tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13683545604857610302024-03-08T00:07:52.586-08:00JuvenescenceDispatches from writer/author Christy RaedekeChristy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.comBlogger340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-84628105023063770982013-02-07T15:54:00.000-08:002013-02-07T15:54:30.595-08:00Czech it out! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I love seeing international covers! Here are both book covers as designed by my Czech publisher Fragment. And if you are fluent in Czech, you can <a href="http://magicians-book.blogspot.cz/2013/01/interview-christy-raedeke-books-about.html" target="_blank">read my interview on Magician's Book Blog</a> by the lovely Filip Faja. Thanks Filip! </div>
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<br />Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-24946469489695034502011-09-24T11:04:00.000-07:002011-09-25T09:18:28.027-07:00Wicked Awesome Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IK1vXGV317Q/TbN60qvqy3I/AAAAAAAACoI/1wOZJ6i68Ys/s1600/WAB+Shortened+Header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IK1vXGV317Q/TbN60qvqy3I/AAAAAAAACoI/1wOZJ6i68Ys/s200/WAB+Shortened+Header.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I have always admired the reviews of Nikki on her book blog <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/nxrF7">Wicked Awesome Books</a>, but <a href="http://www.wickedawesomebooks.com/2011/09/book-review-serpents-coil-prophecy-of.html">this one</a> takes the cake. Thank you, Nikki!Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-79488408633382148902011-08-16T08:05:00.000-07:002011-08-16T08:06:01.183-07:00Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Review<div class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In the second book of the Prophecy of Days series, Caity and her totally trusty BFF, Justine, continue their quest to unite the world's young people to fight the Shadow Government. Enrolling in an exclusive private school as a cover, they travel to the Dunhuang Caves under the pretext of a research project to find Uncle Li and the Sanskrit texts now in his possession. Aided by hunky Alex and members of The Council introduced in the first book, Caity and Justine arrive in China only to find that many things are not as they appear and that the Fraternitas and Shadow Government are infinitely more powerful than Caity ever imagined. Conspiracies abound in the second book of the Prophecy of Days series, which, if possible, moves at an even greater pace than the first. Raedeke weaves together an impressive array of mysticism, ancient knowledge, and conspiracy theories while keeping the main plot, if not all the details, easy to follow. Caity's emerging romance with Alex is sweet and believable, but readers will certainly enjoy the brief love triangle with the addition of handsome but obviously sinister Jules D'Aubigne. While more literary readers may scoff at the idea that love and good vibes from the under-twenty set can conquer a worldwide secret government that controls everything from electromagnetic energy waves to the World Bank, they are missing the point. Do not bother worrying about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">plot holes or stereotypical characters; just sit back and enjoy this summer blockbuster of a book. </span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to everyone for coming to Barnes & Noble last night! It was great to see so many people of all ages. A fabulous way to kick off a birthday! And thanks, <a href="http://jennieenglund.blogspot.com/2011/07/it-was-long-dream.html">Jennie for the photo and the blog homage</a>!</div>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-35086302944577127642011-07-27T08:26:00.000-07:002011-07-27T08:26:17.895-07:00Book Release Tonight at Barnes & Noble!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wvn-G_bQC7Q/TfoUlNxANqI/AAAAAAAAAdI/y6ATkqfQc6E/s1600/barnes-noble-logo1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wvn-G_bQC7Q/TfoUlNxANqI/AAAAAAAAAdI/y6ATkqfQc6E/s200/barnes-noble-logo1.gif" width="200" /></a></div>Please join me at 6:00 tonight, Wednesday July 27th, at Barnes & Noble in Medford for the official release of <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/serpents-coil-christy-raedeke/1100185043?ean=9780738715773&itm=1&usri=raedeke">The Serpent's Coil</a>. Wahoo!Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-43068070945358980102011-07-16T08:54:00.000-07:002011-07-16T08:55:57.313-07:00Quest for Prophecy of Days at the NY Public LibrarySo I've been here in Manhattan for almost a week working on a secret project, and it's been very busy. Today was the first day I've had to kick around, so my first task was to catch Prophecy of Days<i> in situ</i> at the main branch of the New York Public Library. It still makes me giddy to think that my book is shelved in this iconic library.<br />
