tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307343812352606192024-03-05T03:08:03.955-08:00The Devils LibraryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-5080735953930584502013-08-03T03:39:00.001-07:002013-08-03T03:39:18.424-07:00The ideal man!@devilslibrary: If like me u only picked up The New Recruit bcoz of the cover model đ thn u can stalk/follow him here @LeeeeeeLeeeee <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7noYT0V8ENf-h06OH9aLdLAWgxb5AZ_Jy58KxOXx27ff9HcEJcrRwJyyXKJfGwtcpIoCrB5iS89OvSnvmqpQX-DZsMGOyhGWGbLeO5UsouOi-TrMic5m_V7cXJqVl4HN7Joog59ohmNs/s640/blogger-image-754542349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7noYT0V8ENf-h06OH9aLdLAWgxb5AZ_Jy58KxOXx27ff9HcEJcrRwJyyXKJfGwtcpIoCrB5iS89OvSnvmqpQX-DZsMGOyhGWGbLeO5UsouOi-TrMic5m_V7cXJqVl4HN7Joog59ohmNs/s640/blogger-image-754542349.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He also comes as a cake!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispbwTUyg1uWYF6kx0ZNV4yvVhba4LS3Trkb2sJkpRtixNpFRIqDoSMAXcun1tH5ZCLJ6sEJgHE31ahODsl_oj23Owd9a7gnamOQ9Lb97vWg5fK-DMRk_5caBqeJ4SYbc58XlH3ERQIOs/s640/blogger-image-1591451712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispbwTUyg1uWYF6kx0ZNV4yvVhba4LS3Trkb2sJkpRtixNpFRIqDoSMAXcun1tH5ZCLJ6sEJgHE31ahODsl_oj23Owd9a7gnamOQ9Lb97vWg5fK-DMRk_5caBqeJ4SYbc58XlH3ERQIOs/s640/blogger-image-1591451712.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mmmmm tasty! đ</div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-67132227925171376352013-05-21T13:00:00.000-07:002013-05-21T14:19:46.554-07:00Vampires Zombies and Lyndburns oh myOkay so my laptop died over a month ago and I thought my blogging would have to go on hold till I bought a new one and then in a moment of lapsed genius I realised I could do it via iPhone so here is my first iPhone blog post!<br />
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So a week ago on Tuesday the 14th of May I got to have a lovely day hanging out with my friends and international authors (OMG! I can actually call them friends) <a href="http://rachelcaine.com/welcome/">Rachel Caine</a> & <a href="http://sarahreesbrennan.com/">Sarah Rees Brennan</a>. I had a fantastic lunch with Rachel and then in the evening I met up with Rachel again for her bookshop event where she was joined by the crazy cool Sarah Rees Brennan who was dressed like a 1950s minx and was also hosting the evening and quizzing her good friend Rachel with questions about her writing (Wakes up at 5 in the morning and writes 5000 words A DAY!!!) interspersed with zombie love and tales from their sordid past which included the tale of Sarah being arrested for already being in handcuffs!!! Rachel also broke the news that book 15 in the Morganville series with definitely absopositutely be the last which is very sad news but all good things must come to an end, but the hint that Rachel is in the midst of writing a book called <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12788124-prince-of-shadows">Prince of Shadows</a> based on Romeo & Juliet from the point of view of Benvolio got plenty of ooohs and ahhhs from the audience. It was a brilliant day and was fantastic to see Rachel and Sarah again hopefully I will see them again soon, and apologise ladies for not coming out for drinks next time promise X<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey there book zombies Iâm back as promised keeping good to my word that I will be reviewing book swag I nabbedâŠ*ahem*⊠I mean a selection of books generously given by those lovely peeps at Hot Key Books. So what better to begin with than a write up of the BrilliantâŠ</span></div>
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Matt Whyman has crafted a wonderfully dark comic tale of family life centred around a teenage girls coming of age drama. In under 26 pages you already know the character of each family member and leaves you hungrily wanting to read on and find out more about them after tantalising hints at a shocking ending.</div>
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The formidable father of the Savage family, Titus, is a city wolf, known for being a cut throat business man, and someone you do not want to cross in matters of business or family. Angelica is the devoted wife to Titus and the perfect home maker, a cross between Nigella Lawson and Martha Stewart. Her culinary skill is only matched by her razor sharp sense of style. She is also the mother of three little Savages, Sasha the eldest daughter, who has just begun to discover, much to the horror of her parents, boys & vegetarianism. If her father found out she had a veggie boyfriend and was going vegetarian he would skin her alive! The middle child is Ivan the school prankster who is known for his killer gags and is eager to follow in his fathers footsteps in upholding the family traditions. Little katya is the baby Savage whose last tooth has come through,which means she can chew meat and finally join in the families special feast's that the eldest Savage Grandpa Oleg began back in his mother country.</div>
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Like many psychologists the Savage's firmly believe that a family who eats together stays together, and it is an adage that these average suburbanites have turned into a custom that has been going strong for three generations, and will continue to thrive as the family grows. Oh did I mention the Savage families tradition is CANNIBALISM!</div>
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Yes that's right the Savage family are CANNIBALS, only don't let Titus hear you call his family that. To him cannibals are wild men boiling people in pots, he and his family are connoisseurs, they merely have a more advanced taste palette than say you or I. The Savages are even willing to have you around for dinner to prove it!</div>
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What the author does is very clever in that throughout the book carnivores, vegetarians, vegans, even Junk food eaters are spoken of as almost different species, tribes of human beings with their own sets of rules and food based religion, and throughout the book you get the sense of a battle brewing, that these clans will go to war for their beliefs, and the carnivores are not the only ones willing to kill! But what if you wanted to explore your eating habits? What if after years of chops,chicken and chipolatas you want to try eating meals that are more tofu than T-bone? Defect to the enemy side as it were! well this is the situation that Sasha Savage finds herself in and even though it is dramatised because she is from a family of cannibals it is a very realistic portrayal of what a person can go through when they change their diet for whatever reason, because basically people are funny about the subject of food.</div>
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I gave up red meat (except bacon) 12 years ago, became vegetarian 5 years ago and gave up dairy products gradually over the last 2 years. As I said, I do indulge in fish and chips now and again, and I will eat a cheese sandwich if it is the only veggie option going (Mozzarella and pesto is like kryptonite to me) and have been known to partake of a cream filled chocolate Ă©clair if one happens to be loitering in my vicinity. Oh and my all time favourite flavour of crisps, and still is, is bacon (Oooh I could murder a packet of Frazzles!) So Matt's book really resonated with me, not on the craving human flesh front, even though it is supposed to <span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">WARNING GROSS FACT ALERT</span> taste like bacon....umm excuse me for a moment *<i>grabs coat, disappears for 10 minutes, returns, takes off coat and sits back down in front of computer munching a jumbo bag of bacon rasher crisps</i>*....What?....As I was saying given that my reasons for leading a more veggie lifestyle had nothing to do with animal cruelty, although that now plays a part, or even for health reasons, but purely because it is what I prefer and I feel better for it. As the author says in his book there's no point beating yourself up over whether you should only eat this or not eat that it should be about what feels good, and I completely agree.</div>
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Needless to say food is a large part of the novel it is almost a character itself, it is discussed in a plethora of eating habits and situations from snacking in the car, school lunches in the park to celebratory picnics in the office and family meals, and features in every chapter so the subject matter is constantly in your mind, which is a clever trick because when you get to the parts where the family discuss making various meaty delicacies from human flesh it is jarring in its everyday casualness, and makes it all the more horrific. Another genius method the author utilises is keeping away from gory detail, and there are plenty of opportunities for the tale to be taken in that direction, but instead Whyman relies on uncomfortable situations that are made all the more uncomfortable, because as a reader, you know the inner workings of the Savage characters, and also on subtly grotesque facts, some of which will keep you looking over your shoulder the next time youâre on a crowded train. This achieves a continually creeping sense of unease for the reader.</div>
