I’m crawling out of the Editing Cave to glue together this weekly recap. Did I ever tell you I hate the Editing Cave? SO MUCH PRESSURE. So much gnashing of teeth over horrendous plot choices. So much laughing hysterically because that’s how you keep yourself from crying.
Cooooome to me little book who needs editing. *sharpens axe* *commences deranged laughter* #amediting
— Cait (@PaperFury) July 18, 2015
But, pfft, let’s ignore editing and talk BOOKS.
I have some glorious books this week. And by “glorious” I mean, THE BEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD ARE IN MY CLAMMY PAWS. OH THE WONDERFULNESS OF ME.
Oh, and did I ever tell you I’m freelancing weekly at Boomerang Books? “Freelancing” always makes me think of lances which makes me think of jousting so: I AM A KNIGHT NOW. I get paid in book vouchers. Book vouchers. My wildest dreams have come true and this never-buys-books-‘worm gets to buy books. Excuse me. I chortle with joy.
I haven’t libraried for 3 weeks. THREE WEEKS, I TELL YOU. To celebrate my restraint I borrowed a few fabulous books (this makes sense, I swear it does) and plan to devour them with glee.
- THE WRATH AND THE DAWN: I bought this with my vouchers and it was ridiculously expensive and ridiculously worth it. PEOPLES. I HAVE FOUND MY BOOK OF THE YEAR. Nine thousand million stars and we marry at dawn.
- DEMON ROAD: EXCUSE ME. BUT. I AM SO EXCITED. I CANNOT. I love Derek Landy and his Skulduggery Pleasant series is incredible (although I admit to being a wimp and haven’t read the last 3 because he keeps hurting my babies) and this is the beginning of his new pure horror series. It’s like the YA Supernatural. I am so excited I may explode.
- CLOCKWORK PRINCESS (The INFERNAL DEVICES #3): This is my last Cassandra Clare novel to read until her newest series comes out. I’M A LITTLE TEARY. Also excited.
- HONOR GIRL: Thank you Walker Books! This was a super cute little graphic novel/memoir. I already ate it.
- WHERE THE STARS STILL SHINE: Thank you Bloomsbury! This was a surprise review-copy and…not my favourite genre, so I was dubious. BUT. I took nice photos of it with origami stars. #somuchwin
- FIVE FLAVOURS OF DUMB: THIS IS ABOUT A DEAF GIRL. Okay, I’m sorry. I get excited because book research. One of my older WIPs (works-in-progress) is about a deaf girl and I really wanted to represent it right, so I’m determined to swallow all the books the library has to offer me.
- DRAGON RIDER: I said “Hello Instagram, please give me dragonish recommendations”. And this is what I turned up.
- ONE: Another surprise from Bloomsbury and IT WAS SO GOOD. And so heavy. What do they make ARCs out of?? Bricks and angst?
- MOCKINGBIRD: An MG book I libraried about a girl with Aspergers and it was awful. I didn’t feel it was a genuine interpretation.
- MONDAY: I review Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars and decide it’s a handy how-to manual in case your parent turns into a tree. See inside for tips.
- TUESDAY: I gifed my way through A Clash of Kings (Game of Thrones #2) and confess it was boring but BRILLIANT. Also much sass.
- WEDNESDAY: Can your TBR be too big? I talk about the logistics of it falling and killing you.
- FRIDAY: I review two Australian books (one about a deaf girl and one about a poisonous friendship) and basically make awful fish puns and nap.
- SATURDAY: I discuss FOOD in books and how important it is and why there should be much of it.
Click on see Goodreads reviews!
- HONOR GIRL: Cute and honest and relatable buuut…the art kind of sucked. ★★★
- THE WRATH AND THE DAWN: Did I tell you I absolutely freaking love this book?! BECAUSE I DO. I’m going to review it on the blog with nine million photos but also it’s one of my top-liked Goodreads reviews (77 likes in a week!) SO HUZZAH. ★★★★★
- MOCKINGBIRD: Like I said, I don’t think it was a genuine interpretation of Aspergers and didn’t match up with any of the other of the other books I’ve read on it. Plus it was irritatingly written which is an unfair voice to give people with AS. ★★
- WHERE THE STARS STILL SHINE: Ugh. Having a sucky life doesn’t entitle you to be RUDE. ★★
- ONE: It’s written in verse! It’s about conjoined twins and so beautiful and sad and — and — DOES ANYONE HAVE A TISSUE? ★★★★
Click on the pictures to jump over to my instagram for bigger images! (I’m so freakishly proud of The Accident Season pictures. JUST SO YOU KNOW.)
Okay but this piece of news is HIGHLY important. Because it’s about me, duh. Tina @ Read the Bloody Book interviewed me for her photography feature! I AM FLAILING VIGOROUSLY.
- You can see Clary from Shadowhunters practising bashing people up! SO EXCITED FOR THIS SHOW.
- Emily @ Margins explains shutter speed and it’s easy and glorious.
- Emily @ Loony Literate gives Aussie recommendations based on popular American books. Which is fabulous.
- Aimee @ Deadly Darlings has a list of things we can do to show authors we LURVE THEM.
- Mel @ YA Midnight Reads has some practical advice for what to do when you’re bawling over a book in public.