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</tbody></table>On my way out my spirits are lifted by two enormous replicas of the lions in Legos. I miss my children terribly, and this meshing of where I am with their favorite toy makes me smile.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Release date was July 8 so I was expecting to see nothing before the second week in July. But yesterday I found this in the mail! It’s very exciting to see the finished cover with the spot varnish. The snake really pops! I kept it in my bag at work and would glance fondly at it now and then.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Britt_photo04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="159" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Britt_photo04.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And last night, as a lovely coincidence, I had tickets to Ray LaMontagne/Brandi Carlisle/Secret Sisters. It was a beautiful evening of music under the stars with my oldest friend Julie and my second book tucked in my bag. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Roughly 5,000 years have passed since Sumerians pressed their reeds into soft clay tablets and then fired them. This encoded information allowed them to pass on knowledge; to allow future generations to learn <i>virtually</i>. Essentially removing the barrier of space and time, a person unrelated in place or decade could decode the wisdom imprinted on that clay and reconstruct its meaning. It’s an astonishing leap, really. A truly human invention. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I had forgotten how exhausting it was to actively learn. This was stuff I was really interested in and it was still difficult to pay attention and really be engaged with an instructor hour after hour. Now I have a bit more sympathy for my kids who come home wiped out from school. I used to be all, “Suck it up! You should try working! You have two recesses <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> snack time!” Now I get it. At the end of a day of cramming information into every wee crenulation of your brain, a little Sponge Bob can be a balm.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A couple of weeks ago, new kitty woke us up “playing” at 4 am. She was running around the room like crazy, scratching around under the bed, meowing, and just being generally annoying. Later that day – out of exhaustion from the kitty night antics –I lay down to take a short nap before we had to go to a party. Once my head hit the pillow I heard a little <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">scritch</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">scritch</i> sound coming from my bedside table. In an act of great bravery, I called my ten year old daughter in to open the drawer. “I think something’s in my bedside table,” I told her, adding, “open it slowly, please!” in a wavering voice. She pulled the drawer out an inch and we saw all we needed to see. Beady eyes. The kitty had dragged a rodent in to our bedroom, where it had sought safe haven in my bedside table, chewing nervously on a paper snowflake Juliet had made for me. Naturally, we screamed and slammed the bedside drawer closed so hard that it forced the little guy out the back of the drawer. By this time I had only a few minutes before we had to be at a dinner party, so we decided to let nature take care of the problem: we threw the cat in the room and closed the door. It was the first time in my life I’d ever left the house hoping to see a dead rodent in my bedroom upon my return. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Five hours later, we tentatively opened the door. On the bed was the kitty, sitting like a proud sphinx. At the threshold of the door was the poor furry creature, laid carefully on its side without any mess. That night I slept in my daughter’s room and the next day was devoted to deep, Clorox-fueled spring cleaning. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’d hoped this was a one-time deal, but last night we experience rodent redux. This time we were able to corral the two into the bathroom. I had to sandwich my head in between two pillows to drown out the horror of mouse screams (yes, they scream). I felt great guilt at what was my second active hit on a rodent inside the house. But this time the cat got bored and mewed at the door after awhile. Scott went in to find the mouse doing skateboard moves up the half-pipe of the tub, completely unable to get enough purchase on the porcelain to get out. He put the poor thing outside where it ran back to the enormous hedge that surrounds our house. This hedge is like something out of a Beatrix Potter book, large enough to house all kinds of birds and squirrels and mice. A veritable buffet for our feral kitty. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Personally, I prefer my cats to be less “stalker beast” and more “lap warmer with attitude”. You roll the dice with pet adoption, and this time we came up snake eyes. </span></div>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-7954279554793606872011-04-15T16:10:00.000-07:002011-04-15T16:10:38.103-07:00SCBWI LA - Anyone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Resources/Image/LA11_Welcome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="http://www.scbwi.org/Resources/Image/LA11_Welcome.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I just registered for the<a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Conference.aspx?Con=8"> 40th annual SCBWI conference</a> in LA. I missed it last year and really <i>missed </i>it. I went in <a href="http://raedeke.blogspot.com/2008/08/photo-essay-by-worlds-worst.html">2008 and met many, many amazing writers</a> I still keep in touch with, and<a href="http://raedeke.blogspot.com/2009/08/scbwi-update.html"> again in 2009 </a>where we all reconnected. I do hope many of them will be there this year!<br />