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What also makes it an uncomfortable read is the fact that even though you know the family are monsters, not all of them are necessarily evil, you still find things about the characters to like because they are written with complexity and emotion so that even though what they have been and are doing is horrific you still have hope for them, hope that someone will cry for help, break the cycle, the savages are essentially a family caught in a cycle of abuse where as within such dynamics the familial bonds are twisted so they have become bound together by a shared dark secret, a secret you know is going to be told, but will it be revealed in time.</div>
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You also know that someone is going to die somewhere along the lines, letâs face it, youâre not going to read a book about Cannibals and expect chapters filled with teddy bears and rainbows but right up until the end you are left guessing. Is it one of the children's teachers? A nosey neighbour? maybe the boyband boyfriend, or the annoying food activist? Could it even be a member of the Savage family itself destined for the fava beans and a nice chianti? You just don't know, because what the author does is follow a tried and tested recipe for a horror/thriller novel but makes a few changes to the standard ingredients so just when you think you have the flavour of the characters or a situation nailed down, it switches, changes your mind then flips back onto your original path, but leaves you in shock all the same, because it still is not what you expected. </div>
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If you are a fan of Lemony Snicket's Unfortunate Events Series and are looking for something a bit older, or a fan of dark humour and wanting a fast paced, entertaining quick read that stays with you days after finishing it, then this is the ideal book for you, and trust me when I say, you'll end up rethinking your junk food eating habits after reading, The Savages.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>So after just arriving in the nick of time, I was ushered into the bustling board room where I was greeted by the friendly and familiar face of my ole pal James Dawson who being a man of many talents it turns out, has written a non fiction title for Red Lemon Press?! I know the man is a wonder, and I'll talk more about his latest offering later on. Following hugs and hellos with a couple of other familiar faces such as the lovely <a href="http://www.nicolettejones.com/bios/njones" target="_blank">Nicolette Jones</a> of the Sunday Times and</b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> Hot Key peeps, Shout out to the FAB! <a href="https://twitter.com/Meggyf" target="_blank">Megan Farr</a>, </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> grabbed some delicious gourmet sandwiches, a large drink and took my seat for the presentation, but not before I managed with great finesse to dowse my left leg and the floor with said large drink, yes that's right in a room full of my book industry contemporaries I looked like I had lost control of my bodily functions and was now standing in a puddle of my... well you get the idea. Fortunately everyone's attention was snatched away from my drinking problem by the start of the presentation. Now I was going to give a 'highlights' run down of the presentation but basically I can't do that because every book mentioned grabbed my interest immediately, and I have such faith in the Hot Key teams ability to pick quality fiction and nurture the talent of their cherry picked authors to continue delivering quality fiction for 9-19 year olds (and older ahem) I just had to give equal time to each title and ensure that as many of you that read this will pick up their books, so grab a cuppa and a bar of chocolate (when I say bar I mean readers size, and you all know what I am talking about!) and get to reading.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The first book on the new releases list, was <i>Red Ink </i>which the author<a href="http://www.juliemayhew.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Julie Mayhew</a> was on hand to talk about. She described her novel as a story that is essentially about the lies our families tell us, and the lies we tell ourselves about our families especially those about our parents.</b></span></div>
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<b><i>When her mother is knocked down and killed by a London bus, fifteen-year-old Melon Fouraki is left with no family worth mentioning. Her mother, Maria, never did introduce Melon to a 'living, breathing' father. The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and is unlikely to be jumping on a plane and coming to East Finchley anytime soon. But at least Melon has The Story. The Story is the Fourakis family fairy-tale. A story is something. RED INK is a powerful coming-of-age tale about superstition, denial and family myth.</i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Quietness by <a href="https://www.hotkeybooks.com/authors/detail/alison-rattle" target="_blank">Alison Rattle</a> is Set in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1870's</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Victorian London and the horrifying world of baby farming. Alison spoke about her love of historical fiction and how she wanted to tell the tale of a forgotten horror of our countries past. Hot Key described the book as appealing to readers of YA historical fictions most popular authors Mary Hooper and Mary Hoffman so I am sure it will be an exceptional read.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>When fifteen-year-old Queenie escapes from the squalid slums where she lives she has no idea about the dangers of the dark world in which she is about to become </i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>embroiled. Meanwhile sixteen-year-old Ellen lives a privileged but lonely existence at the mercy of her cold-hearted father. Soon the girlsâ lives become irrevocably entwined in this tension-filled drama. THE QUIETNESS is a novel of friendship and trust in the darkest of settings.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i>The Great Galloon</i> <a href="https://www.hotkeybooks.com/authors/detail/tom-banks" target="_blank">Tom Banks</a> described as a Captain Pugwash meets Monty Python with the cast of Muppets Treasure Island it promises to deliver mad cap, hilarious, swashbuckling fun! Packed full of funny illustrations that bring the story and characters to life make this a great read for reluctant and first time readers. </b></div>
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<b><i>and sweeping floors. Stanley, a clever boy with a small horn, and Rasmussen, a reluctant countess-to-be, are busy waiting for an adventure to begin. Instead they have to fight off BeheMoths, avoid enormous Seagles, encounter the terrifying (but nice really) Brunt and save the Galloon from sinking. How will they ever find the Captain's bride when nothing's happening?</i></b></div>
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<b>The sequel THE GREAT GALLOON: VOAYGE TO THE VOLCANO will be published in August </b><b>2013.</b></div>
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<b><b>Pub Date: 04/04/13</b></b></div>
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</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Clockwise to Titan is a début novel by author <a href="https://www.hotkeybooks.com/authors/detail/elon-dann" target="_blank">Elon Dann</a> is survival fiction that sits comfortably next to the Hunger Games. Described as The Shawshank Redemption for young readers and set against the beautiful and deadly backdrop of a land caught in the grip of a cruel winter, the story weaves and unravels simultaneously with stories within stories and fact meeting fiction this promises to be a tale filled with tension that builds and builds until the very end. T</b></span><b>his brilliant </b><b>début is the perfect book for adventurous young readers.</b>
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<i><b>Mo, Harete and Moth are on the run. Chased by the tyrannical forces of the Institute, they follow a line of pylons towards the Other country and the hope of freedom. </b><b>Winter tightens its grip and escape seems impossible. As the </b><b>children weave together stories from their past, present and </b><b>imaginations, the truth becomes harder and harder to bear. Chased </b><b>by rabid dogs, hounded by Marshals with guns, and hiding from </b><b>military helicopters, only the long line of wires and the lure of </b><b>another way of life pulls them towards their goal. </b><b>A story of hope, peril and the fight against tyranny.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>You can find Elon Dann on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ElonDann" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></span></div>
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<i>Trouble with Mummies</i> is a young fiction title based on the idea that history invades a small English village. Written by <a href="http://fleurhitchcock.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Fleur Hitchcock</a> the author of the hugely popular <i>Shrunk, Trou</i></div>
