Two and Twenty Dark Tales

Recently you might have heard me talking about a project I was working on that was creeping me out.  Well here it is, guys! Two and Twenty Dark Tales. It's an anthology being released on October 16th and includes these fabulous authors. Check them out.

Nina Berry
Sarwat Chadda
Shannon Delany
Max Scialdone
Leigh Fallon
Angie Frazier
Jessie Harrell
Nancy Holder
Heidi R. Kling
Suzanne Lazear
Karen Mahoney
Lisa Mantchev
Georgia McBride
C. Lee McKenzie
Gretchen McNeil
Francisco X. Stork
Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg
K.M. Walton
Suzanne Young
Michelle Zink
Edited by Georgia McBride & Michelle Zink.

Nursery rhymes sung sweetly can take us back to childhood. But deep inside many of those childhood favorites is… a hint of something dark. TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES is a charity anthology from Month9Books, with a foreword by Francisco X. Stork, and contributing short stories some of today’s most admired and talented young adult authors. In February 2012, Month9Books held a contest to add an unpublished author to the anthology. That winner is Sayantani DasGupta of Nyack, New York. TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES is edited by Georgia McBride and Michelle Zink. Proceeds from the title through 5,000 copies sold, will be donated to YALITCHAT.ORG, a 501 (c)(3) in the state of North Carolina. Authors are donating their advances to a charity of their choice.

I'll be doing swag giveaways over the next couple of months, but in the meantime, you can head over to the The Story Siren. She's got some goodies on offer. Yay!

What do you think of the cover? It's pretty while being kinda dark and twisty, isn't it? I'm super excited about this book. I can't wait for you guys to read it. Eeeep!!

All the best and talk soon.

Leigh

News, updates, and other stuff

I’ve a few bits and bobs to cover in this blog post.

Firstly, I got my power back! Woot! I’ve been tackling hugging dishwashers, washing machines, and TV’s for the last 24 hours.  It’s been an emotional day, but both appliances and I are settling down now. Phew.

On the bookish front, Carrier 2 is back from my critique partners and the feedback is awesome.  When you can shock people, and make them laugh and cry in the same breath, you’re doing well. So I’m super-duper happy at the moment.  I still have a bit of fine tuning to do, but I’m hopeful that by the beginning of next week Carrier 2 will be sitting pretty in my editor’s inbox. Eeeek!

Speaking of editors, Erica, my editor, was on to me today.  Guess what people??

The final going on sale version of Carrier of the Mark is sitting on her desk! AGH! And even better, my first ever finished copy is winging its way from New York to Massachusetts tonight!  Mr. Postman, please be kind.

I also got another little bit of exciting news.  Apparently my cover got an upgrade! They’ve put in some extra prettiness into it by way of effects and texture. I can’t wait to see it. Eeeeeek! As soon as I get to see it myself, I’ll post a picture. Apparently it’s to-die-for gorgeous. FREAK OUT.

Oh and you know that uber amazing comp that I’ve been talking about?  Well that is coming your way next week.  I’ll be kicking off the one month countdown to Carrier’s release date with the launch of this comp, along with details of all the amazing stuff that will be coming your way over the next four weeks.  So fasten your seatbelts and brace yourselves, it’s going to be a fun ride.

Talk soon, fabulous people.

Leigh

New Carrier of the Mark cover revealed!

Well what do you think?  I know, the 'The' is a big loss *titter*, but at least Megan doesn't have a big 'H' stamped into her face any more.  You like?

I'll scour the giveaway entries to find out who predicted correctly. I'll let the winner know asap!

Leigh