- Madiha @ Symphony of Words takes us on a bookshelf tour and has the most coolest homemade bookshelf ever.
- There’s a YA Mental Health event in planning by Shannon, Kayla and Inge! It sounds like it’s going to be excellent and they’re looking for volunteers for personal stories so GO GO READ ALL ABOUT IT.
- Alison @ Alison’s Wonderland Recipes has a blog of bookish recipes. HOW COOL IS THAT? So you know a lot of the recipes I mentioned in this week’s post? SHE ACTUALLY HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HER BLOG. So now you have no excuse. Go make books and eat them.
My little Etsy store is puttering along nicely. I’m have 35% off bouquets this month and I promise to post them to you in the most fabulous box of ever. (This is important. Don’t deny.) I have also made many other things that are nice and you should buy. Just a suggestion.
- As you know from my screaming at the top of the post, I am editing. My YA contemporary Beethoven retelling is under the axe and I’m fretting over it because I have no idea how to write contemporaries. I’m a fantasy sort of writer. SO THIS IS HARD. At some point I will get the courage to ask for opinions and see if the pacing is okay and the characters tolerable. But right now? I need go collapse.
- I also want to say THANK YOU to everyone who reported the fake twitter account that was impersonating me. After, like, nine million years and fifty-two thousand complaints Twitter took them down.
- OH. And sadly, I’m super behind on reading blogs and very slow to answer comments. Because I’m writing. It takes a lot of brain power and my little noggin is overworked. So if you’ve tweeted or emailed and I seem to be ignoring you? JUST NUDGE ME. I have a memory like a watermelon and reminders are totally okay.
I actually do like editing a lot–a lot more than drafting and whatnot. But I totally understand how stressful it can be. I basically block out the world when I’m into my editing/writing cave, so I understand that as well. Also, I’m very glad you finally got Twitter to take down that fake account. How did you find out about it anyway? I’m curious. But seriously, that must have been no fun. 🙁
Yes, yes, you are a knight now. Obviously, because lancing. And you have an excellent stack of books to read. Excuse me while I go burn with jealousy.
REALLY??? *throws my book at you* TAKE IT AND SAVE MY LIFE. haha. Okay, but really, I like the excitment and the relaxation of writing a first-draft and not having to get everything right. XD
One of my friends tweeted and asked if it was me…for the fake twitter. IT was like my profile photo and my bio and linked to my website BUT GAH THE FEED WAS ALL SPAMMY. Like just promo tweets in different languages. D: I reported them a lot but then suddenly they were gone? So I guess twitter took care of it! Or else they finally gave up and shut down themselves because I was crying somewhere alone in Australia and they saw the evil of their deeds. (It’s totally the second one.)
I’M BACK!!! Did you miss me Cait? I have re-discovered my commenting game and shall now proceed to comment on EVERYTHING. Won’t that be fun?
Congrats on finishing your latest novel. I hope you’re enjoying the painful editing process (I love a good edit, myself). I’m really in the mood to work on a novel project at the moment – do you have any tips for beginner novelists? I mean, OBVIOUSLY I know HOW to write, but how do you create a plot that lasts for several tens of thousands of words???? I’m an insane planner, so I NEED TO KNOW (please!)!
Oh, and I read The Wrath and the Dawn this week and I’m kind of in love with it. You know when you have to ration a book so you don’t finish it all in one sitting because you want to prolong the agony (or whatever…)? Yeah, I did that. SUCH A GOOD READ!!! But why did Shazi have to go? I don’t understand the ending…
Beth x
YES OMG OF COURSE I MISSED YOU. I THOUGHT ALIENS HAD EATEN YOU AND I WAS SAD FOR ALMOST A FULL 7 SECONDS. hahaha. I’m joking. It was totally 8 seconds.
OMG I’M JOKING BETH. *tackle hugs you* I did miss you.
Oh you like editing? *throws my book at you*
That would actually make a good post! Ahhh, advice advice, omg, can you believe I suck at advice? (Yes, it’s very easy, I’m an immature strawberry.) I guess it’s about thinking up scenes. Whenever I think my book is going to be too small, I think up scenes that are a) going to be interesting, b) hopefully have a chance for either humour or action, and then c) actually do advance the plot. Even if it’s just character development. Are you writing a contemporary or a fantasy?
I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THE WRATH AND THE DAWN I CANNOT EVEN. I only took 9 million photos of it and then hugged it and it now sits beside THE RAVEN BOYS. omg. Do you see my devotion now?!
Looks like you had a fantastic week, I will send you positive energy to help you through the arduous task that is editing!
How awesome is it that you freelance, so fancy! I will definitely add that site as another place to stalk you at.
Have a great weekend!
*eats the energy* I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET. OMYGOSH. It’s going badly. XD But it is going, so as long as I’m moving forward that’s good, right?! XD
DEMON ROAD! IS IT OUT ALREADY?! WOW. 😀 people impersonating you on twitter, that is really strange. Who even does that? Do they just go “hmm, I want to impersonate this person because I have nothing to do with my life?..” like what even??? Glad the impersonator got taken down though! *cake for everyone*
I so badly want to read The Wrath And The Dawn, so many good thingssssssss! *drool* Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
NO NOT YET. IN AUGUST!! I have an ARC because I’m a lucky bean. *Dances* Gah, but totally. Some people are just a bit low…I mean, whyyy would you steal stuff? Especially on twitter. GRRR. Anyway. I’m glad they got deleted.