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<i><b>Sam comes home one day to find his family turning a little bit loopy - his mum is redecorating using hieroglyphics and his Dad is building a pyramid in the back garden. He hopes it's just a weird<br />new fashion... but then the strangeness starts to spread. With the help of his friends Ursula, Henry and Lucy the Goat, Sam must save his town from rampaging Roman rugby players, hairdressers turned cavewomen, and a teacher who used to be a 'basket of kittens' but now wants to sacrifice the year 1s to the Aztec Sun god. As history invades Sam's world, will he be able to keep the Greeks away from the Egyptians and discover the cause of the Mummy madness?</b></i></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Get into more trouble with Fleur on <a href="https://twitter.com/FleurHitchcock" target="_blank">twitter</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now given my penchant for horror and YA paranormal fiction (Ahh yeah the general look of my blog should have been a clue!) when Death & Co was introduced I almost forgot to take notes because I was so </span>enrapt<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with the description of the stories plot and it's male protagonist Adam I was praying for a proof copy at the end of the meeting.</span></div>
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<b><i>Adam is a Lumen, and it runs in the family. Escorting the dead from life into light, Adam must act as guide to those taken before their time. As his older brothers fall into their fate however, Adam clings to his life as a normal kid - one who likes girls, hates the Head and has a pile of homework to get through by Monday morning. When Adam gets a terrible premonition he realises that he must make a devastating choice. He must risk his life, his family and his destiny in order to save his soul.</i></b></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Keep death company on twitter by following<a href="https://twitter.com/debbiemccune" target="_blank"> Debbie McCune</a></b></span><br />
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</b></span><b>is also a successful broadcaster, print journalist having written for various UK newspapers and magazines including GRAZIA and STYLIST. An avid <a href="https://twitter.com/hotpatooties" target="_blank">Tweeter</a> and blogger of <a href="http://dawnporter.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Dawn Report</a>, has produced 13 documentaries including one on the movie Dirty Dancing, has </b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">recently married the actor and comic genius that is Chris O'Dowd (hence Dawn Porter becoming Dawn O'Porter) and is now a published author of teen fiction with her </span>début for Hot Key</b><b style="font-family: inherit;"> Paper Aeroplanes a novel which is based on Dawn O'Porters child hood and is, well I think Publisher Emily Thomas says it best </b>
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<b><b>'Dawn doesn't flinch from describing the horrors of having your period round at someone's else house when you're fifteen; the freakish body hair that you're convinced is yours, and yours alone; your excruciating dysfunctional family; the strange and contradictory mass of feelings you have at all times; the curiosity, yet wariness of boys (and of sex in general); the hideous misery of falling out with your best friend; the knowledge that though your life stretches out, tantalisingly, before you, you have absolutely no clue what to do with it.'</b></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you missed the above links you can follow Dawn </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hotpatooties" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and <a href="http://dawnporter.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></b><br />
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<b><i>Ruled by the Elders, an unforgiving battalion of Enforcers and many mechanical clockwork Sentries, Pitch End is a town where everyone knows their place. Soon-to-be fifteen year old Bruno Atlas still mourns the death of his Rebel father ten years ago, and treasures the stories passed on to him: the Tall Tales from Pitch End. After discovering a plot by the Elders to literally steal the Youth of the town, Bruno flees, escaping to the mountains where a bunch of<br />disparate young Rebels are planning an attack on Pitch End. With secrets and betrayal lying round every corner, Bruno will find himself fighting not only for his life, but the life of the town.</i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday Brown is an Australian import which Hot Key are super excited about. Australian fiction is a in large part because of the unique strong style of storytelling that runs through the work of Antipodean authors and <a href="http://vikkiwakefield.com/" target="_blank">Vikki Wakefield</a> is no exception. Her novel tells the story of Friday Brown it is a modern fairy tale, that captures elements of the work of Alice Hoffman.</span></b></div>
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<i>Friday Brown was saved by Silence. Brought up travelling the </i><i>endless roads of the Australian wilds, Friday's past was shaped </i><i>by stories, told dreamily by her mother around glowing </i><i>campfires and on the edge of endless plains. But her mother's </i><i>death left Friday lost, and running from a family curse that may </i><i>or may not be real. Desperate and alone in the middle of a </i><i>strange city, a voiceless boy with white blond hair and silver </i><i>eyes appeared from nowhere, stole her heart and took her home.</i></div>
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<b>One of my favourite authors, Queen of Teen, and my pal, Maureen Johnson has signed a 6 book deal and is being published by Hot Key! I cannot tell you how THRILLED I am about that little coup. Maureen is one of those incredibly hard working, inspiring and talented people that is fantastically grounded people and makes everything she does seem effortless, so she is a natural fit for Hot Key who do everything with equal aplomb. Hot Key will not only be publishing the final two books in Maureen's SHADES OF LONDON series (Squee) they will also be publishing three books in her SUITE SCARLETT series, but </b><b>Maureenâs dĂ©but for Hot Key </b><b>will be THE KEY TO THE GOLDEN FIREBIRD. No official artwork yet but here's some official blurb:</b></div>
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<b><i>The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs. </i></b><b><i>May is the brainy middle sister, Brooks is the beautiful but conflicted </i></b><b><i>oldest, and Palmer's the quirky baby of the family. In spite of their </i></b><b><i>differences, the Gold sisters have always been close. When their </i></b><b><i>father dies, everything begins to fall apart. Levelâheaded May is left </i></b><b><i>to fend for herself (and somehow learn to drive), while her two</i></b></div>
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<i><b>Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890's Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry their son. The only problem is, he's dead. After a fateful visit to the Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also her desire for the Lim's handsome new heir. At night she is drawn into the Chinese afterlife - a world of ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, monstrous bureaucracy and vengeful spirits. Enlisting the help of mysterious Er Lang (a dragon turned clerk), Li Lan must uncover the secrets of the ghost world - before she becomes trapped there forever</b>.</i></div>
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<b>Edward Carey, author of OBSERVATORY MANSIONS and ALVA & IRVA, is moving into the YA/crossover arena, with the IREMONGER TRILOGY, sold to Hot Key in a three-book deal for UK & BC rights (excluding Canada). The three titles â HEAP HOUSE, FILCHING, and LUNGDON â are set in Filching, an imaginary borough of Victorian London. Here the extensive Iremonger family ('kings of mildew, moguls of mould') have made a fortune from junk, building a dark and sprawling mansion from salvage scrap. Young Clod Iremonger meets plucky orphan servant Lucy Pennant, and with her help begins to explore the perils of the noxious, shifting Heaps, and to uncover the dark secrets of his family's empire. </b></div>
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<b><i>In the world of FEARSOME DREAMER, England has become Angle Tar - a technophobic and fiercely independent country holding its own against the mass of other nations that is World. Rue is an apprenticed hedgewitch in rural Angle Tar, but she knows she is destined for more. After being whisked off to the city by the enigmatic Frith, Rue becomes the student of White, a young Worlder with a Talent that is much in demand. White is no ordinary Dreamer - but then neither is Rue. Both can physically 'jump' to different places when they dream - and both have more power than they know. Rue and White find themselves electrically attracted to each other - but who is the mysterious silver-eyed boy stalking Rue's dreams? And why is he so interested in her relationship with White? Is Rue about to discover just how devastatingly real dreams can be...?</i><br /><br />Follow Laure on <a href="https://twitter.com/LaureEve" target="_blank">twitter</a></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dawn O'Porter once again flexes her talent muscle this time as an editor of an anthology of stories. The Booby Trap and Other Stories is a collection of poems, essays,</span> anecdotes, pictures thoughts and stories that all share share one common theme. Boobs!</b></div>
