Tragically Late: Guest Post from Liz Darvill, Author of BOUND BY BLOOD

Note from Adri: Working with Liz has been a hilarious comedy of errors from day one right up until her release date, when this blog was supposed to go up…until she got stranded in Austin, and right after that I got locked out of my blog for ages. To apologize she decided to write about how much she loves her editor instead of pimping her newly-released book, BOUND BY BLOOD, as much as she should (AHEM); in revenge, before I let you see that I’m going to write about how much I love my author(s), and pimp her book for her.

You may also take note of the links strewn throughout the post, and make with the clicky-clicky. C’mon. You know you want to.

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Liz:

So, I was a very bad author and was gone during the release of my urban fantasy, Bound by Blood, I also totally owed my BRILLIANT editor a blog….so this is my attempt at making amends and pimping my book at the same time. *grin*

Five reasons I love my editor:

1) He asked me which color hi-lighter I wanted him to use to…ehem…artfully and constructively tear apart my manuscript. In case you are wondering…I went with purple…it might as well be pretty right? Although I am pretty sure it looked like Barney the Dinosaur bled all over my manuscript by the time he was done with it.

2) He put lovely comments about “werewolf morning wood” in my manuscript…which led to me spewing coffee all over my laptop…through my nose…

3) He was constantly patient and understanding, even when my computer set out to doom us all.

4) He took my April fools joke about turning my dark urban fantasy into a musical featuring Tom Jones songs and my alpha hero Bryce wearing a sequined shirt…without murdering me.

5) He also hasn’t murdered me with his red pen, despite the fact I may have been stranded during my book’s release and didn’t supply him with a guest blog.

In all seriousness, I owe a great deal to Adrien for all the amazing insight, patience and help he provided me with throughout the process of editing Bound by Blood, and I am so proud of the finished product. So thank you Adrien! *passes you some Kona coffee, with a side of rum*

Now…that I have successfully groveled at my editor’s feet….*grin* I am going to pimp my book! If you enjoy urban fantasy, vampires, hot biting, lots of action packed gun fights, then you might want to check out Bound by Blood!

Thanks for letting me stop by…even though I was tragically late!

~Elizabeth Darvill
www.elizabethdarvill.com

Guest blogs!

Hey, guys, just a quick little bit of pimpage: I’m guest-blogging over at the Lyrical Press blog today, talking about author fatigue and how to write past it.

Good lord, I’m a wordy bugger.

Also: not too long ago one of my authors, Jason Beymer (author of the upcoming humorous fantasy ROGUE’S CURSE), did a great post on character development and how he finds inspiration for his characters. You should go check it out. (And be nice to him. He’s funny.)

Watch this space for some other guest blogs soon, as I cajole my authors and my fellow Lyrical editors into speaking up. (Cynthia, I’m lookin’ at you.)

I keep meaning to update with photos of my nifty new Sony Reader Touch Edition and faff on about how awesome it is, but every time I talk about the thing I sound like a product shill. Bleargh. Well, here, a couple of blurry photos snapped off on my G1 phone, with the thing on my messy, disorganized coffee table:

Man, do we need to vacuum.

That’s the Pixie skin from DecalGirl.com*, crap about my student loans underneath the reader, and Elizabeth Darvill’s BOUND BY BLOOD on the reader’s screen. Liz and Jason have been great sports about not killing me yet despite the volumes of edit notes I’ve dropped on them. Ashley has yet to find out what she’s in for, but she will. [insert innocent smile here]

What else, what else…OH! One other thing: The latest book in Diane Duane’s YOUNG WIZARDS series, A WIZARD OF MARS, released this week. It wasn’t due out until early April, so imagine my surprise when my preorder showed up on my doorstep on the 23rd.

If you love Diane Duane as much as I do, get the damn book. Seriously. YOUNG WIZARDS has always held a firm position as my favorite YA series of all time, and A WIZARD OF MARS is a great addition to the collection.

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*Random aside: DecalGirl has the best customer service. My original order was shipped incorrectly; they sent me a skin for the Pocket reader, rather than the Touch edition. I e-mailed asking how to do an exchange, and they apologized and shipped a priority mail replacement the same day. It’s sad that it’s rare to see good, polite customer service, but it’s always nice when you run across it.