YOU NEED THE WRATH AND THE DAWN. BELIEVE ME, YOU DO.
The Wrath and The Dawn looks soooo good – great to hear you loved it Cait! There’s been a lot of hype surrounding it so I’m looking forward to seeing your review. Good luck with the rest of your editing, hope you enjoy your new reads, and have fun spending those book vouchers! 🙂
THE HYPE WAS RIGH!! *parties quietly* All my highly anticipated books of this year have flopped, so I’m sooo glad that one lived up to expectations. XD THANKS, EUGENIA!!
*Whispers* You forgot to mention The Accident Season in “The Stack” part of the post.
You should most definitely read The Accident Season first, because it’s amaaaazing! I loved it! SO ERRIE AND ATMOSPHERIC! So good! I’m really looking forward to reading One, it sounds great! I keep hearing about The Wrath and the Dawn, but I have no idea what it’s about. Will have to look up. Or wait for your review 😉
This week I received This Raging Light by Estelle Laure, which sounds good, but isn’t out until next year(!), and Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne, which is about mental health and is a feminist read. And NetGalley gave me Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, about a girl allergic to the outside world, This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, about a school masacre, and Night Owls by Jenn Bennett, a romance about two people who meet on the bus at night. I am excited for my reads! 😀
I love your elsewhere posts! I will be going through them all later. I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to copy you, and share interesting posts in my monthly recaps. I’ll credit you 🙂
*massacre, sorry.
OMG I DID TOO. *facepalm*
Was it you who recommend it to me though?! I KNOW SOMEONE DID BUT I COULDN’T REMEMBER WHO. Anyway I read it and afjdklsa I loved it soo ooo much. (It reminded me of the Raven Boys actually!!) and is now officially on my “favourite books of the year” pile. xD SO YES. IT’S INCREDIBLE.
Oh oh I’ll be reviewing TW&TD on the blog very soon. When I get my act together and start answering comments and being sensible. 😐 I NEED A CLONE OR A SECRETARY. haha. Just while I’m editing. Things get away on me. I think it’s because I spend so much time facedown on my bed sobbing? HAHA JUST KIDDINg. But really. -_-
Ohh, I’m so curious to know what you think of Everything Everything. 0_0 It’s one of those surprising books. I WILL SAY NOTHING ELSE. But I really loathed it by the ending, BUT STILL YEAH. I’m a minority in that. XD
Oh, pfft, you don’t need to credit me! LOADS of people do that. I’m sure I stole it off someone somewhere. XD
I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE TO READ THE BEETHOVEN RETELLING BECAUSE HELLO I LOVE CONTEMPORARY AND ALSO I PLAY PIANO PLEASE AND THANK YOU 🙂
Also, gah, I need to read The Wrath and the Dawn. GOOD ON YOU getting paid in book vouchers. My job gives me money AND Thai food, so that’s pretty excellent 🙂
How good was One??? And yeah, the paper of these ARCs is made of lead or something, swear to God.
YOU KNOW YOU WILL GET TREMOLO BECAUSE I WILL BE ON MY KNEES BEGGING MOST LIKELY. BECAUSE I NEED HELP WITH CONTEMPORARIES. Omg, Emily, I’m dying here. They seem so easy when I read them, but writing? Where are my dragons. That’s all I can say.
Okay but money and Thai food is quite deliciously awesome. I see no possible downside in that.
I LOVED ONE!! OMG. BUT SO HEAVY. I nearly killed myself with my mum threw me the package.
*whispers* I didn’t like Wrath and the Dawn as much as I expected to. I mean I liked it, but there was something missing for me. Please don’t kill me, but I just couldn’t ship the two of them. But oh glorious worldbuilding. And aaaaah I’m so excited to see what comes out of Tremolo because goodness me BEETHOVEN seriously how could I resist? Just write all the things. (Also if you ever need a beta reader I would totally volunteer as tribute, even if I practically never read contemporary. Just throwing it out there.)
PS: Don’t be a knight. Be a Braavosi water dancer.
I WON’T KILL YOU. Books are subjective,! Come now! And plus I had like emotional ties to the story because that tale was in one of my favourite childhood books so it was like bringing back memories and making it darker and YA-ish-ier (that’s totally a word).
OMG. REALLY? I NEED A BETA. I DO.
Tis true, though. KNIGHTS KINDA SUCK. *stabs things with the pointy end*
I love editing, but I agree that it is an extremely difficult undertaking. The great thing about first drafting is that you don’t have to worry about getting things right. On the other hand, editing is all about getting things right, so there is so much pressure. Also, it’s a very tiring process. I go through so many drafts for each of my books, and some of those drafts even mean that I have to do complete rewrites. *cries*
Anyways, good luck with your editing! You can do it! *showers you with lots and lots of chocolate*
A Twitter impersonator? Wow, that is scary! I’m glad it’s resolved now.
You are basically the ONLY one so far who confessed to actually liking editing. 😉 YOU SHOULD GET THE AWARD. And also all our books to edit. HAHA I JOKE I JOKE. But seriously, yes. I love first-drafts because there’s so much freedom. But then I like editing because I don’t feel so nunnnngh about it when I finish. If I finish a round of editing I usually feel pretty pumped. Like I’ve actually achieved something tricky. hehe.