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<i><b>Created as a charity project to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, this project will see all profits split between Coppafeel, Breakthrough and Breast Cancer Care.<br />THE BOOBY TRAP includes contributions from actors such as Chris OâDowd, celebrities including Mel C, Sarah Millican and Jameela Jamil, journalists like Cherry Healy and India Knight and authors Benjamin Zephaniah, Patrick Ness, Marian Keyes and Maureen Johnson. THE BOOBY TRAP is a chance to get up close and personal with big name stars as they reveal all in this hilarious, moving and<br />honest collection of stories, memoirs, drawings and essays.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>ISSY'S BOOK (title TBC) is unlike anything else we're publishing here at Hot Key. Written and illustrated by debut seventeen-year-old author Isobel Harrop, the book brings together Issy's sketches, comic strips, poems and essays into a beautiful collection of dry, humorous observations mixed with gentle poignancy.<br />A true snapshot of contemporary teenage life, ISSY'S BOOK contemplates love, life, family, fashion - and anything else Issy happens to be day-dreaming about at the time. ISSY'S BOOK is guaranteed to strike a chord with any teenager, and is a unique, must-have book for this year's Christmas list.</b></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The presentation then progressed onto talking about the <a href="http://hotkeyblog.wordpress.com/young-writers-prize/" target="_blank">Guardian/Hot Key</a> young writers prize which after the success of this years competition Hot Key are looking to repeat next year.</span></b></div>
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<em><strong>MAGGOT MOON and A WORLD BETWEEN US have been made into interactive ebooks with iBooks author; MAGGOT MOON multi touch was chosen as editorâs choice on the iBookstore.<br />For THE QUIETNESS, we're packing all sorts of delicious extra content into one concise interactive book. It will take you deep into the real-life events which inspired THE QUIETNESS, and give you access to exclusive video content about how the book was created. It's a must-have for fans of the book!</strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>As I mentioned earlier <a href="https://twitter.com/_jamesdawson" target="_blank">James Dawson</a> was at the who is one of Red Lemon Press's launch authors who has written his book 'How to be a BOY' which is a 'unflinching' down to earth book on teen issues which is a go to guide for all of those burning questions that teen boys want to ask but never do such as questions over puberty, sex education, relationships and social etc Caitlin Moran and the inbetweeners had a book baby. It was James idea that he wanted to write a real manuel for growing up aimed at 9-16 year olds</b></span></div>
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<em><strong>Being a boy is NOT easy, and thereâs more to it than fast cars, sports and video games. In this essential guide to growing up, acclaimed author and former teacher James Dawson gives readers the gritty guide to whatâs going on in their bodies, how to survive on the social food chain, impressing a girl and much more â nothing held back.â nothing held back. Parents, teachers and readers alike will embrace Dawsonâs refreshing honesty and witty wisdom while they get an inside view of what being a boy really means..</strong></em></div>
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<b>The second book that was discussed was The Artistic Ape by Desmond Morris</b><br />
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<b>Now this book is an incredible acquisition by Red Lemon Press, and I cannot wait to read it, as its author wrote the international bestseller <i>The Naked Ape</i>, so this will be a fascinating read. here is a bit more on the author and his latest work. Desmond Morris is an internationally renowned zoologist, ethnologist and anthropologist, a pioneer in the study of human and animal behaviour. He is also a prolific writer and has authored many bestselling books including MANWATCHING and BABYWATCHING. He is a surrealist artist and has contributed significantly to the British Surrealist movement. He had his first solo show in 1948, and has shown regularly since then. Details from Morris' paintings can be seen on the cover art of early editions of Richard Dawkins's books THE SELFISH GENE and THE BLIND WATCHMAKER.</b></div>
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<b><i>In his new book Morris combines his deep understanding of human behaviour and his love of art to create a complete history of the subject from its roots in early human evolution through to the future of art. The book is a unique anthropological study. Morris said: âIn my previous books I have focussed on the ways in which human beings are similar to other animals, but now I want to turn the spotlight on one of the most exciting ways in which we have manifested ourselves as a unique animal â on the complex activity that we refer to as âartâ.â</i></b></div>
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<b>Prepare to be launched into the universe for a unique, upclose look at the stars. From tiny stellar corpses to red supergiants, every major type of star (and planet, galaxy and nebula) is explained, categorised and colourfully illustrated by highly-respected science expert and popular science author/illustrator, Dr Mark Garlick. Told in accessible, narrative text, this is a must-have for anyone wondering what lies outside of our planet, and for lovers of popular science too. The book is easily accessible with text supported by stunning illustrations by a well-known and highly respected science expert and featuring one-of-a-kind exploration of and up-close look at never before photographed phenomena. The book also incorporates digital technology allows readers to launch from the page to computer screen bringing the book to life with astonishing animations.</b></div>
<b><br /></b><b>All three books will be published Autumn 2013</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>And that brought the presentation to a close.</b><br />
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<strong>As I left the luncheon my prayer for books was answered as I was leaving it was literally a book buffet, and I went home with a box, yes that's right a box of literary goodies including <em>The Savages</em>, <em>Tall Tales From Pitch End</em>, <em>Death & Co</em> and I even snagged a copy of the guilty pleasure that is <em>The Vincent Brothers </em></strong></div>
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<strong><br /></strong><strong>so after such a generous gift I will now dedicate the next few weeks to reviewing Hot Key titles ONLY! I don't have all of their titles unfortunately but those I do have copies of old and new will get a write up, so stay tuned for more on these fabulous books.</strong></div>
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<strong>And if that wasn't enough I spoke to the lovely Megan Farr and the equally lovely Olivia Mead about running a competition exclusive to my blog, where you get a chance to win a selection of Hot Key summer titles before they are even released. I know right! So if you missed the obvious competition banner at the top (did you, really!?) then click <a href="http://thedevilreadsout.blogspot.co.uk/p/a-month-with-april-may.html" target="_blank">here</a> and enter.</strong></div>
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Okay so back in May when I hosted the Cassandra Clare event I got to chatting with Cassandra and Maureen Johnson about the Mortal Instruments movie cast and the general gushing about how HOT! the guy cast as Magnus Bane was had me doing lengthy searches on line for snippets on who this ridiculously gorgeous guy would be. Now personally I have always pictured the hugely stunning and talented Bryan Tanaka as Magnus. I think the first pic from the following pretty much sums up my reasoning.</div>
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Bryan is a professional dancer who has worked for JLo and Rhianna and is the captain of Beyonce's dance troup. You can see the awesomeness of Bryan dancing with Beyonce in this video.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyhoo back to the actual selection of Magnus Bane. Well it is in fact the stunning Model/Actor Godfrey Gao, How gorgeous is he? And not too dissimilar from my own choice so this is one super happy Cassie fan :) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fans had plenty to cheer about at Comic-Con as MTV revealed, in a milestone moment, that <a href="http://tvafterdarkonline.com/category/tv-shows/teen-wolf/">Teen Wolf </a>is being renewed for an additional season. This is the first time an MTV primetime scripted series has surpassed the two season mark. But that is only the beginning. Teen Wolf is breaking records for the network, as it has also been revealed that fans have 24 episodes to look forward to in season three. This is the largest episode order, in scripted programming, for MTV.</div>
