One of my favorite phases of the book-creation process is creating a cover. It’s also one of the most difficult. It’s worse than staring at a blank canvas, because the end result can’t be anything; it has to be a very specific something. While going through this process for HALF WAY HOME, my wife stumbled upon a photograph on DeviantArt. It blew us away. It was haunting and mysterious. Gritty and primal. Young and mature. Dirty and innocent. It was a photograph of contradictory juxtapositions. The mood of the shot…
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Great review at Carrie’s YA Bookshelf
Wowsers. This is a great review from one of my favorite YA blogs. I wasn’t even sure I could get Carrie to read the book, with blockbusters like CATCHING FIRE and GIRL IN ARENA garnering so much attention. But, she read something that appeared to be outside her tastes, and loved every bite! That seems to be the consensus with this book. Non sci-fi readers love it. Women love it. Old and young alike love it. The key is getting people to read it, so they’ll realize they love it!…