into the hearts of my readership. **new moon emoji**
The other day I posted a status on Facebook that earnestly asked what a praline might be, because honestly I’ve never been able to figure it out passively, and by god I do NOT plan on googling that. What if it’s horrible? I hate googling horrible things.
I know someone who is my own age, and who knows how to do taxes. This, to me, is nothing short of arcane magic. Something forbidden and locked away. A knowledge so base and powerful that even a vague understanding threatens to undo a carefully calculated peace in the universe. If you are a millennial and you know how to do taxes, what’s next? Alchemy? Necromancy? Horcruxes and 401K’s?