I have been waiting to rant about this book ever since i finished it last week. MONUMENT 14 (i finished the second one, but i’ll rant about the first as well). There are so many things i could say, but i’ll stick to the one thing that really separated this book from all others. The suspense. By the climax, i was about ready to throw the whole book at the wall, in a good way. I can’t say much about it since it would give the book away, but all the dramatic irony and suspence made me want to scream. You really can’t tell where everyone will be by the end of the book.
As a writer, right now i’m trying to finish the last eighth of my current WIP, but i’m at the point where i want to fall asleep and let some magic pen or keyboard do the rest for me. I just really want to edit the thing. I’m serious, right now, i’m really pumped to read over my manuscript and start hitting it with a hammer…or maybe a truck.
OMG SO I NEED THIS BOOK, RIGHT? RIGHT?!!! *dashes wildly to goodreads to look it up* I love suspense and that whole I-want-to-throw-you-but-you’re-still-really-good is an epic feeling for a book to give one. XD
OMG I FEEL YA ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL. *collapses in a heap sobbing* Seriously my editing goes soo slooooow. I’ve been at it for 10 days and I’m only like 1/3 in. GAH. I wrote the entire BOOK faster than this. So it’s quite painful. D:
Lets see if I can keep all of this straight. I realy really want to read One, thanks for talking about it. I should read Mockingbird because my oldest nephew has Asperger’s Syndrome. I hate books that are about serious things and the authors just wing it instead of doing reasearch, if they don’t have first hand experience. CORNELIA FUNKE!!!! I want to go read the recipe blog post you linked right now, but I will finish here first. Getting paid in book voucher, priceless!
Oh there are MUCH better books to read about Aspergers and Autism though. Have you read House Rules by Jodie Picoult? EXCELLENT BOOK. Also THe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and even Viral Nation. hehe, yes…I have read many. >_< Mockingbird was not a good representation.
Editing is my least favorite part of writing. It is also the part where I shed the most tears and eat the weirdest food, too, for whatever reason. And the freelancing thing sounds awesome! I wish someplace around here did that, and, let’s be honest, even if they gave me real actual money, I would still spend it on books.
And now I kind of want to hear the Twitter thing. What kind of stuff was your impersonator doing? Like retweeting all your stuff?
I shed so so many tears. I just get overwhelmed because I see what needs fixing and I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. Or else I don’t see it and if I don’t, I figure I’m missing something awful. >_> SO MUCH SELF-DOUBT WHILST EDITING.
Oh okay! I probably should’ve explained better instead of my super cryptic paragraph. hhaah! No they just stole my profile picture, my bio, my links (like they linked to my blog/agent/etc) and they were tweeting like spammy stuff? Like it was in different languages and they basically ONLY retweeted other stuff. But it was really freaky! They were @PaperFurye but with MY NAME AND PROFILE AND STUFF. Gah.hhh I’m so glad Twitter took care of it.
I’ve read Dragon Rider so many times. It might be my favorite Cornelia Funke book because, duh, DRAGONS. (Although I really want to reread the Inkheart trilogy… Those books are awsome, too.) Gah, my Instagram has kind of fallen off the charts… But your pictures are so pretty! 😀
OMG GOOD. I’m literally about to start it now and it’s a heavy little beast too. I NEED MORE DRAGON BOOKS IN MY LIFE. I want to reread Inkheart so I can finish the trilogy. Omg. I can’t believe I never did. :O
Ahhh you linked to my blog! THANK YOU.
I’m eagerly awaiting your review over The Wrath & The Dawn. I know nothing about it, but cover love!
I’m super excited for your WIP. Editing is so daunting sometimes. You should share sine excerpts with us! I loved the last ones. =)
Have a happy week!
I AM EAGERLY AWAITING MORE TUTORIALS FROM YOU. I’m shamefully and ridiculously bad at my camera. *hangs head*
Your freelancing job sounds awesome, if I got a job like that I’d end up spending pretty much all of my free time hoarding book-voucher buys! I’ll be really interested to see what you think about Clockwork Princess – I read Clockwork Angel (I compulsively purchase any book that sounds remotely steampunk and/or magical) last Summer, but I never got around to picking up the rest of the series. I’m not the biggest fan of romantic books in the world but I really liked the action scenes and the Victorian settings, so I was wondering if you’d recommend reading Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess? Really looking forward to your future reviews!
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DO. Omg, I plan my vouchers out meticulously, hehe, because I don’t really buy books, but now I can so YAYYYYY SO MUCH FREEEEDOOOOM. I adored Clockwork Prince! I haven’t read the last book (Angel) yet, but i’m pretty sure I’m going to love it too. XD I’m a huge Cassandra Clare fan though. But I totally recommend going on because WILL. One must know what shenanigans he’s up to. xD
Will certainly is a particularly shenanigan-prone character…I shall now proceed to go out and GET ALL THE BOOKS. And looking forward to your review of the final instalment too – your gifs are always precisely on point. XD
YESSSSS. HE’S ADORABLE BUT ALSO STUPID. But, I don’t know, I just like flawed characters (though i like Jem microscopically more) hehe. Awk, but thank you! GIFS ARE THE BEST.
