This year has been full on for me and Scott thus far. Oodles of work travel (Brisbane, San Francisco, New York City, Bologna, Brisbane), lots of new sales—Brazil (me), Denmark (Scott), Sweden (Scott)—and I just heard news that MorM and ML have sold in yet another market. Hopefully I’ll be able to tell you about it soon. We’re both on the shortlists for some pretty awesome awards—the Ethel Turner (me), the MLA’s Thumps Up (me, Scott), and the Locus Awards (Scott)—and Scott’s book Specials came out this week and has been ranked very high1 up on Amazon. The best any book of his has ever managed. And something else gobsmackingly amazing has happened to Scott that we’re hoping we’ll be able to tell you about next week. We’re dead happy!
So to celebrate we’re leaving our laptops behind and going on a mini holiday to the glorious Blue Mountains where we will go on long walks, play billiards on a real billiards table, eat scrumptious food, and drink divine wine and not check Specials‘ ranking on Amazon even once. Bliss!
Catch you in a few days.
PS Yes, I am massively behind with email. Sorry! I plan to catch up when I get back.
- As high as 232 overall and no. 5 on the bestselling teen books list. No. 2 if you just look at the teen sf/fantasy list. Does any of that mean anything you ask? Prolly not a huge amount given that Amazon’s only 10% of the US book market. But those numbers make us happy and give us the illusion that Specials is selling in vast numbers everywhere! [↩]
Hi there,
I work at a library and frequently check out the new “on order” stuff and read something that I’ve never seen before. I stumbled onto your Magic Lessons book and saw that it was second in a series. So, I got the first one and read it. Is this EVER a cool story, wonderful writing, intriguing, keep me reading till the end kind of book! I loved it. I had never heard of you before and its always such a joy to read some fresh language. Keep on going and have fun in the mountains.
Maus/ at 7500 feet elevation
Thanks! Hope you like the sequel too.
Ha! You’re way higher than we were in the Blue Mountains. The highest point is only 1190 metres (3904 feet). Australia is one of your flatter countries . . . Our highest mountain is only 2228 metres (7,310) and so still not as high as where you are.
defintiely thumps up for scott.