Me, this morning (runs upstairs to jump on sleeping husband's chest): Wake up! I got a starred review in Publisher's Weekly!
Him (sleepily, with more enthusiasm than I would expect from someone who'd been sleeping two seconds before): That's great!
Me: (random squealing and racing around the bed)
Him: wait, what just happened again?
Starred review, baby! I love Mondays!
Okay, I don't really, but I love this Monday.
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- Maggie Stiefvater
- I'm Maggie, professional novelist by day and artist by night. All of my life decisions have been based around my inability to be gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work in your pajamas are frowned upon when you're a waitress, calligraphy instructor, or technical editor (all of which I've tried), but are highly prized traits in novelists and artists. I've made my living as one or the other since I was 22. I now live an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with my charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, and neurotic dogs. I'm the author of the Books of Faerie (LAMENT and BALLAD); the bestselling SHIVER trilogy (SHIVER, LINGER, FOREVER), and THE SCORPIO RACES .
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5 comments:
Congratulations on a great review. Next stop is Lament: the movie :o)
Yes!! Great, Maggie. We are all proud of you.
Congrats, it's a great story!
ooooh Congrats Maggie, well deserved i am so happy for you :)
Congratulations! I don't care that I'm not a teenager! I'm so going to go find your book anyways :)
I love fantasy novels with romance. I'm such a dork.
Congrats again :D
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