urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:m_stiefvater An urban fantasy novelist's blog on writing, folklore, and the creative life. Maggie Stiefvater 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:m_stiefvater:130761 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z I can finally, finally, finally shout this from the rooftops. One of my two critique partners (<span class='ljuser ljuser-name_everflame' lj:user='everflame' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://everflame.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://everflame.livejournal.com/'><b>everflame</b></a></span> ) and my very dear friend and one of the three <a href="http://www.merryfates.com">Merry Sisters of Fate</a> has a book deal that went official today!!<br /><br />From Publisher's Marketplace: <br /><br /><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>Tessa Gratton's debut BLOOD MAGIC, about two teens who meet in a cemetery and plunge into a dangerous world of dark magic, first love, and the deadly secrets that hide in blood, to Suzy Capozzi at Random House Children's, at auction, in a very good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2011, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).</em></div><br />I've read it, critiqued it, it's awesome, tight, bloody, eerie, and sexy. I'm so excited for her. Now all three of us Sisters are published and all is right with the world. <br /><br />I remember when we first met and the project she was working on then. Started in a motel room with a spray of arterial blood . . . aww, makes me nostalgic. <br /><br />GIANT CONGRATS TO TESSA!!!! I'm so proud to know her!<br /><br /><br /><a title="friendster counter" href="http://www.statcounter.com/friendster/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c.statcounter.com/3881827/0/1603c33f/1/" alt="friendster counter" border="0"></a>