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It’s Here! The Big Cover Reveal

09.22.2011 - 18 Comments Click here to read/write comments

One of the best/most nervewracking things about publishing is the big cover gamble. I’ve been incredibly fortunate with Harper, who took the time to ask me my thoughts about the original cover and made sure to get it right. The paperback is in the capable hands of Harper Perennial, which

Just Call Me “La Blakemore”

03.11.2011 - 6 Comments Click here to read/write comments

Sometimes Google Alerts brings the most tantalizing surprises. Example: News that my book was featured on both Vogue Italia (as “Obsession of the Day” – I’ve linked to the English version) and Elle Italy‘s websites and that La biblioteca delle donne, the Italian translation of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, was released

The Whirl of Gaiety

07.26.2010 - 12 Comments Click here to read/write comments

As July comes to an end I feel kind of like Laura Ingalls, who scored a paltry 92 in arithmetic after a whirl of gaiety that left her breathless and almost affianced. The past month has been a whirlwind, first of work, then of travel to LauraPalooza 2010 in Mankato,

The Evolution of a Cover

05.04.2010 - 36 Comments Click here to read/write comments

So…I got my cover yesterday. *runs around in circles like a crazy woman* It is PERFECT. And it is all the more perfect because of its evolution. Let’s go back to some time last year…my editor asked me if I had any ideas for covers and I faltered. I told