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and in other Teen Wolf related news the first novel in the Teen Wolf, series <i>On Fire</i> is released 17th July and is written by the one and only <a href="http://nancyholder.com/" target="_blank">Nancy Holder!</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In Beacon Hills, a mountain lion is blamed for a spate of vicious attacks; Scott McCall wishes the cause was that simple. Unfortunately, hiding his werewolf identity, especially from Allison Argent, while fighting his need to shift, is only one problem. Keeping his mysterious, murderous Alpha off his back (literally), avoiding hunters, deciphering strange dreams about flames and impending doom . . . is really eating into lacrosse practice and hang-out time. So when Jackson Whittemore doesnât show for his date with Lydia, Scott hopes that helping Allison track down their buddy will be simpler. Derekâwhose hunger for vengeance blinds him to the dangers that lie in waitâand Stiles are also looking, but the worried teensâ search is leading right to the preserve from Scottâs nightmare. They arenât the only ones in the woods, and their little trip starts looking less like a rescue mission and more like an elaborate trapâone that will force them to make the choice between killing and being killed. . . .</span></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-6315865175077196122012-07-09T14:14:00.001-07:002012-07-14T07:46:56.541-07:00Time to SCREAM!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am incredibly proud to say that Foyles has won Children's bookseller of the year 2012 :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-60490699694831813932012-02-14T15:06:00.000-08:002012-02-14T15:06:54.305-08:00A blog about love on Valentines day! Tres originale..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLLjSYNazRcdaN30er1-JL4a9SXMKo6hukndph8tA1FT3S6b5bLI-P59EDzEq3JH_uvsOmbcOwKliO8CA2QBkBW5vxXsDS-JcU9g3WzeCeeM1jZ4Xzfue6hSJ0Luj7_epnkuf372XcD4/s1600/love+books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLLjSYNazRcdaN30er1-JL4a9SXMKo6hukndph8tA1FT3S6b5bLI-P59EDzEq3JH_uvsOmbcOwKliO8CA2QBkBW5vxXsDS-JcU9g3WzeCeeM1jZ4Xzfue6hSJ0Luj7_epnkuf372XcD4/s320/love+books.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Okay I was going to do a post on how I love books, and books I love, blah blah blah but I am way to shnakered to write anything.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-22218542418292619972012-02-07T14:49:00.000-08:002012-07-09T09:18:21.426-07:00Once upon a time 200 years ago.....One of the worlds greatest storytellers was born.<br />
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So every book blog will be talking about Charles Dickens today, in one way or another, so I figured I would jump on the band wagon and talk about how his work has influenced me. Many years ago (not quite 200 but close enough *ahem*) when I was a child, I would visit my grandparents regularly, but the visits I loved the most were the ones where I would stay the night, it was always an adventure, always exciting, and it also gave me the chance to read books I did not have access to at home. My grandparents didn't have a library, but they did have a fantastic collection of classic fiction all in hardback (glee) and part of this collection was the entire Dickens library, each book bound in dark blue leather, with embossed gold lettering. Whenever I slept over I would grab one of these titles and find a place to hide so I could loose myself in the streets of Victorian London, in the summer when the evenings were light it was the branches of the cooking apple tree, in the winter my hidey hole was behind the armchair in the corner of the lounge so I could sit under the big floor lamp and read about Pip and Oliver, and Nell in the Old Curiosity shop. Now being 7/8 years old I did not understand a lot of what what was happening in these stories, but I did understand what was scary, what was terrifying and what made a happy ending, I also learnt what made great reading, and great storytelling. Dickens showed me how to love books and this influence showed through the books I chose in contemporary fiction to read as a child. Books by authors such as <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diana-Wynne-Jones/e/B000AP7PX0/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1" target="_blank">Diana Wynne Jones</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-Garner/e/B001K8N5ZI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" target="_blank">Alan Garner</a>, and one of my favourite books <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolves-Willoughby-Chase-Sequence/dp/009945663X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328643612&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Wolves of Willoughby Chase</a> by <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joan-Aiken/e/B000AQ8PB0/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" target="_blank">Joan Aiken</a>. (if you have not read it do so ASAP)<br />
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Speaking of wolves Dickens was a huge fan of fairy tales, and loved the Grimms tale Little Red Riding Hood. He once wrote: "Little Red Riding Hood was my first love. I felt that if I could have married Little Red Riding Hood I should have known perfect bliss." <br />
Charles Dickens and I not only love fairy tales, but like mr D, Little Red Riding Hood is my ALL TIME FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE (The film was naff, except for the last half hour, yes I have it in my DVD collection, *I have my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9uzEbgp1P5wcEjvbt9vEmrTn26iyrUcpd5kR4I17vxtMTK0BeeyHv7rCudrnvCTX_jhgH7EwOavxKHjxntQakh7RZUGx-2y3am3wyMJKDqipXy7febnSajkM90DY-zadHTdMO2hyphenhyphen8ubD/s640/VMAN-SHILOH-FERNANDEZ-by-MARK-ABRAHAMS_www.lylybye.blogspot.com.jpeg" target="_blank">reasons</a>* and will probably watch it today!!!) so in honour of this shared love here are two lovely retellings that you must must <u><span style="color: red;">MUST</span></u> include in your library.<br />
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This picture book is stunning in it's simplicity. It is one of those things which you look at and think 'Why didn't I come up with this!?' <br />
The illustrations are beautifully minimalist, all done in red and black coloured pencils, and are done in a whimsical doodling fashion, and look like they belong on a proud parents fridge door for all the world to see.<br />
The story follows the basic premise of the classic Little Red story, but has a marvellous twist that harks back to the clever, and brave Red of the 16th century original.<br />
With it's pocket sized format and easy to follow story and pictures it is the ideal book to keep in a bag, in order to entertain adults and children alike.<br />
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This next version is just toooooooo lush for words!</div>
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Little Red Riding Hood<br />
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This is the basic Grimm version but sumptuously illustrated. Seriously the end papers sold it to me alone. The artwork is by the amazingly talented Illustrator <a href="http://danielegneus.blogspot.com/">Daniel Egneus</a> whose work has featured in, on, and around anything that is fashionable or fashion related. His style is pure whimsical fantasy, like some intriguing delicate confection made of spun sugar, and wafer thin chocolate brushed with gold leaf, that surrounds a rich dark heart. His illustrations are so ethereal that you are afraid to breath looking at them, incase, like a dandelion clock the colours and lines would be blown from the page. Those of you who know me, know that my background is in fashion/fashion design (Yes I have <u>TWO</u> degrees in fashion design, and I am doing nothing with them! Well kind off ) so this book brings all three of my loves fashion/fairytales/books into one gorgeous beautifully packaged edition. </div>
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Oliver Twisted is published by Electric Monkey the new YA imprint from Egmont books, the author Jasmine Richards who is also a senior editor contacted me a few months ago to let me know about her new novel based upon the Dickens classic Oliver with a horror twist (see what I did there) as soon as I heard this I could not wait for my proof copy to arrive so I could start reading, and I certainly was not dissapointed when I did.</div>
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As with all the best works of horror fiction, this tale is filled with werewolves, vampyres, zombies aka woe begottens, demons, and vengeful spirits, and like its inspiration, the character Oliver is fought over by the forces of good and evil, but in this version the reason for this battle centres around the fact that Oliver Twisted is in fact a very rare and powerful warlock who, it is fortold will either become the saviour of humanity or the cause of its destruction. This is not the only cleverly adapted plot device in fact if you have read or know the original story, part of the enjoyment of reading Oliver Twisted is recognising scenes and story arcs, and how imaginative J D Sharpe is at seemlessly blending the ingenious horror twists thrown in, such as human blood farms disguised as orphanages, which are filled with starving orphans turned cannibals. Cults that worship wolf gods with child sacrifice, and demons that ply humans with drink until they can possess their bodies. But what really brings the book to life (no pun intended) is her description of the grisly scenes which fill every chapter, hits just the right level of Hammer Horror gore till you feel the book itself is made from human skin covered with pus filled boils and you expect to find foaming maggots falling out, with each turn of the page. Take for instance when Oliver is given to Mr Sowerberry the undertaker to apprentice. Now in the classic this was horrific enough, but with flair and gusto the author works our i<span style="background-color: white;">magination by turning Sowerberry and his household into a true house of horrors by making them flesh eating ghouls who feast on the innards of the dear departed left in their care.</span></div>
