Too Damn Much Good News
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lydamorehouseOkay, so I _was_ going to compose a nice note about all the stuff I've been doing around the house, like building shelves over the kitchen doors for all our cookbooks and the lovely fresh fruit parfay I made for desert, but NO... I keep getting good news!
My editor just sent me this, and I nearly died:
STARRED Review, Publisher's Weekly:
"Hallaway's witty, fast-paced series starter cheerfully details the horrors of magical war and high school. Anastasija Ramses Parker is a modern day witch's daughter fond of wearing "black with black and black" but hopelessly unable to perform actual magic. When she flunks her coven's initiation ceremony, she learns her father is a vampire -- and not just any vampire, but a vampire leader, which makes her "some kind of vampire princess"... Ana's narration is pitch-perfect and totally teen: half calculated attitude, half wistful empathy. This all-too-brief tale will have readers hunting down Hallaway's Garnet Lacey series while they wait for Ana's next adventure. (Aug.)"
I guess I get to cross that off my "life list": Get starred review in PW....(faints!)
And now it's already 10:30 and I have to run off to get some errands done before I settle down to try to finish up that next adventure that everyone will supposedly be anxious for. ;-)
Although I should say that getting a starred review in PW actually kind of freaks me out. It seems like such an obvious "whoot," but I worry that this is a little like winning the Philip K. Dick. My editor told me when I was up for the award that he hoped I didn't win, because there was an anecdotal/urban/publishing myth that the winners of the PKD all had their careers torpedoed shortly after winning. I got second place. Perhaps that sparred me from complete implosion, but I still ended up having to do the pheonix thing and become Tate. So, I should probably do some kind incantation to dispell any bad luck attached to getting a starred review.
Any ideas?
My editor just sent me this, and I nearly died:
STARRED Review, Publisher's Weekly:
"Hallaway's witty, fast-paced series starter cheerfully details the horrors of magical war and high school. Anastasija Ramses Parker is a modern day witch's daughter fond of wearing "black with black and black" but hopelessly unable to perform actual magic. When she flunks her coven's initiation ceremony, she learns her father is a vampire -- and not just any vampire, but a vampire leader, which makes her "some kind of vampire princess"... Ana's narration is pitch-perfect and totally teen: half calculated attitude, half wistful empathy. This all-too-brief tale will have readers hunting down Hallaway's Garnet Lacey series while they wait for Ana's next adventure. (Aug.)"
I guess I get to cross that off my "life list": Get starred review in PW....(faints!)
And now it's already 10:30 and I have to run off to get some errands done before I settle down to try to finish up that next adventure that everyone will supposedly be anxious for. ;-)
Although I should say that getting a starred review in PW actually kind of freaks me out. It seems like such an obvious "whoot," but I worry that this is a little like winning the Philip K. Dick. My editor told me when I was up for the award that he hoped I didn't win, because there was an anecdotal/urban/publishing myth that the winners of the PKD all had their careers torpedoed shortly after winning. I got second place. Perhaps that sparred me from complete implosion, but I still ended up having to do the pheonix thing and become Tate. So, I should probably do some kind incantation to dispell any bad luck attached to getting a starred review.
Any ideas?
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Date: 2010-06-22 03:31 pm (UTC)(My book before Boneshaker got a starred PW review, I'll have you to know :) )
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Date: 2010-06-22 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-22 03:36 pm (UTC)AND ... immediately following my first starred PW review.
Best of luck! Though I don't think you'll need it, being awesome and all :)
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Date: 2010-06-22 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-22 07:49 pm (UTC)Can't escape me!
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Date: 2010-06-22 03:46 pm (UTC)I'm hoping for someone big to review either Threshold or GCA; the best review in that sense I've seen thus far has been from Fantasy Book Critic (at http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2010/05/grand-central-arena-by-ryk-spoor.html) by Liviu Suciu.
Boundary was favorably reviewed by School Library Journal and was picked up by SFBC; as far as I know SFBC hasn't looked at either of my newer ones.
So, in my rambling way, I guess I'm saying there's no likelihood of a good PW review hurting your chances with anyone. There MAY be some awards or honors that scare a FEW readers off, but it's doubtful they scare off more than they attract.
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Date: 2010-06-22 06:34 pm (UTC)Okay, I will *have* to read this one.
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