YALITCHAT Tonight!

I'm in the middle of my book 2 deadline dash, however, TONIGHT, at 6 pm PST (9 pm EST), I'll be chatting with a bunch of YA debut authors on #yalitchat on twitter.  Come join us!

Coverpalooza

Wow, it's just been the week of cover reveals. 

Here are some pretty pretties...

Have a great weekend everyone! 

Stumbling blocks of authors...

As writers, we all have our various and sundry stumbling blocks in the writing process.  Today over at Wastepaper Prose, me and some fellow authors share oures.  Come tell us about yours. 

Woweee!

INNOCENT DARKNESS is currently 50 in the 2012 YA Debut Challenge.  If you have a moment can you vote for it/add it to your list...if it makes top 10, I'll have something special for you all....

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11525.2012_Debut_Authors_Young_Adult_Middle_Grade_?format=html&page=1

Guesting today at the YA muses

I'm guest posting at the YA Muses today talking about a major "ah ha" moment in my writing career.  Come say hello.

Updates and kind words

There's still time to win a tiara, cupcake stickers, and other goodies.  All you have to do is be a fan of my facebook page.  As it get's closer to the book release there will be more and more really terrific contests and stuff for everyone over there.

Something for the international folks -- Innocent Darkness is up for pre-order on the Book Depository for $7.50 -- with FREE world-wide shipping.

Are you a member of get glue?  Guess what?  Innocent Darkness has a page.   

I'm working hard on Book 2, which is due at the end of the month.  So far my favorite line is "It's Shakespeare, you heathen."

I'm also having a ton of fun with mixing in a little alternate history.  What if Hawaii stayed a nation?  What if Deseret was actually (much smaller than proposed) territory?  What if the Mormon Battalion decided to chase air-pirates?

Steampunk is about the "what might have been" and "never was but could have" and it's neat to create little alternate bits and threads in stories.

I do have to say writing book 2 is a very different experiance than book 1.  When writing book 1 I hadn't discovered twitter.  I could do a whole blog post on how much twitter impacted book 2...

I'm going to be not just at RT and RWA, but at BEA and ALA.  I don't have many details yet, but I'll update things as I have info over at http://suzannelazear.com/.

Anyone going to RT?  The YA Midnight Slumber Party is going to rock.  Just saying.

Speaking of saying...people are starting to say good things about INNOCENT DARKNESS which makes me feel all warm and squishy inside...

Take this one from the amazingly awesome Urban Fantasy author Jeanne Stein.  

"Never bargain with a Fairie queen. It's the lesson Noli and her friend V learn the hard way in Suzanne Lazear's debut novel, Innocent Darkness. A beautifully depicted glimpse into an alternate world where faery trees grant wishes but love is the strongest magic of all." -- Jeanne Stein, author, The Anna Strong Chronicles

Right???

I love her to bits, and admore her greatly and the fact that she said such great things makes me soon. 

I want to just hug this quote to bits and bits. 

So, since my birthday is next month I was going to so some special things...any ideas??

Have a great week everyone.

Friday Fun!

Sorry for the silence, we've all been sick. 

Here are some great 2012 YA debut covers that were revealed this week:

Have a great weekend everyone. 

Friday Fun!

Happy Friday!

Here's a few pretty 2012 debut covers that were revealed recently.

Everyone have a great weekend!  Anyone doing anything fun?

Fantastic Feb Contest

It's February, that means INNOCENT DARKNESS releases in 6 months.  I have tons of great stuff for you as we gear up for the big day (8-8-12)

This is the prize for my Fantastic Feb contest.  I'll also throw in some ID swag, which is on order.  (It's a mini-tiara and a sheet of cupcake stickers in case you can't tell from the picture.)

To win all you have to do is like my facebook page.  If you've all ready liked my page you're all ready entered.  Contest ends Feb 29, 2012. 

Also, my steampunk panel has been picked up for RWA 2012 conference in Anaheim, so I'll be there with bustles on.

Did everyone have a great weekend?  What as your fave/least fave commercial from the Super Bowl?  (I confess, I only watched the halftime show, but the live tweets of the commercials were hysterical).