My new series was announced, and both announcements are actually partially wrong & partially right.
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I know that an earlier version of the Darkest Mercy cover has been posted out & about. It was only live in Harper's catalogue for less than 12 hours, & it started popping up everywhere. The pulled it, but it's been re-loaded all over.
Thank you to those of you helping tell folks that it was NOT the final cover.
This is . . . well, almost the final cover. The vines are still wrong, but the effects are in place now. I love it. Please, meet Donia (portrayed by Linda) on the cover of the final WICKED LOVELY book . . . LOVE the steam & sunlight.
I'm posting the next giveaway early because I'll be in Scotland for August. You can enter starting now.
For the curious, here is the flap copy for DARKEST MERCY
“Send the messengers for the faery courts. This is the end.”
The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.
Aislinn tends the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.
Love, despair, and betrayal ignite the faery courts, and in the final conflict, some will win…and some will lose everything.
The exhilarating conclusion to Melissa Marr’s New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.
More mailbox questions & answers . . .
A month or so ago, I posted an entry to win books. Donna plugged it into the random number generator, & she tells me that these are the winners.
I am behind on everything but deadlines, so I'll tackle various email questions here.
I am behind on everything but deadlines, so I'll tackle various email questions here.
Writing Contest:
Harper is having a writing contest so I can offer crit notes to several pre-pubbed writers. The data is.
Where I Am This Week:
May 12 at 7 pm: Joseph Beth, Cleveland
May 13 at 7PM B&N, #2697 Fairless Hills, PA (Philly area)
May 14 at 7 PM Chester County Books (Philly area)
May 15 at 2 pm: The Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA
Swag Offer:
EMAIL/OTHER MSGS:
Just a quick note that my books are up in the online auction to raise money for those impacted by the Tennessee flooding.
Just a FWIW, when I'm on tour if I get free hours I intend to tweet it w a "here's where I am if you want to grab tea/lunch/walk" so if you're IN one of my tour spots, watch twitter.
Our next giveaway is . . .
This month I'm doing a "grab bag." I have a stack of books here in need of homes. No, I'm not listing them.
Here's the updated/final AFAIK stuff . . . I may add another signing another in Richmond, but aside from that I think this is it--until September when I do the Smart Chicks Kick Ass tour :)
I'm participating in a group chat on Wednesday night. I'm re-posting the info the Beautiful Creatures girls posted over here. ...
On the 15th (Thursday), I'll be starting my day with my regular call with my crit partner and friend Jeaniene Frost, but for reasons I'm not sure, we opted to have that call as a PUBLIC call on Thursday. ...
Q: "I'm not sure where I can ask you a question so I'll ask it here (maybe this is the right place? X])...because it's rather been killing me. Oh and forgive me if you've already answered it but after the release of the WL anthology in 2012 will you have any new young adult novels coming out in the future? Aside from GRAVEMINDER, which is an adult novel! Please answer if you can; I don't know how I'm going to survive after DARKEST MERCY is out if there are no more Melissa Marr books to look forward to in the future! :("
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Q: "While I'm looking forward to the final books in the Wicked Lovely (WL) series, I'm also be sad that they mark the end of the series. I'm sure you've been asked this before, but will you keep writing, now that you've finished Darkest Mercy (she said hopefully)?"
Answer: A lot of people are asking various versions of this, so here's the parts I can say right now--
One of the young women who runs the WL.com fansite lives in Chile. The admin over there asked me (this week) to post this:
As you probably know, Chile was recently hit by a 8.8 magnitude earthquake. Chile is home to over 16 million people who have been severely shaken up by the quake. As Wicked Lovely reader and Chilean Dani described it:
I have been watching my country descend into chaos. Yes, my apartment had damage: mostly, broken stuff. However, this doesn't compare to what people are going through further South: death of loved ones, homes destroyed entirely, cold, hunger, looting, robbery, incommunication, and other things that I can't even imagine.
For those asking, here is the official synopsis of "Stopping Time":
. . . and now, I give you SMART CHICKS WITH DATES:
radiant shadows
fragile eternity
stopping time