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So, anyone else going?Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-50306688651507448612011-04-04T22:07:00.000-07:002011-04-05T16:40:21.022-07:00On Getting Unstuck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.pegs.com/imageRepo/3/0/23/131/735/asilomar_histroical_room_J.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://images.pegs.com/imageRepo/3/0/23/131/735/asilomar_histroical_room_J.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">See this tiny room? That’s what I was supposed to share with a stranger. The other bed? That would be where the photographer is standing in order to capture the charming shot. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">So when I showed up to the Asilomar Writer’s Conference and saw this, I bailed. I immediately turned around, walked outside, and looked at Hotwire for a room in town. With that kind of short notice, all I could get was a place in an old 40s drive-up motel, the kind that in less touristy towns might rent by the month. But it was mine, all mine! The funny thing is, I spent no time there. The conference hooked me, from breakfast through the last glass of wine </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">well after midnight.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">Inspiration is a funny thing. Sometimes all you need is an idea; sometimes all you need is energy. And sometimes you get a conflation of both. For me, that happened at Asilomar. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">The speakers were great – I think this is the first conference where I attended every session. Like a seed feeling for the warmth of the sun on the damp earth above it, I soaked in everything the various authors, Illustrators, editors, and agents had to say. But it was the evenings that provided the heartiest sources of inspiration for me. After the last evening session, groups would congregate in different areas. Both nights I ended up sipping wine and eating Moose Much in the fireside lobby of the very lodge where I was originally booked to share a 76 square foot room with a stranger. Shame on me for not staying - the commute would have been far easier up two flights of stairs than across town. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">It was here that 20 or so of us gathered and talked about what we were working on, what we had in the pipeline, what we dreamed one day to do. I heard some amazing success stories and some cautionary tales, and I got some great advice without even asking for it. Some conferences are magical that way. But perhaps most important, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I came home with the first 16 pages of a new manuscript. This was something I had been thinking about for months, but had neither the energy nor the inspiration to start. I love this project. I feel like I was born to write this book. In fact, I did a middle school visit last week and instead of reading from <i>Prophecy of Days</i>, I thought I’d try out the new piece. To my utter delight, they were riveted!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;">So, if you have a chance to attend the Asliomar Conference, I highly recommend it. You get to listen to speakers in this beautiful and historic conference center: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">And you will take a million photos of Pacific sunsets that will all disappoint because nothing can really capture that kind of magic:</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">My kids have been trying to get me to play Mario Kart on the Wii since Christmas. I’d honestly rather clean those vile little bolts around the base of the toilet than play video games, so it’s taken them a while to get that silly white steering wheel in my hands. When we started playing I felt like I was 15 again the first few minutes of having learner’s permit. I was overcompensating so hard that I was bouncing off rocks and guardrails and enormous mushrooms and whatnot. It was infuriating—just when I got up enough speed to clip along there’d be another obstacle or a quick turn. I asked the kids if there was a course that was simply a straight road so you could just gun it. They looked at me as if I’d just revealed a vestigial tail, and said, “Uh, no. What would be the point?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">That’s kind of what I wanted the writing life to be. You know, put out a book and then gun it. But, as my kids would say, “What would be the point?” Perhaps there’s a reason I’ve run in to an enormous mushroom or slammed into a guardrail. Perhaps it’s not supposed to be easy. Because we tend not to value what comes easily. