Angela Benson
I got an email from my editor today informing me that Up Pops the Devil was featured on GalleyCat. I was pretty psyched. My agent had heard about their new column by Jeff Rivera, People of Color, and submitted the book for consideration. It’s nice to see that effort bearing fruit so soon. Most times than not, they come to naught.
Kudos to all, especially Jeff for choosing to feature Up Pops the Devil.
Angela Benson
Not me, exactly.
I received a letter in the mail today from an editor at Grand Central Publishing informing me that they had an overstock situation with the hardcover version of The Amen Sisters. I think this is code for the hardcover is being taken out of print, but don’t quote me.
Anyway, given the overstock situation, I’ve been given the opportunity to buy copies of The Amen SIsters for $2.00 plus $0.50 shipping for a total of $2.50. Pretty good deal, huh? Well, it depends.
Guess how many copies I get to purchase from this excess inventory? You’ll never guess, so I’ll tell you — 8. Yes, 8. I had to do a double-take myself. They must not have had much of an overstock, huh?
I guess I’ll go ahead and buy the 8 but it hardly seems worth it. I may make a call tomorrow to make sure the 8 wasn’t a typo or something.
Angela Benson
Last week (September 3-5) I participated in my first Christian Fiction Blog Alliance (CFBA) Blog Tour. My publisher, HarperCollins, provided copies of Up Pops the Devil to somewhere around 50 – 60 CFBA reviewers who, in return, were to participate in the blog tour. CFBA reviewers may post the generic review provided by CFBA or they can write their own personal review. As of today, 62 CFBA reviewers have participated in the tour, with 14 of those reviewers providing personal reviews of Up Pops the Devil.
I would like to thank the reviewers who requested Up Pops the Devil for review. A special thanks goes to the 62 who participated in the tour and my deep appreciation to the 14 who took the time to read Up Pops the Devil and provide a personal review. I apologize to those reviewers who haven’t yet received their copy of Up Pops the Devil or who received it too late to post a review during the tour.
In addition to getting Up Pops the Devil into the hands of readers who had never read me before, this tour also allowed me to get to know some new blogs and bloggers. It’s been a great experience. I’ve provided the list here so that you can check some of them out for yourself. I’ll be updating the list over the coming weeks as new reviews of Up Pops the Devil are posted.
Enjoy!
Alexis at Ramblings From Life
Amy at My Life (with review)
Andie at frommipov
Angela at One Baby, Seven Dogs, and a Mommy
April at Projecting A (with review)
April at Living In A State Of Constant Kansas
Bonnie at Bonnie Writes
Caleb at Reviews Plus+
Camy at Camy Tang
Carol at Blogging With Carol (with review)
Carolyn at Serenity
CeeCee at Book Splurge (with review)
Cheryl at Writing Remnants (with review)
Dave at Dave Rhoades
Dave at Novel Spotlight
Deanna at Deannna’s Corner (with review)
Debra at Soul Reflections
Deena at A Peek At My Bookshelf (with review)
Delia at Gatorskunkz And Mudcats
Erin at Life Around Here
Janis at The Nearsighted Bookworm
Janna at Cornhusker Academy (with review)
Jeni at Allen Family Circus
Jennifer at So Many Books…So Little Time
Karen at Mommy of Three (up, review coming later)
Karla at Ramblin’ Roads To Everywhere (not up yet)
Kelly at A Disciple’s Steps
Kelly at Scrambled Dregs (with review and interview)
Kim at Window To My World (with review)
Kristi at Stamped With Grace
Kristinia at Loving Heart Mommy
Kristy at I Need To Read
LaShaunda at See Ya On The Net
Leah at Ponderings From My Heart
Margaret at Creative Madness (up, review may be coming)
Marilynn at Rhythms of Grace (not up yet)
Michelle at Edgy Inspirational Author (up, review coming later)
Michelle at Just A Minute (up, in the sidebar)
Michelle at Michelle’s Great Blogs
Nora at Finding Hope Through Christian Fiction
Pam at Pam’s Private Reflections (up, review coming later)
Pam at Daysong Reflections (with review)
Rachelle at Stifled Squeal
Rel at Relz Reviewz
Rulan at Fiction Showcase
Sean at Bookmark Cafe
Tabitha at 123pizza’s Weblog
Takiela at Beauty 4 Ashes
Tara at Tara’s View Of The World (with review)
Ty at CB Reviews (with review)
Jill at Christian Work at Home Moms
Marcia at Writer-lee
Todd at A Place Called Fiction
Diane at Spunk on a Stick’s Tip
Jenny at My Buckling Bookshelf
Ashley at Ashley – A Daughter of the King
Laura at Laura Williams’ Musings
Patricia at Readin N Writin with Patricia (with review)
Georgiana at Georgiana Daniels
Trish at Books and Book Reviews
AmyAnne at Sprightly
Carolina Chritian Writers Blog
Christy at Split Ends
Brandy at Brandy Bruce
Angela Benson
Yes, I’m joining about 50 other bloggers and hosting myself on the CFBA Tour. You can host me, too. All you have to do is create a post that links to Up Pops the Devil on Amazon.com. Here’s the link. If you’ve read Up Pops the Devil, then you can include your review in the post.