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<em>"Oliver's knees buckled beneath him. The last thing he saw as he crashed to the ground was the bowl of guts smashing down beside him and a rheumy eyeball rolling across the flagstone floor."</em></div>
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You add in Fagin as a soul stealing demon, and Bill Sikes as a vicious werewolf, which is perfect re-characterization, and how Bill and his hound Bullseye are connected to each other is a brilliant example of the cleverly simple quirks that add layer upon layer of this gloriously gruesome novel. From the first chapter this is a pacy, grisly, intense read, and I am not going to tell you anymore because I will ruin the story for you, so if you want to know what I am talking about then you will have to buy the book yourself. </div>
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I can already envisage a J D Sharpe reworking of Great Expectations with Pip working in the Devils foundry and Lady Haversham as a lovelorn spectre holding her daughter Estella prisoner, until her love returns to her.</div>
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On the topic of <em>Great Expectations</em> I am very excited about the movie coming out later this year. <em>Jeremy Irvine</em> of <em>War Horse</em> fame is playing Pip, but what I am really excited about is the phenomenal casting of<em> Helena Bonham Carter</em> as Lady Haversham. She was born for the role, and I just cannot wait to see her performance.</div>
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Until next time heres wishing you unpleasant dreams. xoxo</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-27978615162817165772012-02-02T17:27:00.000-08:002012-02-02T17:27:19.961-08:00The day I worked on my holiday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last night I got back home at 1am to be greeted by this....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljpSorvOBoSmlDXmZ0Lzy2zVO4_0h4qgsoxO1kmuEE58YI8Uu2XHoYnp9v_TybE6kZImSzMGPhoTVYHNUKfrJG-8Tud8JZfwCTPEa2AEdV7jq5v4enzCDZOD61altqRYYZEbFw1zA5l4/s1600/PIC_0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljpSorvOBoSmlDXmZ0Lzy2zVO4_0h4qgsoxO1kmuEE58YI8Uu2XHoYnp9v_TybE6kZImSzMGPhoTVYHNUKfrJG-8Tud8JZfwCTPEa2AEdV7jq5v4enzCDZOD61altqRYYZEbFw1zA5l4/s320/PIC_0001.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't decide if it is cool or creepy, but what it definitely is, is a perfect example of the weird shiz that I get randomly given by family and friends, although I guess you could argue that people who give me this sort of stuff should not really be considered family or friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw830gQVgv9V6846wTf6wmQ-2o6uiz0wOtJ2WLZRKEBEmEhdOJbeVOuZ4YjSQJBp5XMeaPoreF27U3RACIqbp6-FaPmbAnZul0uAKCsqpaxJDACz4JY69Z2VgPjyMP5zt3ONrB98Hfqpg/s1600/monster+calls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw830gQVgv9V6846wTf6wmQ-2o6uiz0wOtJ2WLZRKEBEmEhdOJbeVOuZ4YjSQJBp5XMeaPoreF27U3RACIqbp6-FaPmbAnZul0uAKCsqpaxJDACz4JY69Z2VgPjyMP5zt3ONrB98Hfqpg/s400/monster+calls.jpg" width="306" /></a></div>Anyhoo the reason for me being out so late is also the reason why I worked on my holiday!? Last night I hosted an event with author <a href="http://www.patrickness.com/" target="_blank">Patrick Ness</a> and illustrator <a href="http://www.jimkay.co.uk/Jim_Kay_Illustrator/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Jim Kay</a> where they talked about their collaboration on the beautiful <em>A Monster Calls. </em>Those of you who do not know the story<em> </em>it is the incredibly moving tale of a young boy who is dealing with the death of his mother, who one night is visited by The Monster.<br />
The event was chaired by the wonderful Nicollete Jones who is not only an author in her own right but is also the children's books reviewer for The Times. Both Patrick and Jim were highly entertaining and kept the audience in rapt attention with perfectly timed humour and intelligent in depth conversation about their ideas and concepts for the novel.<br />
The Evening was a huge success with close to a two hundred attendees, and it was lovely to see children in the audience, as children often ask the most interesting and succinct questions, which is something they did not fail to do.<br />
After the event I was lucky enough to be invited to dine with Patrick and Jim, and it was the perfect end to the evening, giving me a chance to speak with author and illustrator on a personal level. Having met Patrick several times already he still remains to be as intelligent and erudite as ever. As for Jim Kay, he is one of the most grounded, gifted, and genuinely, lovely people, I have ever had the pleasure to meet, who judging from the band-aids on nearly every finger, literally bleeds for his art.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bIKfab7Bz4XNp3oaLff1E31laYDSoihAYOnz9ELdq76L9n7sMTVktmuvQQ62QR1Yskw8hmU9_sbwLIZ4zapYxQBP_GLOCqnZaci3Ic-vy3JTJmOr78oWIk1GgZBwzU1_ip7GKNcozFQ/s1600/the-hunt-uk-press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1bIKfab7Bz4XNp3oaLff1E31laYDSoihAYOnz9ELdq76L9n7sMTVktmuvQQ62QR1Yskw8hmU9_sbwLIZ4zapYxQBP_GLOCqnZaci3Ic-vy3JTJmOr78oWIk1GgZBwzU1_ip7GKNcozFQ/s400/the-hunt-uk-press.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also finally got my copy of Andrew Fukuda's The Hunt which I have been extremely eager to read. Not only read but see the cover art. The reason for this is because last year I was chatting to a rep from Simon and Schuster and I was told that they had aquired a new vampire novel that would appeal to boys, and I was asked for suggestions on concept ideas for the cover art. Needless to say I was overjoyed to help, and it seems a few of my suggestions slipped into the ideas bin (grins like a loon) Wish I could say the choice of cover model was my idea!</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For those who don't know the story 17-year-old Gene is surviving against all odd,s in a world where humans have been eaten to near extinction by the general population. The only remaining humans, or hepers as they are known, are housed in domes on the savannah and studied at the nearby Heper Institute. Every decade there is a government sponsored hunt. When Gene is selected to be one of the combatants he must learn the art of the hunt but also elude his fellow competitors whose suspicions about his true nature are growing. </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From what I have read of the novel so far (on page 121 already) I am really enjoying it. It kind of reminds me of I am Legend (one of my all time favourite novels) in a what if the character Robert Neville had tried to survive by coexisting in the vampire society version of the classic, and judging by the literary fans, see the campaign sheet below, and the fact that it is being compared to the Hunger Games, I think it is pretty safe to say that anyone who picks up this novel will enjoy all 293 pages of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7bHRIJCVw83ppRW9TwUaBYMJco8vl0F0OIWVH3EyCFToEEAkKWKsqqBvB1pOvCgBBLPsAv8ALMUAT7vfD9YYsxZhVgyERsq_Mitc-xe7UwMANLVVqR41uAm2e-KsxB4SkBkFHtL0agw/s1600/Hunt+Brochure+JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7bHRIJCVw83ppRW9TwUaBYMJco8vl0F0OIWVH3EyCFToEEAkKWKsqqBvB1pOvCgBBLPsAv8ALMUAT7vfD9YYsxZhVgyERsq_Mitc-xe7UwMANLVVqR41uAm2e-KsxB4SkBkFHtL0agw/s400/Hunt+Brochure+JPG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>BTW who is the model? does he look like Chris Hemsworth or what?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uylrk89W1itZiGRLjFg8fQVoJv0-RNtGHFSHp5CCqN4HyuL-K2bt1KZ_0ExJbBaBLG177qPq6aA45sK06_d_iHKjfsPqIVwHCkiL3ncnC4CFbL9OyoGiWAdUaSsrpwC0x7VhWgZdDNo/s1600/The+Hunt+fin(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uylrk89W1itZiGRLjFg8fQVoJv0-RNtGHFSHp5CCqN4HyuL-K2bt1KZ_0ExJbBaBLG177qPq6aA45sK06_d_iHKjfsPqIVwHCkiL3ncnC4CFbL9OyoGiWAdUaSsrpwC0x7VhWgZdDNo/s320/The+Hunt+fin(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just incase you are interested here is one of the versions of the US cover art. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The book is released 12th May 2012</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In other none book/movie related news, while I was surfing the WWW the other day I found this amazing <a href="http://www.pewterreplicas.co.uk/" target="_blank">pocket watch</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblV1GU2YNfslxQsP0SLcP6_wg8owJ-JIzJhbTrAcO_86RGKrPsDtHvMfpS6zIDIqyDY7nietG0hZJJVR_t69nTdYW3g611dX2NEVsC9ne8dKssI95xkHKZwHfu6xlwmko6UFec2Gm_zY/s1600/pocket%2520watch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblV1GU2YNfslxQsP0SLcP6_wg8owJ-JIzJhbTrAcO_86RGKrPsDtHvMfpS6zIDIqyDY7nietG0hZJJVR_t69nTdYW3g611dX2NEVsC9ne8dKssI95xkHKZwHfu6xlwmko6UFec2Gm_zY/s320/pocket%2520watch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It looks like a compass I know, but it is infact a replica of a pocket watch designed in 1580 so it was made with only an hour hand, because back then, as an actual time keeping piece it... well sucked. <br />