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Raising good children, finding work you enjoy, getting published—none of it is easy. But there are moments, like the first time you touch a book that bears your name on its spine, that make it all worthwhile. I’ve just had one of those moments. </div>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-56224734154041208932010-12-29T20:57:00.000-08:002010-12-29T20:57:20.655-08:00Live in the Hunt!You know when you come across an idea so amazing yet necessary that you wonder why no one had thought of it before? Author <a href="http://www.kaycassidy.com/">Kay Cassidy</a> (The Cinderella Society) has done just that with <a href="http://www.kaycassidy.com/hunt/">The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest.</a> Kay has devised a free game for libraries to run that encourages reading, promotes authors, and rewards librarians - a triple win! I think more than 600 libraries are now participating, along with scores of authors and thousands of kids.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And librarians, be sure to check out The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest - it's a great way to engage kids and get them reading a real variety of books!</div>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-11039802992874562672010-12-12T07:00:00.000-08:002010-12-15T08:09:17.781-08:00Thirteen Days of Giveaways!<center><a href="http://shusky20.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lzs3rF5ihws/TPZOyzwIj_I/AAAAAAAABTU/pLX0Vh70HRY/s320/december-blog-event2.jpg" /></a></center><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wonderful book bloggers <a href="http://shusky20.blogspot.com/">Fragments of Life</a> and <a href="http://amaterasureads.blogspot.com/">Amaterasu Reads</a> are teaming up for an incredible December Book Giveaway Extravaganza! Each day from December 13th through the 24th they’ll be featuring a book by posting a review and/or interview and a giveaway. Then t</span>o top it all off, on the 25th they’re have a big prize pack giveaway that will be open internationally.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. December 13 – Kick-off Giveaway of The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith + Review<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. December 14 – Interview with Adele Griffin + Giveaway <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://shusky20.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-countdown-day-3-interview-w.html#comments">3. December 15 – Interview with ME! + Giveaway</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. December 16 – Interview with Holly Cupala + Giveaway<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5. December 17 – Interview with Amy Holder + Giveaway<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">6. December 18 – Interview with Inara Scott + Giveaway<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">7. December 19 – Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Review (Prize Pack Giveaway)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">8. December 20 – Interview with Kimberly Derting + Review of The Body Finder (Prize Pack Giveaway)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">9. December 21 – Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers Review (Prize Pack Giveaway)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">10. December 22 – Interview with Brenda Pandos + The Sapphire Talisman Review<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">11. December 23 – Interview with Julie Chibbaro + Review of Deadly (Prize Pack Giveaway)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">12. December 24 – Review of Misguided Angel (Prize Pack Giveaway - Revelations)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">13. December 25 – Prize Pack Giveaway<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That’s a lot of books to win! Good luck to all. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p></o:p></span></div></center>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-41601856057599042010-11-30T13:45:00.000-08:002010-11-30T13:45:42.740-08:00Turkish Rights! Çok heyecanlıyım!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_turkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_turkey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t tell you how excited I am to accept an offer from Artemis/Alfa for Turkish language rights for <i>Prophecy of Days, Books I and II</i>! I’ve dreamed of visiting Turkey for decades and am overjoyed that my books will be there to represent me! I might just have to make a trip there to see the Turkish versions in their native habitat. The architecture! The Tea! The Bosphorous! It's all just so captivating!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to Taryn Fagerness for adding Turkey my little collection of foreign rights. It is an absolute thrill!</span></span></div>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-75493230393192371282010-11-22T23:09:00.000-08:002010-11-22T23:09:11.732-08:00Asilomar Anyone?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's been awhile since I've been to a Writers Conference, Retreat, or Workshop, so I just booked myself into the <a href="http://scbwisf.com/2010/10/golden-gate-conference-at-asilomar-2011/">Golden Gate SCBWI Conference at Asilomar</a>. Anyone care to join me near Carmel, California in February? I've never, ever done the "shared room" thing , but the private rooms were already sold out. Should be interesting! And by interesting I mean terrifying.