To make this post totally about me, I’ll include a link to a interview that I did tonight with Tifany Jones of Sistah Confessions. I think somebody’s gonna muzzle me pretty soon.
To all my girlfriends who listen to this interview, I was NOT talking about you. I was talking about generic girlfriends. 🙂
Angela Benson
Okay, the reader mail for Up Pops the Devil has started to pour in. It seems some of you see a sequel in the future. So tell me your idea for a sequel. Which characters and/or storylines would you like to see again?
Those of you who haven’t read Up Pops the Devil might want to stay away from the Comments to this post. They may contain spoilers.
Angela Benson
For those of you in the Charlotte, NC area, I’ll be in your stomping ground on Saturday, August 30 at 1p at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in (or near) the SouthPark Mall. Come by and visit with me if you have some time. I’d love to see you.
In news that I’m still trying to get my mind around, Up Pops the Devil has been chosen the November African-American Book Club Pick for Books-A-Million. This is great news as it means Up Pops the Devil will be featured prominently in all Books-A-Million stores from September 1 through November 31.
If you follow this link, you’ll see that Victoria Christopher Murray’s Too Little, Too Late and ReShonda Tate Billingley’s The Pastor’s Wife have been recent picks. LIterary great Richard Wright had two 
picks.
This is the first time one of my books has been chosen for as a book club pick for a chain bookstore so I’m very excited about it. Be sure to drop by your local Books-A-Million and look for it.
In fact, you can be my eyes and ears. If you send me a photo of you in a Books-A-Million store next to the book display for Up Pops the Devil as the African-American Book Club Pick, I’ll post the photo on my blog and enter you in a contest to win a $15 Books-A-Million gift card. Three GRAND PRIZE winners will be selected from the entries. The contest will continue through September 31 and the winners will be announced on October 15.
You may submit your entry (or entries) via e-mail to me at the address HERE or you may submit via snail mail to Angela Benson, PO Box 868643, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0077.
Each entry should include your name (first name or nickname is sufficient) or the name of your group, a photo of you standing near the book display with a book in hand, and the location of the Books-A-Million store where the photo is taken. All photos become the property of Angela Benson and will be posted on my blog at angelabenson.com.
I’ll probably run the contest again in November so if you don’t win this time, you’ll have another chance in November.
NOTE: This is the second version of this post. My computer ate the first one and I’m sure it was much better than this one. Trust me.
Now get to clicking those cameras. I can’t wait to see your smiling faces on this blog!
Angela Benson
Well, not exactly roar. I did an interview with Radiah Hubbard from Urban Reviews earlier this month. I’m posting it here for your listening pleasure. You know, sometimes I need a script. Here’s the link: Urban Reviews Interview
Radiah also did a review of Up Pops the Devil that you can read HERE.
Angela Benson
I’m blogging today at FreshFiction.com. The topic is siblings. I originally wrote this piece back in December when I did my blog tour for The Amen Sisters. I’ve revised it a bit to include Up Pops the Devil.
You know, siblings are getting to be standard in my work. Francine and Dawn in The Amen Sisters. Preacher and Loretta and Barnard and Natalie in Up Pops the Devil. The manuscript I’m working on now has siblings, a son born within the marriage and a son and daughter born outside the marriage.
One of the reasons I have so much fun with siblings is that I have such a good relationship with my brother. It’s a good relationship but not without its bumps. I was talking to him on the phone the other day and I told him that there were times I had stopped speaking to him, but he hadn’t realized it. He started to laugh, really hard. When he finally piped down, I asked him what the laughter was about. He laughed again before telling me that he had stopped speaking to me, too, but I hadn’t realized it. Isn’t that a kicker? Now it’s your turn to laugh. It’s even funnier when you think that my brother and I talk multiple times a week.