No problem! 🙂
CAKE
SPEAKING OF ETSY
I HAVE AN ETSY SHOP NOW
YAY YOU HAVE AN ETSY SHOP I HAVE FAVOURITED ALL THE THINGS.
I thoroughly despise editing. I get so overwhelmed because I can always see what needs to be redone but it often means changing a ton of the piece which freaks me out so I don’t change anything and end up hiding in a cave of despair.
It’s exhausting.
But best of luck to you and your editing! As painful as it is the piece is always better for it 🙂
I GET OVERWHELMED TOO. Omg, that’s half the reason it makes me cry. I see ALL THE THINGS that need doing and I just…gah. I just want to faceplant into my bookshelf and read other author’s marvellous creations instead. hehe.
I love Five Flavours of Dumb! The MC’s parents frustrate me at times, but overall, it’s a really great read! And I love the cover too.
I READ IT AND LOVED IT. But, omg, I know what you mean…her dad was pretty awful at times. >_>
The one has such a pretty cover! Since you rated Wrath of the Dawn 5 stars, I am so excited to read it now! Omg a fake twitter account? That is just weird.
AGh, yes, they stole my profile and website details and ALL THE THINGS…it was so so frustrating. >_> BUT YAY THAT IT GOT FIXED. XD hehe, and I hope you love TW&TD because it’s fadsklj fantastic.
I’ve wanted to check out The Wrath and the Dawn for the longest time! It sounds so incredible and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it since it was released. One also sounds brilliant. I have never read a book about conjoined twins! I hope you enjoy all your lovely new books! 🙂
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
It is ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHINGLY BEAUTIFUL. TOTALLY READ IT. XD I’ve got a raving review ready to go at some point. fajdkls I have so many feelings. AND ONE IS GOOD. For sure. *nods* It’s like the first book I’ve ever read about conjoined twins.
Ooh…I’m so glad you liked One. I think the topic is absolutely wonderful, but I’m a bit hesitant on reading it since it’s in verse and I’m always meh about books in verse. 😐 But I’m definitely going to have to try it since you said you liked it so much.
And ahh! So happy for you that you were able to get that freelancing job! *throws confetti and hugs you forever* It sounds like such a great opportunity for you and I’m so glad to hear it worked out! ♥
And so glad that fake Twitter account was finally taken down. *scowls* Took them long enough. 😐
Thanks for sharing this and, as always, fabulous weekly recap Cait! xx (Still trying to get the whole Flipped book to work. I’ll DM you when I figure it all out).
I actually kind of like books in verse so BE CAREFUL. hehe Our bookish twinness might fail and then *gasp* THEN WHAT WOULD WE DO? 😉
IT IS SO AMAZING TO FREELANCE. I whine so much about not being able to buy books and now I can. I mean, OMG MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE.
Oh man seeing Dragon Rider in your haul definitely brings back memories! I read all of Cornelia Funke’s books when I was in elementary school and I absolutely loved them (Like Inkheart, though I never did get past the trilogy). Anyways, I hope you’re having fun in your editing cave. As usual you always inspire me to write but just in theory and not in practice hahaha!
I’VE ONLY READ ONE FUNKE BOOK. HOW AWFUL AM I??! XD I hope I like it though, because Inkheart has suuuuch fond memories for me.
I think that when people start impersonating you on Twitter, that means you are a bona fide celebrity. So I mean, congrats? Or I’m sorry? I don’t know. Somehow, I missed this debacle.
Also, I am SO glad you loved Wrath! I was worried that I was getting bad at recommending books (or, maybe I was never good at it, who knows), so I love this partly for selfish reasons, but also because it is such a good book and now we can flail together until the next one! YAY!
Editing sounds awful, honestly. BUT the Boomerang thing is AMAZING! And I just saw your review of Only Ever Yours and ummm I love that book. Can I comment on reviews there? I mean, there is a comment section, but is that kind of like when your mom cheers too loudly at your swim meets and it’s embarrassing?
And your pictures = AMAZING. STunning. HOW do I seem to miss those also?! Our time zone problems are real 🙁
BHAHA. I WISH. No, actually, I don’t want to be a celebrity. >_< But they were a pretty spammy looking account, tho, so I don't think they were picking me because I'm fabulous *flips hair* I think they were just SPAMMY. If that makes sense. PFFT, YOU ARE WONDERFUL AT RECOMMENDATIONS. I loved Only Ever Yours after all!! AND YES. Comment on my reviews at Boomerang. KEEP ME COmPANY OMG IT'S SO LONELY AND QUIET OVER THERE. XD Time zones suck, yesss. I always miss yours on instagram too. Although *whispers* I do trawl through it in the middle of the night when I'm anti-sleeping. So obviously I need the schedule of when you post on Instagram so I can keep up. *nods*
Congratulations on the new reviewing gig, that’s awesome news! I was freelancing for a similar online store last year with the same deal, never seen a single voucher or book, even after months of reviews. So make sure they’re playing nice.
