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It used to be that someone with a Livejournal site would pull a month's worth of listings from that page, repost them on her blog, and add snarky comments about my descriptions. Most of which come direct from publishers' blurbs, but some I make up. I thought it was hilarious, but do you think I can find that site now? no.
Other than that, I went out shopping to a couple places this afternoon, and we went to two open houses at the high-end neighborhood near us, just because we were curious (nosy). The houses are 2-3 years old and cost about twice as much as what we paid for ours, and they're gorgeous inside. I saw one big problem, though: the "open floor plan" style that's so popular around here doesn't leave much wall space for bookshelves.
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Added later: I found the Livejournal site, which as it turns out isn't Livejournal at all but something similar. Scroll down. Thank you, Technorati.
Looks like a great 2008! Sarah, some of those historicals I saw in Spain that I wrote about in my blog are on the list, coming out in English, such as Cathedral by the Sea and The Ring.
ReplyDeleteThat's very encouraging - it's great to see Spanish novels make their way to the US in translation. The publisher's blurb for Cathedral by the Sea makes it sound almost like a Spanish Pillars of the Earth, doesn't it? (I expect, though, that in reality it won't be much like it)
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteIt's off-topic, but I was wondering if you have been contacted by Publishers Weekly to review entries in the new Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest? The National Book Critics Circle sent an e-mail about it to its members. (I assume you are a member). One thousand entries will get a full review, apparently.
Hi Ann,
ReplyDeleteThey haven't contacted me, and I'm not an NBCC member - joining is one of those things I keep meaning to do. The judging sounds like a rather overwhelming process.