Now that you know about me and my brother, tell me about you and your sibling(s). And don’t be surprised if you find yourself in one of my upcoming books.
Angela Benson
It’s time for our final drum roll in the Another Book Giveaway contest. Ready?
Drum roll, please.
The winners are:
1) Angie Poole
2) Ty
3) Rosiland
Congratulations to the winners! Each will receive an autographed copy of Up Pops the Devil. Winners, please email your mailing address to me using the address HERE.
Now that one contest ends, another THREE begin. Yes, you read it right, THREE.
A “Win a Bag of Books” Contest is being run by two different sites as two separate contests, with three winners being selected from each site. The sites are located at FreshFiction.com (runs through the month of August) and Pageturner.net (runs through August 15). You’re welcome to enter both contests.
The new Review Postings and Sightings Contest will run through August 31. All you have to do to enter is Comment on this message with the URL of a review, discussion or even a mention of Up Pops the Devil.
You can also write a review of the book on Amazon.com and post a Comment here that you’ve done so. If you have some news about Up Pops the Devil that isn’t found online, you can include it as your Comment here and that will serve as your entry.
FIVE lucky winners each will receive their choice of a $10 Amazon.com gift certificate OR any item(s) (total value of $15 or less) from my Online Store.
If you’re a member of a Book Club, don’t forget the Book Club Contest. Scroll down until you see Contest #2.
If you haven’t already done so, you can join the For Book Clubs Only mailing list HERE. Scroll down until you see Mailing List for Book Clubs.
Happy Reading!
Angela Benson
This wonderful promo was done for me by Good GIrl Book Club Online!
Angela Benson
CONGRATULATIONS!Three lucky Book Clubs have been selected winners in my FOR BOOK CLUBS ONLY Book Club Contest. The winning Book Clubs will each receive THREE copies of Up Pops the Devil.
1) Page Turners Book Club, Cleveland, OH
2) Reading Divas of Birmingham Book Club, Birmingham, AL
3) The Good Book Club, Highlands Ranch, CO
The winning Book Clubs have until August 5, 2008 to get their mailing addresses to me at the address HERE.
All Book Clubs are welcome to join the Book Club mailing list, For Book Clubs Only from Author Angela Benson, on the Contacts page HERE. Just scroll down to the section for Mailing List for Book Clubs.
Congrats again to the winning Book Clubs!
For all other site visitors, I’m extending the Another Book Giveaway until Friday so that more of you will have an opportunity to participate. I’m also increasing the number of books awarded from two to three.
Good luck and thanks for celebrating my new release with me!
Angela Benson
This wonderful promo was done for me by Black Christian Book Promo!
Angela Benson
When I signed the contract for Up Pops the Devil in June, I was given a September 1 deadline. I hate to confess this but I missed my deadline. The good news is that I knew I was going to miss it so I was able to inform my agent who informed by editor who gracefully gave me a three-week extension.
I made the September due date and submitted my manuscript via e-mail at 7:30 am on Monday, September 24. I’ve figured out that I do better with Monday due dates, as they give me the weekend to focus totally on the manuscript. Since I have a full-time job, this is very important. I can’t take full days during the week to work on my writing so weekends are precious.
For those of you wondering, I submit my manuscript as a single Word document with one-inch margins, using Times New Roman with a font size of 12. As I’m writing the manuscript, I have a separate file for each chapter (Using Word’s master document feature to view/print them as a single document), but once I send it in, I consolidate the chapter files into a single file and that’s the way I work on the manuscript from that time forward.
So I turned my book in on September 24 and settled back thinking it would be around Thanksgiving before I got back a revision letter. Now Thanksgiving is a perfect time for me because I’m out on Thanksgiving break. Well, guess what happened? You’ve got it.
Angela Benson
I found this graphic for the 2008 Soul Expressions Author Tour that I’ll be a part of in August. You’ll notice that there are a variety of genres represented, with Up Pops the Devil and Rhythms of Grace, by one of this week’s guest bloggers, prominent in the mix.
I hope to see you on the road so check out the dates below the image for a stop near you.
TOUR STOPS
Thursday, August 7th INDIANAPOLIS area
10am – 11:15am, Wal-Mart in Lawrence, 10735 Pendleton Pike
2pm – 3:15pm, Wal-Mart in Fishers, 8300 East 96th Street
4:45pm – 6pm, Wal-Mart in Indianapolis, 3221 West 86th Street
Friday, August 8th NORTHERN INDIANA area
10am – 11:15pm, Wal-Mart in Fort Wayne, 7502 Southtown Crossing Blvd.
