and the forthcoming YOU WISH
AND an up-and-coming literary agent (talk about a multi-hyphenate!) generously offered to blurb LIAR SOCIETY, we kind of freaked. Another author/agent was going to be reading our book. My mom asked us what we expected, I mean, the book will be on shelves next year and while we have thought about that, we hadn't thought about this. So, we frantically re-read the document before sending, wanted to throw up when we saw her tweets and felt like we were going to have a heart attack when she emailed. But, then we read this. And we squeed. Loudly.2. And then, as if we weren't already floating on cloud 9, one of the girls from our YA book club came last night holding this:
We don't have a scanner, so I had to take a picture of a picture, so let me fill in the blanks. This is a cover she designed for our book. It features black and pink (of course), pearls, a star that says, "Emma's Fav Book Award" and a byline that says, "By the Bestest Authors Ever." Whenever we read a particularly terrible review, we're going to whip this bad boy out.
3. The Secret of the Old Clock: 80th Anniversary Limited Edition (Nancy Drew)
. Holy crap, you guys. This cover totally made us squee. Love the vintage feel!
. Holy crap, you guys. This cover totally made us squee. Love the vintage feel!
4. Puck + Dancing + "The Lady is A Tramp = Me almost fainting. Watch this now. Seriously.
5. Our amazing bookish buds, Hilary Wagner and Kody Keplinger landed a coveted spot on Publishers Weekly BEA 2010: Kids' Galleys to Grab list. THE DUFF
and NIGHTSHADE CITY
are "Debuts to Watch." And we couldn't agree more. Cannot WAIT to get our hands on a copy of these books!
and NIGHTSHADE CITY are "Debuts to Watch." And we couldn't agree more. Cannot WAIT to get our hands on a copy of these books!Hope you guys had lots to squee about this week. Please share in the comments and have a fabulous weekend!
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So much to be excited about! Congrats on the review and cool cover!
All great news! Congratulations for everything you've done ladies.
Oh so much to squee about! I love that song (The Lady is a Tramp) and I can't wait to get copies of all those books too! Yea!!!! And that review rocks!
Yep. I love a good squee! They are fantastic things to squee about. Mine are a bit simpler. I squeed about a great run I had today. And sunrise. Magnificent. :)
I remember that Nancy Drew book! I may even still have a copy on the kids' bookshelf. hahaha.
All very SQUEE worthy. Have a great weekend!
It wasn't even the song and dance that made it...
Puck in that hat is made of PURE UNADULTERATED AWESOME. I nearly died when he flipped that sucker on.
You have a ton to be excited for!!! How cool that Many Hubbard left such fantastic things to say!!! A total Squee moment and many more to come! I look forward to reading it!
How exciting, guys! I love your hand-made award. Think of all the love and care that went into it.
Good for you!! Congrats on the reviews.
Congrats on all your good news!
But I'm still not giving up Puck without a fight.
Yay, congrats on the reviews and good news. I'll join you in a celebratory squeeeeee. :)
Great way to start the weekend!!!!
All squeeee worthy!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Lola
That review is awesome!
And Puck. Oh, Puck. Must go wipe drool off face now.
Puck=Win.
Drool...Swoon...Thud!!!
I've never used the term "squee" before. The review seems like a good opportunity to change that. Congratulations. Squee!
That is the sweetest thing that a member of your book club made a cover for you! How generous!
Have a great weekend!
Nice cover that was made for you guys! I'd squee too. ;) Have a great weekend!
Thanks so much for the mention, ladies! I saw the PW article when I was in my car! Thank God I was at a stoplight! :) CRAZY!! You'll be on the list next year--I know it! SQUEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxo -- Hilary
It's easy to see why you spent so much time squeeing this week - hurray for Liar Society! :-)
I'm just glad it's Friday. Have a great weekend.
What a wicked-awesome review from Mandy! Congrats gals! You guys deserve every amazing thing that's coming. And believe me, they're coming.
Sounds like a squee-worthy week on your end! :)
I didn't have much--just planning our Disney World vacation in September. That made me squee :)
Oh and I'm still squeeing over winning a sketch from Natalie Whipple. Seriously excited about how it will turn out!