I read Five Flavors of Dumb a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Kinda cutesy from what I remember. But bloody hell, that Dragon Rider is HUGE! That’s not a book, it’s a weapon. Seeing I’m not on Instagram, I can recommend you a dragon themed read here, The Sweetest Dark https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13257637-the-sweetest-dark. Book one was good, but book two is awesome! The same author has another dragon series too which is meant to be one of the better ones out there. They’re much better than Talon. Glad to see the fake account was removed, that was super quick. Twitter took nearly 6 weeks with mine I think, and I had to threaten them several times. Good luck with editing poppet. Honestly, so many books are being written and how come no one is sharing or self publishing? Huh huh, I wanna knoooooow *whines*
Omg, that’s awful. D: They never EVER paid you?! I’ve been paid twice so far and it’s aaaawesome. *dances* (I get paid once a month) and omg, so many things to read iT’S SO HARD TO CHOOSE BOOKS TO BUY, I TELL YOU. OMG.
I loved Five Flavours too!! I just finished it and gah, so cute and I loved the characters. Totally an underappreciated book so therefore i’ll need to scream about it copiously until everyone reads it. *nodS* AND I WANT TO READ TAHT DRAGON BOOK!! My library doesn’t have it but *dances around book vouchers* NOTHING CAN STOP ME FROM READING DELICIOUS BOOKS NOW. MWAHHAAHA.
Eep, but thanks for your advice about that fake twitter account. *tackle hugs you* I’m just so glad it got resolved. It was really freaking me out.
ONE DAY I’LL PUBLISH A BOOK AND THEN SIGN IT FOR YOU, OKAY? OKAY.
I love your weekly posts! I hope you enjoy the books you got, I also picked up a copy of The Wrath & The Dawn (Audible version) and I hope the editing you are doing goes well for you!
Here is my StS
Justin @ Justin’s Book Blog
OH oh is the audio good?! I love audios…and I love audios that have epic voicings. XD I hope you enjoy it too!!
Congrats on your freelancing gig! Off to check out everything you’ve written 😀
AWK. THANKS STEFANI!!
Oh yes, practical advice, INDEED. And wow, freelancing? That’s so awesome. Clearly a dream come true, no? Oh dear, I had no idea there was a fake Twitter account! D: So glad that it was taken care of, Cait!
Have a lovely week, dear <33
YES. ABSOLUTELY A DREAM COME TRUE. ONe day I shall freelance ALL THE PLACES and basically just get to lie in my bed and blog for a living. It’s gonna be awesome.
Ergh, yesss, I’m so glad the fake twitter is gone. It took Twitter AGES to respond to me, blah. I can’t believe people do that anyway. Like stealing my profile picture and tweets? SERIOUSLY???? GAH.
YOU’RE WRITING A BEETHOVEN RETELLING!? *hyperventilates* THIS IS AWESOME. MORE THAN AWESOME. GAHH! I MUST GET MY HANDS ON THIS!!
Oh, and you got Demon Road? *cries* I am SO excited. Like woah, forgot to breathe there for second! Also, I haven’t braved the last couple of Skulduggery Pleasant books because he is soo going to kill peeps and I just cannot do that.
I WILL HOPEFULLY BE PUTTING SOME UP ON WATTPAD. SO HOPEFULLLY IT’S GOOD. OMG I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA THO, SO I CAN’T WAIT FOR SOME CRITIQUES!! I totally am not breathing since I got Demon Road. I AM SO SO HAAAAPPY.
Wattpad is the PERFECT place for getting some initial feedback and if your desperate I’d loooove to help with that. Honestly. I’ve just stalked your little writing section and I am STOKED for you! They ALL sound incredible and I cannot wait to read them, any of them.
Gah! Let me know what it is like. I”m eagerly counting down the until its release.
It is! It is! Although sometimes TOO much feedback all at once is mega overwhelming, right?! BUT I SHALL BE BRAVE. omg, I would love to know what you think. 😀 AFJDSLK YOU ARE SO NICE THO.
Right. I can understand that. It’s also hard to go from that to more traditional publishing… or so I heard anyway.
Naww! And oops, I’m sorry that I’ve become like SOOOOO obsessed with your blog – commenting like crazy, a little bit – since I discovered it but just Oh My Golly girl you are talented and hilarious and I cannot get enough of your site!
But seriously, feel free to DM on Twitter/Goodreads or email me if you ever want me to give some feedback. I’m no editor or anything (pfft, I just wish so) but *shrugs* I”m happy to help however I can. 🙂
I love your blog so very much! TEACH ME YOUR WAYS. I seriously haven’t seen another blogger as creative and as funny as you so..
YOU MADE ME SO EXCITED TO READ A WRATH IN THE DAWN. Honestly, this book has been getting SO much hype and I need it. Right this second!!! (but I’m broke so…) hahaha
Freelancing is FUN! It has been my dream to do so and being paid in book vouchers?! AWESOME.
Have an amazing day Cait♥
Jumana @ Books by Jay
WELL I’M JUST GLAD THAT I’M STILL FUNNY. 😀 HEHE. Sometimes I feel dreadfully unfunny and I just poke my blog and hope it doesn’t collapse in a glob of good intentions. sTILL. You’ve officially made my day. HUZZAH.