As soon as I saw it I immediately thought of Cassandra Clares Infernal Devices series, and now I want one really bad (geeks out) I will just have to wait until next payday.<br />
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Thats all for now guys and ghouls.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-45245482474716117262012-01-29T07:58:00.000-08:002012-07-09T09:13:22.536-07:00Morganvilles VampiresOMG! JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERE WILL BE A NEW BOOK IN THE MORGANVILLE VAMPIRE SERIES CALLED BITTER BLOOD THIS WILL BE THE 13TH BOOK IN THE SERIES! THIS IS AWESOME NEWS. TOO EXCITED!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730734381235260619.post-38630224657922750172012-01-26T13:23:00.000-08:002012-07-09T09:12:35.088-07:00Fire and ice<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I cannot wait for this movie to be released it looks awesome.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJSgTjyhGn6ZhP98WsE9Q9Si87eZsXnIAdoSkBHY8s8UfvVOeWYRZ3S1a4R3m-hfhwrdsdYLpWjejR1pUpswrV9VGhjzE6t_YPl3_um24G1mILpGks6beLs8qsTddtkfl9J5oedZNYKU/s1600/2012_snow_white_and_the_huntsman_009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJSgTjyhGn6ZhP98WsE9Q9Si87eZsXnIAdoSkBHY8s8UfvVOeWYRZ3S1a4R3m-hfhwrdsdYLpWjejR1pUpswrV9VGhjzE6t_YPl3_um24G1mILpGks6beLs8qsTddtkfl9J5oedZNYKU/s640/2012_snow_white_and_the_huntsman_009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">If you hadn't guessed by the title it is a retelling of the classic Snow White story, but with Snow White donning armour and kicking ass. Not only does this movie feed my fetish for fairy tales but it also satiates my Chris Hemsworth craving not mention the phenomenal casting of Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen HELLO!!! Judging from these posters the movie is going to be lush with stunning costumes, gorgeous sets, and a seriously beautiful cast, which also includes Sam Claflin (last seen in Pirates of the Caribbean:on stranger tides) he plays Prince William *Ahem*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">T</span>he film is released 1st June 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">S</span>peaking of Charlize Theron another movie that she is staring in is Young Adult.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">T</span>he film is about Mavis Gary who was the hated popular girl in school. Many years later she is now a successful writer of Young Adult fiction who Soon after her divorce, returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter. The film was written by Diablo Cody, I know, I know what your thinking she's still writing after the clunker that was </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">I</span>ve tried my best to track down the T-shirt she wears in the film and on the poster, but with no joy, but here is a link to the <a href="http://sanrio.com/" target="_blank">Hello Kitty</a> site where at the moment if you spend $45 you get a Hello Kitty Kimono plush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I was given my proof copy of <em>Switched</em> I realised immediately that I was holding something miraculous in this age of the electronic reader. I was familiar with Amanda's work through seeing her two series on Amazon that were only available as e-books, and being a devout bibliophile who still prefers to have all his books in hard back where possible, I did not (nor shall I ever) own an e-reader so I had mourned the loss of opportunity to read her books. Then as if by magic the first instalment of the Trylle trilogy arrived, and I was thrilled, that was until I read the blurb on the back which compared her to Meyer and Rowling, and being that I am always wary of anything hyped I placed it in my 'to be read someday' pile. What a mistake that was! <em>Switched</em> is a beautiful modern fairy tale, that takes you in the direction of story convention, before pulling the rug from under you and you land somewhere unexpected. The story centres around Wendy Everly who on her sixth birthday, her mother attempted to kill her with the knife she used to cut the cake (I know your hooked already I was) This incident shapes Wendy's life and is seen as the explanation as to why she has grown into a loner as a teenager who has never fitted in anywhere. That is until she meets the handsome and distant Finn, who appears to have all the answers. The story is character lead which makes it a fast paced, imaginative read based around the myths and legends of Trolls (who in the case of the story prefer the term Trylle as it has less of a stigma) and Hocking seemlessly weaves classic fairy tale elements into its fabric, without making it cliche or samey, and ends nearly every chapter on a cliff hanger so you literally cannot put it down because you need to find out what happens next. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even without knowing that Hocking is a fan of <em>John Hughes</em>, and <em>Labyrinth</em> you can see these influences throughout the story. There is a Breakfast Club bonding scene by a fountain, and a big dress reveal moment straight out of Pretty in Pink, not to mention the character of Rhys has shades of Ducky about him. The world that Wendy enters is pure <em>Labyrinth </em>with an endless summer garden, neverending parties, and sumptuous ballgowns. I really enjoyed <em>Switched</em> it isnt perfect but then I dont think Hocking herself would admit to it being so, but it is a gripping tale that leaves you wanting more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">First off I just have to say that Amanda Hocking is an absolute sweetheart, and one of the most eloquently spoken people I have ever met, and considering all the hoo ha that has erupted around her she is incredibly down to earth a little bit shy, quite pretty and has the most dazzlingly perfect teeth I have ever seen (booking dental appointment as I type) Last week I was lucky enough to meet Amanda not once but twice within the space of 24 hrs (I am not a stalker honest) The second time I met her was for a face to face interview where I got to chat with Amanda for half an hour, in a rather lush location.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hi Amanda it's lovely to see you again.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's good to see you to.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">well yesterday I told you that I had tried to come up with some questions you had not had before so I have probably set my self up for a serious fall.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(Amanda laughs)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So....Trolls have been very lucky for you. Are there any personal superstitions you follow when youâre writing?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My only ritual before writing is drinking a lot of Red Bull.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Is Eric your lucky charm? (Eric is Amanda's friend, ex-roommate, and is now her PA. He is also a really nice guy)</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Oh (Laughs) I guess so (smiles) Yeah I guess he is my lucky charm.</span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are incredibly prolific with your novels, what is your motivation? Obviously you have deadlines now <span style="color: #cccccc;">(Amanda laughs) </span><span style="color: red;">so what keeps you going?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My motivation is always the story itself. I get very excited about writing. The only way I can describe how it feels to me, is like when you first meet someone, and you start dating them, and get to really like them, to the point wher you can stay up till 5am just talking to them on the phone about nothing, and then still get up at 8 and go to work, and not be tired because you are so excited, its that kind of euphoric intensity that keeps you going. If I stop writing for a couple of days it is really hard for me to get back into it, so I try to keep going, and just run on that euphoria.</span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The low pricing of your e-book was attributed to its popularity, but obviously the story had caught the publicâs imagination, and online word of mouth would have had its part. Knowing how savvy and selective the book blogging community is was their approval ever a concern to you?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I wrote <em>Switched </em>I didn't know there was a book blogging community, so I just wrote the story for myself because it was something I wanted to do, but especially now when it comes to the other books I am writing I read the blogs and listen to what they are saying, sometimes the things they complain about are issues that would not have necessarily occurred to me. One thing that I am hearing from the bloggers, not all of them, is about authors moving away from love triangles as a plot device, and I think thats something, even though there is a bit of one in the Trylle trilogy, that I would like to move away from, and not really work with again. So part of that decision is to do with the bloggers, so yeah their opinians are important to me.