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The lineup is top-notch. Editors include Namrata Tripathi (Atheneum), Katherine Jacobs (Roaring Brook Press), Courtney Bongiolatt (Simon and Schuster), and Arianne Lewin (Putnam Books for Young Readers) and Agents include Josh Adams (Adams Literary) and Ginger Clark (Curtis Brown). Rick Richter, President of Ruckus Media Group and Mark Holmes from Pixar will be there along with Caldecott winning author/illustrator David Wiesner and NYT Bestelling author Cynthia Lord. WOW! <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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And if that's not enticing enough, check out the facility, a shrine to the Arts & Crafts movement:<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">The view is not too shabby either!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Prophecy of Days</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Book II The Serpent's Coil</b></i></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hits Bookstores in July, 2011! What do you think?</div>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-79028535351514064322010-10-24T21:07:00.000-07:002010-10-24T21:07:41.728-07:00Well, hello!You know how it is when you don't return a call from an out-of-town friend and then a couple of days go by and you feel a bit of nagging guilt but you still don't call, and then the days become weeks and weeks turn into months and by that time you really want to call but it feels like calling would be weird? Do you know what I'm talking about?<br />
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That's kind of what happened with me and this blog. But now I have my new cover for Book II and I <i>really </i>want to post it but it feels a bit like calling that friend you didn't speak to for so long and telling her you're going to prison for awhile - it's too much after no contact. So here's my "ease into it post" so that tomorrow I can reveal my new book cover.<br />
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I love it and can't wait to share it...Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368354560485761030.post-38443554165734774472010-08-25T21:09:00.000-07:002010-09-06T10:07:12.216-07:00Worst Archivist Award<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I suck at scrapbooking or journaling or keeping any decent record of life. Most the time I forget to take photos and the ones I do have, mostly from other people, are scattered in a million places on my computer. I would make a terrible librarian; I catalog every group of photos a different way, so there’s no easy way to find and sort. But I just discovered something to organize me! All for the price of exactly nothing, I downloaded Picasa 3 and it magically arranged my photos by date. Suddenly the blur that was the last few months makes some visual sense! </span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span>So, in addition to the day job in Marketing, here’s what I’ve been up to this summer:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Per our Father’s Day tradition, we camped in Northern California with friends and kayaked on the Lower Klamath River. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXmbPAzSNI/AAAAAAAAA3w/ikAoYpt4FDI/s1600/klamath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXmbPAzSNI/AAAAAAAAA3w/ikAoYpt4FDI/s320/klamath.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I did 9 Book events, from the San Francisco Bay Area to Bellingham, Washington, and many stops in between. It was quite a trip to see my face at the top of the escalator in the Seattle Barnes & Noble!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXmlLhH6gI/AAAAAAAAA34/aVCrsum_Yco/s1600/Barnes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXmlLhH6gI/AAAAAAAAA34/aVCrsum_Yco/s320/Barnes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I spent some time in exile at Mom’s cabin working on revisions for Book 2. Snapped this shot from the pool deck after a mind-clearing swim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXmtHBxGHI/AAAAAAAAA4A/adep42h03Rk/s1600/running+y+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXmtHBxGHI/AAAAAAAAA4A/adep42h03Rk/s320/running+y+001.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Went on a Moms + Kids camping trip (which Scott generously set up for us) for Juliet’s birthday, in a spectacular spot on the Upper Rogue River. Best! Swimming holes! Ever!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXnBIF0MgI/AAAAAAAAA4I/NghgONWtOR0/s1600/Summer+2010+295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXnBIF0MgI/AAAAAAAAA4I/NghgONWtOR0/s320/Summer+2010+295.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, alas, I turned 44. Love that number! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXlgaXKPrI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Wrz_JOrCfVU/s1600/Summer+2010+335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxULC83gyo4/THXlgaXKPrI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Wrz_JOrCfVU/s320/Summer+2010+335.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7365164-the-daykeeper-s-grimoire">Click here!</a>Christy Raedekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.com0