2:30pm – 3:30pm, Wal-Mart in South Bend, 3701 Portage Road
5pm – 6:15pm, Wal-Mart in Hammond, 1828 165th Street
Saturday, August 9th CHICAGO area
10am – 11:30am, Wal-Mart in Country Club Hills, 4005 West 167th Street
2:30pm – 3:30pm, Wal-Mart in Joliet, 2424 W. Jefferson Street
6:30pm- 9:00pm, Free Reception, Holiday Inn in Matteson, 500 Holiday Plaza Drive CANCELLED!!
Sunday, August 10th CHICAGO area
11:00 am- noon, Wal-Mart in Crestwood, 4700 W. 135th Street
3pm – 4:00pm, Wal-Mart in Lansing, 16771 Torrence Avenue
You may want to bookmark this page for easy reference. You can also find the dates on my Event Calendar.
If you think you’re going to make it to a stop, please comment on this post and let me know where on the tour I should expect you.
Angela Benson
Drum roll, please! The winners of the Another Book Giveaway contest for the the week ending Friday, July 18, are Rhonda McKnight and Jeanette Wallington. Congratulations, Ladies! Please send me mailing addresses so that I can get your books out.
Rhonda and Jeannette, I can’t believe you two won. I almost did a re-drawing (smile). Just so you know this doesn’t let either of you off the hook for buying a book when I see you in Atlanta (Rhonda) or Indiana (Jeannette). You’ll just have to buy one for a friend. I’ll make sure to bring you a special addition to go along with it. You’ll have to wait until we meet to find out what it is.
Don’t forget that the contest starts anew today. Next Friday I will give away two more books to folks to comment on blog posts between now and then.
I also gave an unplanned prize today. I got my 200th friend over at shelfari.com so I gave a free book to that lucky friend.
NOTE: For those of you wondering how I picked the winners, I used a the random number generator at http://random.org/integers/. All you do is enter the number of entrants (A) and how many winners you want to pick (B). The program then spits out (B) random numbers. I had 33 entries this week from which to pick two winners. The random number generator spit out 30 and 7 so I picked the 30th comment and the 7th comment as winners.
It’s raining books! Enjoy!
Angela Benson
In 2006 when I signed with my agent, Natasha Kern, I was in the middle of a two-book contract with Walk Worthy Press and Warner Books (now Hatchette Book Group). With the demise of the Walk Worthy / Warner agreement in late 2006, I found myself with an agent but without a publisher. For a while, it looked like I might be staying with Warner but by the end of the first quarter of 2007, we knew that was not going to happen.
At that point, Natasha began aggressive action to find me a new publishing home. We talked extensively about the possible paths she saw for my writing career and my personal goals for where I wanted to be. Independently, we came up with lists of publishers that we thought positioned to get me to where I wanted to be. As an agent, Natasha was knowledgeable about which editors would be most inclined to like and appreciate an “Angela Benson” story.
Natasha then went to work contacting editors. The good thing about an agent is that they can do simulatenous submissions. That means they can send a proposal to editors at multiple publishing houses at the same time (letting them know, of course) while authors submitting their own work are required to submit to one publisher and wait for an answer before submitting to another.
The feedback started flowing in pretty quickly. Natasha had conversations with the editors who expressed interest in the proposal. These conversations were crucial in learning the ideas and strategies the editors had for the book and for my career. By early May, we had accepted an offer from Carolyn Marino at HarperCollins.
Angela Benson
If anyone had asked me if I had any writing rituals, I would have answered with a resounding NO. I would have been lying.
As I was reflecting on how I started on Up Pops the Devil , I realized that at some point early in the process, I pulled out Donald Maas’ Writing the Breakout Novel and gave it a review. Then I realized I do this with EVERY book!
As one would expect, the book is BIG on conflct. One of the things Mass talks about is "inherent conflict." The best examples I can give of this are the growing numbers of books set in churches, or what I call, "church fiction." Placing characters with severe moral problems and hypocrisies in a church immediately heightens the conflict. It’s one thing to have adultery, fornication, lying and deceit going on, but it’s taken to a whole other level when it’s going on among folks in a church because church is not the place you would expect to find such activity. Or most people wouldn’t. The same could be said for the "urban lit" phenomenon. If your story takes place on violent streets or in violent neighborhods, you’ve heightened its conflict. With "inherent conflict" you add to the tension of your story because of the setting you choose. John Grisham did it with his mob lawyers in The Firm.