Also AFKSLDAJ THE WRATH AND THE DAWN IS BEYOND PERFECTION. WAIT TILL MY REVIEW. It’s like a mega long review and I totally say, like, 2 words critique, which is SO UNLIKE ME. I think I’m in love. *quietly marries book*
Hi Cait! first time on your blog via Stacking the Shelves. Very unique and interesting blog! I’m following it now everywhere. I love that you post about your writing too, since I’m an aspiring author. 🙂
I agree editing is.. hum.. how can I say this… yuk? urghhh? grrrrr? 🙂
I see you got your infernal devices. really want to ready all Cassandra’s series. Not sure why I haven’t yet.
happy reading and Good luck on your writing 🙂
Omg, hello Daniela and AJFDKSLA THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING!! Welcome to my madness. 😉 I completely agree with the URGH GRRR view on editing. Omg, it turns my brain to much continually.
Cassandra Clare is SO worth reading!! I still think I love the Mortal Instruments series the most but the Clockwork books are still sooo goood. Her characters are A+ THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY.
Editing is the worst part! It wasn’t until editing that I decided my book was no good at all. I think I’ll have to start from scratch in a different person. Also, I didn’t know the Wrath of the Dawn was that good! I’ve seen it around but decided I wasn’t interested. I’ll have to relook it! And we hate impersonators. This won’t make it better, but at least you’re good enough that someone wants to copy you. Maybe that thought can make the grimy feeling of it all go away just a little? Happy Sunday! Take all the time you need for comments- your blog has that thing that emails you with responses so I’m never continuously visiting to see if I got a reply yet like with other blogs.
Ohh, just you WAIT until my review. *rubs hands together gleefully* I ABSOLUTELY GUSH, WITH NO REGRETS. TW&TD is like one of my new favourites. FAJLDKS YAY FOR GRAND BOOKS.
And omg, editing sucks. I actually feel like this current WIP isn’t as bad as I thought. Which is encouraging. And a few new scenes have tied in with old ones that pleaseth me BUT OVERALL IT’S SUCH A MESS. And I think my protagonist is accidentally a dying walnut. AGH.
YAY but I’m glad the email-reply works!! 😀 It was broken for ages, so I’m glad it saves you time. THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS.
BROKEN?
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Well, if you talk and I don’t talk back, please be assured it’s not because you offended me! I had no clue it was ever broken at all!
I want a job that pays me in book vouchers. *sulks*
Actually my local bookshop has a vacancy and as I am a rebel who didn’t go back to work after Maternity Leave I suppose I could technically go for that. It’s only one day a week though which sucks.
Anyway, I really want The Wrath and the Dawn but aforementioned unemployment = poor Charlotte and so I must wait until my library decides to buy it in, which they don’t seem to be in a hurry to do.
I’m a bit scared of Sarah Crossan books and I don’t know why. I always skip over them in reviews and wrap-ups but I don’t think I have a good reason for it. Hmm.
I’m reading an adult book at the moment…. dun dun duuuuuun. It’s good but I shan’t bother to tell you about it because you are a stubborn thing and will continue to deny yourself the pleasures of the world of adult fiction.
I still haven’t read the Skulduggery Pleasant books so I can’t join you in your Demon Road excitement. I will get to them soon though. Maybe.
I kind of want to work at a bookshop one day. I would probably sell myself more of the books than is sensible BUT PFFFT WHO CARES. Books. I need them in my life.
Maybe it’s her name? Sarah Crossan is quite fearsome. I promise One is INCREDIBLE though, if you like to…well….bawl.
OMG I DON’T ALWAYS DENY MYSELF ADULT BOOKS. I DON’T. I’m reading Game of Thrones!!! SO SEE? I can adult occasionally.
Honor girl? Hmm… There’s actually another book by the title that’s one of my mom’s favorite’s EVER. By Grace Livingston Hill and a kind of old book, but it’s really sweet. I mean, just what the girl does makes any girl I’ve seen just go “Oh my gosh why don’t I find some needy family and go do that? Like, right now?”
It’s weird when books have the same titles right?! >_<
Hah, did anyone actually respond to say they like editing? I hope your parents provide you with lots of cake while you’re working.
I have only read The Wrath and the Dawn and Clockwork Princess from your stack, but I liked them both. Right now I’m reading a sci-fi on my Kindle and have an unfinished sci-fi at home (both library books, both due back soon, eek), because I left for a trip and didn’t want to lug the heavy hardcover. Both are really good, but I’ve been so tired lately that I only get through a chapter or two a night. I’m not used to reading this slowly. It’s very disheartening!
SOooo faaaar…NOPE. Gah. Editing is like the bane of all our existences?! 😉 MY PARENTS PROVIDED APPLE PIE SO CLEARLY THEY ARE THE BEST. I love apple pie.
Reading slow when one is used to reading fast is quite disorientating, right?! I’ve been super slow for the second part of the Storm of Swords audio and BLAH. I’m kind of forgetting things. I need to listen to it faster. OH THE HORROR.
Oooh, I love apple pie as well. Your parents are wonderful. 😀
It really is. Can you speed up your audio? That’s what I do, and I fly through books. Sometimes I have it all the way to 2x speed!
WAIT. YOU CAN SPEED UP AUDIO?!! I literally have never tried. *goes off to investigate*
Yes! If you’re listening on an iPod or iPhone, at least. Let me know if you don’t figure it out and I’ll try to give you instructions. You sort of have to ease your way up in speed, but once you get used to it, you’ll never go back. It’s life changing, really! 😉
Hahahaha I love this post. I still have yet to read The Wrath and the Dawn because I’m bad at time management, but I know I’m going to love it. Your Accident Season pictures rock. I FREAKING LOVED THAT BOOK.
