It was a fabulously eventful week for Maggie Robinson - not only does she have a saucy new pen name (Margaret Rowe) and an official title for her first release (Tempting Eden), but she has a new book deal, as well! From Publisher's Marketplace:
Maggie Robinson's MISTRESS BY MISTAKE, a Regency-set historical romance and the first of the Courtesan Court series about the women who inhabit London's infamous mistress row, to Megan Records atKensington Brava, in a four-book deal plus two novellas, for publication in Summer 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.Congratulations, Maggie!
Over at Romance Vagabonds, Janga did her own yearly round-up of her favorite reads from the first six months of 2009, complete with reviews of her ten picks. It's a great list, with many of our Write Chic favorites making up its ranks. Be sure to check out any you haven't picked up yet!
The pirates from Romance Writer's Revenge welcomed Julie Rowe aboard this week, where she talks about the art of creating the perfect synopsis. It's a great article for anyone who dreads this part of the writing process! So, you know, all of us.
Author Justine Larbalestier reviewed The Demon's Lexicon, one of our featured picks from last week's What's Out, What's Buzzing. She particularly responds to the two qualms people have had when buying the book, with suggestions and explanations from a writer's point-of-view.
Elsewhere on the web, Sarah Rees Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon, was featured in John Scalzi's blog series The Big Idea. She gives great insight into her intriguing main character and the behind-the-scenes of her original book idea.
Also on John Scalzi's blog this week, he delved into an interesting literary phenomenon: why new novelists are kinda old.
Casey McCormick continued her indispensable Agent Spotlight series with a profile of kidlit agent Kelly Sonnack of Andrea Brown Literary.
National Public Radio ran a great article about what people were reading during The Great Depression - an interesting slice of Americana or just fun research for anyone thinking about setting a story in the 1920s.
Tweeting writers have something to be joyful about this week: agents Jessica Faust and Kim Lionetti from BookEnds have entered the Twitter fray! You can follow them at @BookEndsJessica and @BookEndsKim. Jessica also confronted the concept of the "prequery" and why they should never be attempted.
Agent Nathan Bransford and his commenters discussed the validity of audio books as true reading. In her own discussions of it this week, Steph had a really great comparison of audio books to teachers and parents reading aloud to children. The children may not be actively reading the books, but anyone can tell you those books from their childhood are some of the most beloved. Enter the commenting fray and add your own opinion!
That's all for this Friday's round-up. Did we miss any great blogs or articles from this week? Leave a tip in the comments!
Have a wonderful Friday night! If you need more Chic, check out our own Twitter feeds to see what mischief we're getting into this weekend:
Kelly @KellyKrysten
Mary @MaryBDanielson
Steph @ohsostephanie
WriteChic @writechicblog
3 comments:
Wow! I feel so chic! Thanks so much for the mention. Fabulously eventful it was. I just hope I can buckle down and concentrate on the books I've yet to write (which I will do chicly, I hope.*g*)
What a fabulously chic roundup!
Thank you, again. I think the new blog will become quite popular in time if it isn't already!
Maggie, you are ever chic! I can't wait for your books. And apparently these are some very hot books-my favorite!!! I have an incredible weakness for the Kensington Brava line.:)
Casey, thanks! You're crazily chic!:)
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