You can do this in Christian fiction by putting your Christian characters in situations that are or seem to be at odds with their faith. In Up Pops the Devil, my protagonist, Preacher, has a jailhouse conversion. Right off the back, you begin to wonder if it’s real.
Another thing that Maas discusses is "advanced characters," or something like that. Here he talks about having characters take on multiple roles to enhance conflict. For example, the antagonist and protagonist are related or have some shared history. Or the hero and heroine come from fueding families.
I used this one a lot in Up Pops the Devil . The story is about Preacher, his sister, his fiancee’, one of his old girlfriends and a new friend. It’s one thing to become a Christian and have to deal with friends who aren’t Christians. In that case, you can cut them off. It may be difficult, but you can do it. You can’t exactly cut off your sister or your fiancee’ or doing so is much, more difficult. Because of the difficulty, the conflict/tension is heightened in the story. Then there’s Preacher’s old girlfriend. Well, it’s one thing to have to deal with her, but it’s a whole other thing if she’s married to his Christian mentor. Again, heightened conflict.
Those are just two points from the Maas book. I think it’s good reading for any writer so consider giving it a try.
Now that I’ve told you about my writing ritual, you can tell me about yours. Who’s going first?
Angela Benson
Friday was a great day! My author copies of Up Pops the Devil arrived. It’s real, y’all. Come July 29, you should start seeing it in bookstores. Be sure to look for it.
As we lead up to official release date, I thought I’d tell you the book’s story, starting with how and when it soul on through the writing and editing process and now finally the marketing and publishing. I can do this mainly because I haven’t met an e-mail message that I could easily delete. Therefore, I have all the email communication that i’d had with my agent and editors about this book. I look forward to reflecting back on the process and I hope you enjoy reading my musings.
To whet your appetite for Up Pops the Devil a bit, I’ve placed an excerpt HERE . Take a read and let me know you think. I should have a book trailer coming soon so I’ll keep you posted on that. Oh, yes, I may test you on the excerpt in an upcoming contest so read carefully.
Don’t forget to look for my stories of Up Pops the Devil "over the coming days.
Angela Benson
Okay, gang, the visitor stats for this site tell one story but the number of comments on posts and pages tell another. So to get you all back in posting mode, I’m going to start another little contest. Every Friday until the release of Up Pops the Devil, I’m giving away two autographed advanced reading copies (ARCs) of Up Pops the Devil .
To enter the contest all you have to do is make a comment on a post, any post on this site, during the week leading up to the drawing. In other words, to be considered for next Friday’s drawing you have to comment between today and the time I announce the winner next Friday. The contest starts anew next Friday.
If you make multiple posts, you’ll have multiple chances to win for that week. And you’re encouraged to participate each week. If you win more than one time, you get to choose an item from my Online Store as your prize instead of another book. UPDATE: When choosing from the Online Store , you must select an item under $25. The Amazon Kindle at $359 is not a choice. I love all of you, but that’s a bit much.
You can comment on any of the blog postings on the site, regardless of how new or old they are. I have access to a list of the most recent comments so yours won’t be missed. You can also post a comment on a page. For example, you can ask a question in the Comments section of any of the pages linked from the For Writers page. Comment on what interests you. And if nothing interests you, write a comment about that and I’ll try to fix it!
Be sure to tell your friends about the contest. If your friend is a winner and mentions your name in his or her comment, then you’ll be a winner, too.
Let the commenting begin. I want to hear from you.
Angela Benson
You all did a good job of guessing what Up Pops the Devil was about by just looking at the cover. You did so well that I had to pick THREE winners instead of two. Drum roll, please! The winners are: Areen, Vyta and Dera . Ladies, please send me your mailing addresses so I can get the books out.
For those of you who can’t remember their responses, I’ll list them here followed by the back cover copy from the book and let you be the judge.
Arean:
I think this book is about relationship problems-and the devil is the person who is causing these problems. She goes up unexpectedly, bold with no remorse for her/his interference.
Vyta:
I think the novel will be about a married man with a less than perfect past. He has been caught in infidelity in past relationships and in his current marriage but has been forgiven by his wife. Currently, a woman from his past has returned. He has always had a problem with resisting her. She walked out of his life and although he was devastated at the time, he’s is grateful because God blessed him with a wonderfully loving wife and mother to his children. This woman of his past tries to re-enter his life as a “Friend.” He allows (ignoring his conscience) her not only back into his life but into the lives of his family members. No one knows of their past together. But when he doesn’t agree to ALL of her demands, she changes and threatens to expose the truth.
