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Dec 01, 2015 13:24

I've mentioned this before but here's the official announcement:

Loose Leaves Books has acquired the rights to my YA fantasy, tentatively titled DEEP AS A TOMB. It's scheduled for a 2016 publication. Here's the blurb I sent in the query:

Sixteen-year-old Myla feels the land in her blood and bones. Like everyone around her, she's tied to the ( Read more... )

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curiouswombat December 1 2015, 21:25:08 UTC
That sounds really interesting.

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dawtheminstrel December 2 2015, 02:44:13 UTC
I hope so!

It's sad how much I love my characters

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curiouswombat December 3 2015, 10:06:09 UTC
Not sad at all - if you don't love them how can you expect your readers to love them?

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dawtheminstrel December 2 2015, 22:26:41 UTC
Thank you. It was a tough pitch to write because of the split POV.

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fafojoy December 2 2015, 05:56:42 UTC
That's a great summary.

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dawtheminstrel December 2 2015, 20:33:12 UTC
Thank you. This was hard to write because of having to squeeze in both MCs.

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dot_o_choillmor December 2 2015, 21:37:31 UTC
Sounds excellent!

I'm so, so pleased for you :-)

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dawtheminstrel December 2 2015, 21:41:56 UTC
I'm excited to be working with their editor on revisions. I love revising.

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perelleth December 5 2015, 21:55:36 UTC
oh, wow, I had missed that! Congratulations! Sounds like a serious editor, and I like the summary a lot. I'm so happy for you! we all knew this was coming!

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dawtheminstrel December 5 2015, 22:02:44 UTC
I'm excited.

Though I'm looking at the edits for the first 6 chapters and feeling a little panic. If I can do them, the book will be better, but I need to work through what they're aimed at.

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perelleth December 6 2015, 03:10:23 UTC
but you love revising! Are the edits good? This sounds like a serious publisher, then..

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dawtheminstrel December 6 2015, 12:11:46 UTC
The edits are good. There's a set of comments on point of view that I'm not sure I understand, but I'm thinking about it.

Here's a link to Loose Leaves' web site:

http://www.looseleavespublishing.com/

I think they aim to produce good work. I hope I can accommodate them!

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