New in Mass-Market Paperback
Mar. 16th, 2012 09:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseHey, guess what? I got my author's copies of the spiffy new mass-market paperback edition of TALL, DARK & DEAD. They look VERY cool. I've actually long been a fan of mmpbs (as the cool kids call them) because I've always seen myself as a paperback writer, as it were. Low-brow, entertaining. That's me.
But what this means, too, is that the paperback version is coming out soon. Run and order your copies! If you're a long time fan of my science fiction and have never ventured over to the dark side that Tate represents, I will say that I think Tall, Dark & Dead, though sexy and romantic, might appeal. It's one of my favorite Tate books, the other two being Dead if I Do and the not-yet-released Precinct 13. Go ahead, give it a try, I won't tell anyone you're reading a romance novel, and, honestly, with all the vampires and werewolves and such, you won't even notice! (You can skim the sexy bits, I won't mind in the least!)
In other news, I am absolutely JAZZED about a new book proposal that I'm putting finishing touches on.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
naomikritzer sat down with me on Wednesday and helped me "file the serial numbers off" Bleach to get me thinking about something original I could write that hits all the things I love about that show. We ended up with something that I'm calling, for the moment, Samurai High (as in High School, Mason always wants me to add.) It really doesn't involve samurais at the moment, but that was such a fun play on words I had to use it as a working title. There are, however, high school boys, sword-play, and magic. Also key to the story will be class (as in socio-economic), honor, and justice. I'm hoping to sell it to my agent as hitting that same market as all the Percy Jackson/Lightning Thief books... sort of just out of Middle Grade heading into Teen YA for young men/boys/women-and-girls-like-me-that-dig-that-stuff.
That's what's been eating my brain lately. Also, tonight, I will be back at kuk sool wan for a "Topics" class (where we focus on one thing) about... cartwheeling. I actually really like to cartwheel, but... I'm not consistantly good at it, nor can I really deviate from the standard form. I was pretty excited about this class because, for a long while, Mason and I were the only ones signed up for it. That's like getting a private lesson from Sa Bum Nim (the head instructor) for the low, low price of five dollars a piece. Sadly, a few more people have signed up, so now it's just a regular class.... although, last time I checked, there were still only four or five of us. :-)
Today, too, I have to get a few errands done which I have ignored while letting my various obsessions hold sway. I have to hit the pet store at some point and maybe buy myself a pair of new shoes. I did manage to get back to the fabric store, so I have my "Red Pineapple" tee-shirt, and I think I will also make one that just says "Renji Abarai" on the back, so I have have lots of shirts to wear under my kuk sool uniform that will make me invincible. Because I'm sure that's how that works. Right?
But what this means, too, is that the paperback version is coming out soon. Run and order your copies! If you're a long time fan of my science fiction and have never ventured over to the dark side that Tate represents, I will say that I think Tall, Dark & Dead, though sexy and romantic, might appeal. It's one of my favorite Tate books, the other two being Dead if I Do and the not-yet-released Precinct 13. Go ahead, give it a try, I won't tell anyone you're reading a romance novel, and, honestly, with all the vampires and werewolves and such, you won't even notice! (You can skim the sexy bits, I won't mind in the least!)
In other news, I am absolutely JAZZED about a new book proposal that I'm putting finishing touches on.
naomikritzer sat down with me on Wednesday and helped me "file the serial numbers off" Bleach to get me thinking about something original I could write that hits all the things I love about that show. We ended up with something that I'm calling, for the moment, Samurai High (as in High School, Mason always wants me to add.) It really doesn't involve samurais at the moment, but that was such a fun play on words I had to use it as a working title. There are, however, high school boys, sword-play, and magic. Also key to the story will be class (as in socio-economic), honor, and justice. I'm hoping to sell it to my agent as hitting that same market as all the Percy Jackson/Lightning Thief books... sort of just out of Middle Grade heading into Teen YA for young men/boys/women-and-girls-like-me-that-dig-that-stuff.That's what's been eating my brain lately. Also, tonight, I will be back at kuk sool wan for a "Topics" class (where we focus on one thing) about... cartwheeling. I actually really like to cartwheel, but... I'm not consistantly good at it, nor can I really deviate from the standard form. I was pretty excited about this class because, for a long while, Mason and I were the only ones signed up for it. That's like getting a private lesson from Sa Bum Nim (the head instructor) for the low, low price of five dollars a piece. Sadly, a few more people have signed up, so now it's just a regular class.... although, last time I checked, there were still only four or five of us. :-)
Today, too, I have to get a few errands done which I have ignored while letting my various obsessions hold sway. I have to hit the pet store at some point and maybe buy myself a pair of new shoes. I did manage to get back to the fabric store, so I have my "Red Pineapple" tee-shirt, and I think I will also make one that just says "Renji Abarai" on the back, so I have have lots of shirts to wear under my kuk sool uniform that will make me invincible. Because I'm sure that's how that works. Right?