Dera:
I think it is about a man who while he would do good, evil is always present, hindering his walk with God. But he refuses to fully give in; he realizes he is a work in progress and will see it to the end.
Back Cover Copy:
Two hard years in prison have changed Wilford “Preacher” Winters for the better. He did his time, now he’s going to “do the right thing.” But the women in his life have other ideas.
Tanya, the sleek and sexy mother of his two kids, is much too comfortable with her pearls-and-Porsche lifestyle, and she’ll do whatever it takes to keep it going–even use Preacher’s small sons as weapons…
His sister, Loretta, kept “the business” running smoothly while Preacher was inside, and she can’t believe he’d trade Easy Street bling for a nickel-and-dime dead-end job…
His one-time girlfriend Serena, now married to his main man Bernard, is hiding a secret–and if past sins come to light, they’ll ruin several lives and a very new, very precious friendship between Preacher and Bernard’s beautiful-inside-and-out sister, Natalie.
With his world about to explode all around him, Preacher’s going to need every ounce of his new-found faith to remain strong. Because it takes a lot to become a new man, sometimes even a miracle.
Angela Benson
Good news! I’ll be participating in the 2008 Soul Expressions Author Tour, where I’ll be signing copies of Up Pops the Devil. The tour visits ten WalMart stores in the Indianapolis and Chicago areas during August 7-10. I’ve posted the tour schedule on my Event Calendar. I hope I get to see some of you at one or more of the events.
The tour group consists of the following 13 authors (NOTE: I’m not sure why I’m listed as romance instead of fiction or Christian fiction):
Angela Benson, Up Pops the Devil (romance)
Beverly Jenkins, Jewel (historical romance)
Brenda Jackson, Just Deserts (romance)
Donna Hill, Chances Are (romance)
Earl Sewell, If I Were Your Boyfriend (young adult)
Geneva Holliday, Seduction (romance)
Kimberla Lawson Roby, One in a Million (fiction)
L. Divine, Drama High: Lady J (young adult)
Rochelle Alers, Taken By Storm (romance)
Seven, Gorilla Black (urban lit)
Wahida Clark, Payback is a Mutha (urban lit)
Victoria Christopher Murray, Too Little, Too Late (Christian fiction)
Angela Benson
Here’s the lovely cover of my upcoming release from HarperCollins. Instead of me telling you what the book is about, how about you telling me what you think it’s about given the cover. I’ll send advanced reading copies to two of the participants. I’ll give this about two weeks so the drawing will be held on July 8.
Angela Benson
The publication date for my next book, Up Pops the Devil, has been moved from September to August to accommodate a special August promo activity. I’m pretty excited about the new pub date and the promo opportunity. I certainly appreciate my editors’ efforts to get the book off to strong start.
To that end, I’ve been told that bound galleys (advanced reading copies) will be ready by the end of the month. In the meantime, I’ll be getting page proofs on Monday that I have to review for errors. It’s also time for me to write the Dedication and Acknowledgements pages.
I’m anxious about the release, of course. It’s my baby and I’m throwing it out into the world. My prayer is that it lands in the hands of those who need to read it and will be encouraged by it. I always like for people to see themselves or people they love on the pages of my stories and become a fully engaged participant in the action. I want the read to be enjoyable, but I don’t want it to be forgettable.
Get ready, y’all. My baby is coming!
Angela Benson
My agent’s posted it to Publishers Lunch, so I guess it’s close enough to official to reveal here–Drum roll, please. . .
My next two books will be published by HarperCollins and edited by the brilliant Carolyn Marino.
Somebody (I wonder who?) is watching out for me when it comes to editors because Carolyn Marino is among the best in the business, if not the best. You only have to do an Amazon search on her name to find out how her authors feel about her. Now I’m in that group and I’m looking forward to working through the editorial process with her. Hmm, I wonder if she uses red pens. 🙂
I know I say this every time, but my new book is a special one. Really special. Trust me. I’ll tell you more about it when it’s finished. As some of you know, I’m not comfortable talking details about a work-in-progress. It’s like telling the story before I write it, and doing that takes some of the enjoyment out of the discovery process of writing.
Well, that’s my news for today. What’s yours?
