
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The wonderful Eleni at la femme readers received two advance reading copies of HUNGER…so she’s giving one away! This is your chance to receive a copy of the book months before it hits the shelves in October.
To find out how to enter the contest, read this blog post.
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
I had the chance to read two chapters of HUNGER and talk about the book with Kathryn Laity, host of internet radio show Prose at the Rose. So if you’d like a sneak peek — er, listen — to the book, here’s the link:
Considering how nervous I was, I think I did OK, even though I stumbled over a few of the words during the reading (ack). Kate was a terrific host, and I’m thrilled she invited me onto the show.
Back to RAGE edits!
[Edited to add: Apparently, there was a problem with the link, so I removed it. Oopsie...]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Is HUNGER on your to-be-read list or your wishlist?
Want something to tide you over until October 2010?
How about a button?
If you’d like a button that has the cover of HUNGER on it, go to the Contact section of my website and email me. Be sure to include your postal address. I’ll mail you a button for free (while supplies last). Anywhere in the world.
Comment below to let me know that you’re hungry for a HUNGER cover button.
EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, I’m having some website issues with the contact page. If you’d like a button, please email me at J A X aht J A C K I E K E S S L E R daht calm.
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
It’s here! The cover to HUNGER is here!
 HUNGER by Jackie Morse Kessler
The cover was designed by SY Design…and I couldn’t be happier!
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
My cousin died this week. She’d had cancer, both years ago and then again more recently, and this time, there was no escaping the final outcome. I went to her funeral yesterday, and I listened to the rabbi talk about my cousin, and heard her son deliver a powerful eulogy. He said that my cousin was defined by pain and pride — one was etched into every fiber of her being, and the other was how she fiercely took pleasure from the accomplishments of her loved ones. Her son is a college student, but as he spoke about his mom, and helped his grandmother stand strong in the face of burying a child, it hit me that he had been forced to grow up much too soon.
Parents shouldn’t have to bury their kids.
Kids shouldn’t have to juggle college classes around their mother’s funeral.
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ME: Sometimes, life seems horribly unfair.
DEATH: Life isn’t unfair. Life simply is. It’s people who go about trying to pigeonhole the vastness of life into some preconceived notion. You should stop that.
ME: Pfft. Easy for you to say. You’re Death. You don’t have just a handful of years to try to make sense out of everything.
DEATH: You think being eternal means you can actually make sense out of things? T’y'ah. As if.
ME: So if there’s no right answer — if some things never make sense, like someone dying too soon — then…why are we here?
DEATH: That’s easy. You’re here to live, for as long as you’re alive.
ME: That’s it?
DEATH: That’s it. What you do with your life is your choice. Sure, some things will be outside of your control. Disease, for example. I mean, yeah, you can do things that make it more likely you’re going to get sick, but whether or not you actually get sick, well, that’s not your call. It’s not how long you live, but how well.
ME: Sometimes, things still seem horribly unfair.
DEATH: Again, you’re trying to shoehorn life into neat categories. Fair, unfair, deserved, lucky. What have you. That’s not what it’s about. Life is about living. Everything else is just how you label it. And as a wise person once said, labels are for soup cans.
ME: Huh. Maybe. Still, I’m feeling lousy about it.
DEATH: You know what helps?
ME: What?
DEATH: Listening to some fabulous music.
~
This would have been a different conversation if it had been Pestilence instead of Death. For one thing, Pestilence doesn’t appreciate good music.
So now I’m making a Life Can Be Lousy But At Least I Have Good Music playlist. I’m open to suggestions.
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
I heard back from the Best Agent Ever (aka, my fabulous agent), and she loved RAGE. She had no changes, other than catching one typo. Other than that, she said, it was all gushing.
ME: **happy dance**
So I just sent the manuscript to my editor, one full week early! Rahr!!! Fingers crossed that she loves it.
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Breaking news! HUNGER’s new launch date is October 18, 2010!
Back cover copy coming soon. Stay tuned.
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
WHAT I’M CURRENTLY READING: Princeps’ Fury, Jim Butcher
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So I’m working on the fifth chapter of RAGE, and it’s very slow-going. More like a slow boil than full-blown rage.
This is one of those stories that it’s not enough to get a fast draft down and then return to it in a revision and polish to get it right; I have to get it as close to right as possible the first time. Which is a little daunting (especially with the events of chapter five; oy, I’m torn between wanting to tell my protagonist NOOOOOOOOOOO and wanting to tell my protagonist FINE THEN JUST DO IT ALREADY).
I’ve got Nirvana playing on iTunes (my iPod died, alas!), I’m about to get some tea. I have a Cinnabon waiting for me after I do a good job today.
Okay, chapter 5. In the immortal words of the Sick Puppies: One of us is going down.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
I know, I’ve been away. Sorry!!! I plead insane business.
But I have updates. And news.
First, updates: My fabulous editor loved the revision I gave her, so HUNGER moved onto copy edits. (In case you’re wondering, that’s when things like grammar, consistency and style get reviewed very closely, and I then review all of those copy edits to make sure I agree with them and make any necessary changes. Fun, fun, fun! Actually…shhh, don’t tell, but I love reviewing copy edits. Probably because I’ve been a copy editor for more than a dozen years.)
I just finished reviewing the copy edits, and I sent everything back to my editor. So the next step will be proofreading, and getting marketing involved. And hopefully soon, I’ll have an actual month for the book, not just a season (fall 2010). More to follow!
Second, news: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Graphia Books has just bought the second book in the series, which will be called RAGE, to be published in spring 2011.
**JACKIE THROWS CONFETTI AND DOES A HAPPY DANCE**
What’s that? You want to know what RAGE is about? Heh. Stay tuned.
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
By now, some of you may be wondering what the heck the Post Mortem part of my website is all about. (Or maybe not. But for the sake of this blog post, and my fragile ego, I’m going to act as if I’ve been bombarded with questions about Post Mortem.)
Simply put, Post Mortem is a fake talk-radio show. And Death is the host.
Now, I have to be clear: this isn’t Neil Gaiman’s Death (although she is incredibly fabulous), and this isn’t Terry Pratchett’s Death (with or without all caps when he speaks). This is my Death. (Which, taken out of context, sounds incredibly weird and perhaps a little creepy.) Specifically, this is the character Death, who will appear in my upcoming novel HUNGER.
For more about Death and his role in HUNGER…well, you’ll have to be patient. (A year, folks. One year. We can do it!)
As for Post Mortem, here’s the deal: Death — cuddly, fun-loving guy that he is — has decided to interview the characters of other authors. The other authors’ characters, bless them, have happily agreed to come on over and answer some questions and talk about things…including what it’s like working with their authors.
Yeah, I’m pretty psyched about it too.
Some of the authors whose characters will be guests on Post Mortem? Heather Brewer. Rachel Caine. Mari Mancusi. Michelle Rowen.
So stay tuned.
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