</span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> And you have actually said in one of your other interviews, that you rely on your readership and fans to tell you about any issues with your novels, in theory asking them to be your editors, which is really a brave thing to do for an author, as the readers can be the harshest critics.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Yes. I mean it is a fine balance between understanding my readers, and keeping them happy by giving them what they want, but I can't cater to all of them, because even when five people read the same book their reactions and opinions will all be different, so I am never going to be able to give every reader exactly what they want. But I do listen to them and take their feedback into consideration, but in the end I have to write something that is true to me, and that may be contrary to their thoughts, but I have found that most of the time its not.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You obviously love myths, legends and fairy tales, and many classic elements from such tales run through your novel Switched. What stories do you find yourself going to for inspiration?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I try to stay clear of tales that are really common such as Cinderella or Snow White. I like tales that have an edge, and are a bit darker, that don't always have a happy or easy ending. I like the Grimm fairy tales, the original ones, I have a book of them at home. Infact the other day I was arguing with Eric about stories end, because I had said 'You do know the endings to the stories are actually really horrible' and he just would not believe me, so I had to pull out the book and show him that they really are horrible, and the stories we know now have all been Disneyfide everything has a Hollywood happy ending. Don't get me wrong I like a happy ending, but I think there has to be a sacrifice or a price paid, and a lesson learned otherwise its too easy.</span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You are so right, because as with one of my favourite fairy tales Little Red Riding Hood, it began life as a werewolf story where Red Riding Hood ended up being tricked into drinking her grandmothers blood, and eating her flesh. Thats pretty dark</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Laughs) and you can't get a more totally different ending than that, to the one they have now.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I got the sense from your novel that it was more a 'what if' retelling of classic fairy tales in that what if she fell in love with the huntsman. What if Wendy was raised by the evil queen and the damsel in distress in fact rescues the lost prince. With the Trylle series did you want to create more of a modern fairy tale as opposed to your average paranormal romance?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I Guess I did. I wanted to bring in different elements from classic tales. One of the things that really inspired me was the film <em>Labyrinth </em>you can see when your watching it all the different stories brought into it, and I just love the way he (Jim Henson) created an entirely new and different story. I really wanted to do that in my own story to play with ideals and conventions and create something new.</span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The romance between Wendy and Finn has many obstacles as all good YA paranormal novels do, but the things that separate them are class and duty. What inspired you to look at the relationship from this angle?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Growing up I knew people whose relationships had been affected because of social differences, things that are going on in culture all around us even now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> M</span>any people are still looked down upon for who they are going out with, or who they are friends with, and more often than not, it actually has nothing to do with sexual orientation or ethnicity it is down to the fact that there is still a class distinction in society. People are judged for coming from a poor neighbourhood or considered living on the bad side of the tracks, and who they are as individuals is not taken into account. Its an issue that interest me and is a recurring theme that features in the other two books in the series.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The story also has a level of social commentary, in that you have these beings who are of nature themselves, who have lost their connection to the earth and have been caught up in technology and material possessions. Was this your intention?</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Yes that was part of it. I looked at things in a logical way in that in classic stories trolls are portrayed as greedy, so it was easy for me to take that, and envisage these creatures gradually giving in to wanting more things and the latest technologies and its easy to compare it to society today where, we as </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">people, are exposed to an excessive consumer culture, and like the trolls we have gradually lost touch with who we are with regards to the world around us.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Needless to say your personal story gives hope to the many struggling and unpublished authors out there to keep going, is there any advice you would give to those wishing to replicate your success?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If you want to be a writer itâs not enough to be passionate about writing or wanting to be a writer. Its hard work and you have to put in the time, treat it as a career and take it seriously. Also you have to do your research, and I donât just mean ideas for your writing, but looking at all aspects of publishing from the roles of an agent, to an editor and a publicist, everything because until you get an idea of the publishing world youâre not going to understand what is to be expected, or why certain things need to happen with regards to getting published, and staying published.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You have been called the next Stephanie Meyer, and J K Rowling, and have been lauded as changing the publishing world. Do you worry that people are more interested in these aspects rather than in the book itself?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well I get why people are interested, my story is unique so people will want to hear about it. Right now I am going along with it, and taking it for what it is. Hopefully with my other books people will become more interested in my writing, and the stories Iâm telling, and such things as how I got published, and the comparisons with other authors will eventually become anecdotal.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">People have often said that e-books will be the death of the book, but with YA fiction it seems to be the only genre that is refusing to fall in line with this trend, and as shown with the publication of your books, the market for the printed format is still wanted. Why do you think this is?</span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The e-book is not the death of books, there will always be a place for books they are an immediate source of entertainment, and easy to just pick up and read for everyone. You don't have to use specific technology to access a book or wait for downloads or loose things through corrupted files, you just open the pages and read. Also with a book you don't have to worry about leaving it somewhere or if it gets damaged, because they are easy to replace. The printed word will never become outdated.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76VP1oNXluraSKt1FvXfSlRM3DIwrEAr3CKfJarSyZ8BuOtgUg2R3vKQmHlDKRsHMRyqOu50qpLih-CWVS_4eINxO-JMTBCHBa743HMFQ5CwmgtrU76BhJaL35mwhAxHZNcWHNqKe1Mo/s1600/Devil+avatar+sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So having your book published in printed format does it make you feel more like an author now, do you feel like you are getting a happy ending to your own fairy tale?</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It feels good, I am really glad that people are buying the book, although I donât think it makes me think of myself as more of an author, because I still donât feel like an author, I feel like Iâm playing pretend. Getting my book published in physical format, and the positive response I mean all of this is just icing on the cake.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6fRHF2bOtu48b4tdE-nOU-s87eAYxFdEp-wQWa3jWzQI7rs76ZosClLina1g5YaLdjBfN870OxmEb7tgTXhp-rZ7R39Ayb8WB7HdOpE2EYRZ_kLhpoaZ4LBEjlxDEnxsf3TR1rIsRQw/s1600/Amanda-Hocking-sml.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thank you. And you definitely had a few questions I have never been asked before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Y</span>ou dont have to fly like a demon to the states in order to lay your hands on these red hot items either, Blue also sells them through </span></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/billyblue22" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Etsy</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> and the other good thing about his pieces is they wont cost you your soul. (Oh rats!!)</span></div>
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