I haven't "SQUEE'D" in a long time :/
The closest thing, right now, is getting a FF from you today, so thanks.
(it's one of "those" weeks...)
Your well deserved excitment (sqeeu..!) is heating up my computer screen! Very, very great. I loved the review.
Squee on your blurb!! Love it! And, also, you TOTALLY want to read THE DUFF! I read it weeks ago and am still thinking about it. So good!
I squeed when PERSONAL DEMONS sold in Russia this week =) Up to five foreign sales now. So fun.
I also squeed at the mounds of money that Myra and Victoria are making to help Nashivillians after the flood. Go bid on something in the Do The Write Thing For Nashville auction! http://dothewritethingfornashville.blogspot.com/
Awesome "cover"! Love the pearls.
I was so impressed by how huge the BEA YA Galley list was. Way to go, Kody and Hilary!
Total squee fest! Awesome stuff . . . and congrats on Mandy Hubbard's offer. Very cool!
Congrats on the blurb! SO awesome! And that cover is so, so cool.
We never doubted your awesomeness.
Sounds like a squee-able week! CONGRATS!
Congrats on the sweet fan-book-cover and awesome review!!! Definitely squee-worthy! I love the Nancy Drew vintage cover.
This week would've been more squee-worthy if Arizona hadn't induced more rage, but it's the weekend! And the weekend is ALWAYS something to squee about! Thanks for the pick-me-up! :)
PUCK!!!! OMG PUCK... SO freakin' HAWT! I loved every second of it, and I just wish they would let him sing more!!!
I so excited to read both Liar Society and The DUFF. I can't wait! I bet your cover is going to be just as cool as Kody's. :D
Have a great weekend, girls!
Congrats. on the review. What a great way to end the week!
I need to get that Nancy Drew. That one was one of my favorites.
That's a lot to squee about girls.
My squee...got two full requests this week. One for my MG and one for my YA.
I'm so happy for THE DUFF! It rocks and everybody is going to love it.
Also, I loved loved LOVED the "by the bestest authors in the world." so sweet!
Woo hoo! That's so much excitement! YAY! Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on the review-age! That's so awesome. I cannot wait to read LIAR SOCIETY.
And Puck singing this week was just pure sizzle. Is it any wonder Puckasaurus normally rules the school?
SQUEE--that is a whole lot of awesome in one post! Congrats you guys. You are one step closer to world denomination. :)
Congrats on the sweet fan-book-cover and awesome review!
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I never watch Glee (husband has remote glued to hand) and after I linked over to Youtube I ended up watching three videos and realized I needed to finish getting ready for work!
Squee worthy indeed! I got serious chills when I read the blurb - absolutely awesome. I can't wait for htis book to come out! Wow :)
Liar Society sounds interesting. Loving Glee currently. Wonderful blog by the way!
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Lots to be excited about! So happy for you! The review by Mandy was adorable but the video has already been removed by Fox. Didn't get to see it. :o(
Have a great weekend, ladies!
You ladies rock...
ALL SQUEEFULLY SQUEE-ISH!
Brilliant news - YOU ARE STARS!
A protagonist that rivals Veronica Mars, eh? (Did I sound Canadian just now? No? Ah well.) Love it! She had very lovely things to say about your book on her blog as well. :)
I thought I heard some squeeing all the way over here :) Great review from Mandy! What a great week!
Aww, your girl from the YA book club rocks. You can tell her I said so.
Now, I have a Chipotle near me and I've never been. Tell me what I should order.
Oh my goodness, Nancy Drew!! :D I love that cover toooo.
And that book cover is so sweet :)
Yay for the Squeedom!
What an amazing review - congratulations! You definitely have lots to squee about, thanks for sharing so we can squee right along with you. :)
What a fantastic review! huge congratulations! And I love number (2).
Holy crappoli--what a great post! Seriously inspiring.
And I think you need 700 followers. I'm going to go tweet about that...
And by inspiring I meant that it put me in a good mood :)
That is a fab review from Mandy. Congrats!
And I love that cover. Hope this week is equally awesome. ;)
That cover is awesome!!!! You should totally use it!
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