I actually like editing. It’s a good way of avoiding the scary submission part. 😛
C.J.
Sarcasm & Lemons
YAY! I AM SO GLAD!! *flails* And I JUST finished The Accident Season and afajsdlk it’s like one of my new favourite books! I feel like I’ve had such a meh year for reading and now, all of a sudden, ALL THE INCREDIBLE BOOKS ARE FLYING INTO MY EYEBALLS. I’m so happy. :’)
I KNOW RIGHT!? I ALMOST DIDN’T PICK IT UP at BEA because I’m dumb and I thought it sounded meh because, again, I am dumb. But then I did pick it up as I was passing by and OMG AMAZING. It’s definitely top 10 of the year. I’m glad it broke your meh streak.
Ah, I’m so sorry I haven’t been commenting lately! I’ve just been so busy and haven’t been able to blog. I promise I will try and comment more 🙂
That’s awesome that that twitter account got deleted. People are so rude sometimes. And your etsy looks amazing. I’m in love with your mini book necklaces. And good luck with editing your book!
Omg, don’t apologise! YOU ARE WONDERFUL. I’ve been so busy as well and omg, I’m so behind on replying and reading blogs and ALL THE THINGS. *collapses into a puddle of ink*
Congrats on the freelancing!!! 🙂
I really want to read the Wrath and the Dawn, I’ve been hearing amazing things. I’m currently reading A Thousand Nights, which is an Arabian Nights retelling, and I am really enjoying it. So definitely feel like the Wrath and the Dawn would be a good book to go to next.
I neeeeed A Thousand Nights now definitely for sure. xD I hope it lives up to TW&TD because, frankly, that books’s one of my top reads this year. YAY FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BOOKS THAT DON’T DISAPPOINT. HEHE.
OH OH OH I JUST READ THE WRATH AND THE DAWN TOO! (it was the audiobook and it was excellent) In other news I’m feeling sad over how close my holidays are to ending, happy about exam results and glad to have internet again after more than two weeks.
WASN’T IT JUST SOOO AMAZING?!! FJADKLS I AM ABSOLUTLEY IN LOVE WITH THAT BOOK AND SO CAN’T WAIT TO REVIEW IT. XDXD Yay for exam results though! I feel confetti and spontaneous cheering is in order then?! 😀
Oh ait, suffering under the brick of editing. How evil that sounds. I believe in you! I bet your book will be fine. Don’t hesitate to make difficult choices! Remember how worthwhile editing is in the long run. I’ve also read Mockingbird, and I liked it. But I don’t know too much about Asperger’s and that was quite a few years ago soooo. Shanti was just raving about the Wrath and the Dawn audio book and encouraging me to read it. I am unfortunately in the middles of about 5 books, so I’ll have to finish them ,and then there’s school… sigh.
Wait…you’re in the middle of FIVE BOOKS?! You book polygamist. 😉 Okay! Okay! I can’t really talk…I’m reading two books at the moment two (but one is on audio, so it feels different?) BUT YES IF YOU CAN TRY WRATH AND DAWN. It’s beautiful and fantastic. :’)
*GASPS* A blog that shows out how to make bookish foods?! Thanks so much for showing me this! I love love looooove cooking! Good luck on writing! I just finished microediting one of my books and now I’m about to go over beta feedback which they’ve been giving me as I’ve finished editing chapters. And on books, those are some cool titles. I haven’t read any of them though. XD I just bought Throne of Glass because a friend has been dying for me to read it which I will after I finish the other books on my list. Almost done! Then I have the freedom to buy and read new books haha!
YAY!! I HOPE YOU LOVE THAT BLOG!! (Alison is super nice as well. ^_^) Ohh, congrats on finishing micro-edits! THAT’S AMAZING. Omggg but Throne of Glass is an excellent life decision and I highly approve too.
I’m back to editing this week after first-drafting for the past three, and it’s so much more difficult! It’s going easier for me only because it’s a different novel, and I like it better. But today was my first day in and I’m already feeling a bit overwhelmed.
You’ve read a few books that I’ve been thinking about lately, so I need to look into them! Will definitely be finding your Goodreads reviews after this comment.
THE STRUGGLE IS HARD *shares editing chocolate with you* It’s totally overwhelming right?! I just see allll the things that need doing and feel exhausted before I even attempt to do them. D:
That’s what I need! Editing chocolate! (Also I just saw a video of baby goats in pajamas that made my editing day 1000% better.) I’m working with one beta reader/critique partner now in sets of about five chapters, and it does help a ton to have someone else tell me where to focus. But now I’ve fixed (or hopefully fixed?) everything they mentioned and still feel like there’s about 6 billion more things I could fix before sending the chapters back.
I’m trying to edit out passive sentences currently which is … It’s definitely exhausting.
Because of the title I thought you were knighted or something haha. How cool would that be though?! Not to mention another step closer to taking over the world!
Oh the joys of revisions . . . *laughs sarcastically* I usually just throw things at the manuscript while eating copious amounts of chocolate and hope that it’ll edit itself. Surprisingly, it doesn’t usually work.
YOU GOT A COPY OF DEMON ROAD?!?! Excuse me while I scream.