Made-of-awesome author/agent Mandy Hubbard read an advanced copy of FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB and very kindly wrote about it:
“I read FIVE FLAVORS OF DUMB by Antony John this week:
And OMG: AWESOME. I didnt expect it to be so emotional! Holy crap, I got choked up like, every other chapter. Yet not in a depressing way at all– in that [...]
My sister-in-law sent me a cool link to the Guardian newspaper, which was running a series in which authors submitted their Rules for Writing. There’s some good stuff in there, such as:
“Read it aloud to yourself because that’s the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK (prose rhythms are too [...]
Lauren at Lauren’s Crammed Bookshelf has a posting on DUMB already! This is so awesome, especially as the book won’t be coming out for another 8 months (yikes!).
She says: “Doesn’t this sound amazing? I think so! I love how Piper, the main character, is deaf because you really don’t see that often in YA. Plus, I [...]
At dinner the other night, a friend asked what I was working on at the moment. I ran through my project list, which includes both YA and fantasy, and he asked how I was able to work in two completely different genres at the same time.
It’s a good question, too. I’ve never had trouble working [...]
Super-author Mandy Hubbard (whose fantastic debut novel, PRADA AND PREJUDICE is already in its fourth printing!) wrote an insightful (and very honest) piece about how having a book published has changed her life as a writer. It’s a question authors get asked a lot, and got me thinking . . .
I think Mandy’s list [...]
I have to admit, nothing’s quite so thrilling as getting genuine, unsolicited comments from teens that have read my book and actually liked it. It’s kind of crazy, I know, but even after finding favor with an agent and a publisher and several editors, I still half expected BUSTED to be dismissed by its target [...]
that Busted comes out. I just visited my local bookstore, but I guess all the people who camped out overnight to get the first copies must have dispersed already.
In celebration of this momentous event, I did what all neurotic authors do and checked my amazon.com rank. And you know what? I’d entered the world of [...]
