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Confetti and contests

April 27, 2016 By Ying 2 Comments

Hello, friends. This week, the Agency novels are once more bursting forth into the world, dressed in their new, super-atmospheric covers! To mark the occasion, I've written a brief guest post and my generous publisher, Candlewick Press, is sponsoring separate giveaways at each of the following blogs. Click to read each post and hopefully win a full set of the Agency novels: Four Victorian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: A Spy in the House, Candlewick Press, contest, giveaway, Rivals in the City, The Agency, The Body at the Tower, The Traitor in the Tunnel, Things I Write

A Tyranny of Petticoats

March 9, 2016 By Ying Leave a Comment

Happy book birthday to Jessica Spotswood, whose kickass anthology, A Tyranny of Petticoats, went on sale yesterday! Here's to piracy, stunt flight, revolution, exploration, gold-panning, fortune-telling, and so much more in these fifteen short stories about girls in American history. Was it coincidence that yesterday was International Women's Day? I think not. From an impressive sisterhood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: A Tyranny of Petticoats, Candlewick Press, Jessica Spotswood, The Legendary Garrett Girls, Things I Write

Sisters, scammers, hijinks ensue

February 10, 2016 By Ying 4 Comments

Hello, friends! I am still healing from the wisdom tooth extraction and feeling cross about my soup/hummus/pudding subsistence diet. So! Much! Slime! But I don't want to talk about that. Instead, I'd like to share some of the sources I consulted when writing "The Legendary Garrett Girls". As you probably know, I adore research. In this case, though, my research began entirely by accident, with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: A Tyranny of Petticoats, Alaska, Candlewick Press, Gold Rush, Jessica Spotswood, research, short story, The Legendary Garrett Girls, Things I Write

“tough and memorable and full of heart” – and a Canada-only giveaway, too

January 27, 2016 By Ying 4 Comments

This is an exciting week for Jessica Spotswood and we, her merry crew! A Tyranny of Petticoats has a number of glowing reviews, including a starred review from Booklist that calls it "historical fiction at its finest... The heroines are tough and memorable and full of heart, and the concept is irresistible. Stock up—this one will practically sell itself." Pre-orders are now underway! If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: A Tyranny of Petticoats, Candlewick Press, giveaway, Jessica Spotswood, Simini Blocker, The Legendary Garrett Girls

Reading ahead, reading abroad

November 11, 2015 By Ying 4 Comments

Hello, friends. I had SUCH a lovely batch of unexpected mail this week! First came Candlewick Press's spring/summer 2015 catalogue. Its cover (right) is based on the cover of the new Kate DiCamillo novel, Raymie Nightingale, which will be published in April. Hurray! I had more personal reasons for reading the catalogue, too. It feels like the March publication of Jessica Spotswood's A Tyranny … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: A Spy in the House, A Tyranny of Petticoats, Candlewick Press, foreign rights, Korea, Rivals in the City, The Agency, The Body at the Tower, The Traitor in the Tunnel, Things I Write

A Tyranny of Petticoats

September 2, 2015 By Ying Leave a Comment

Hello, friends. This week, I am tremendously excited to share with you the absolutely glorious cover of Jessica Spotswood's historical anthology, A Tyranny of Petticoats. Behold! My friend Cat taught me the phrase "on fleek", and now I just want to walk around now yelling, "It's SO ON FLEEK!" Here's a bit more about the collection, which combines historical realist and historical fantasy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: A Tyranny of Petticoats, Alaska, Candlewick Press, historical fiction, Jessica Spotswood, research, The Legendary Garrett Girls, Things I Write

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