Last month, a writer/blogger named Roxo put together a guest post for the blog, Tangled Up In Words. In her post, "Making it Believable - Freefall by Mindi Scott," she discussed how writers can use details in their writing to make their characters come to life for readers. I think it's a well-put-together tutorial and worth checking out for writers. Of course, I also have a very special fondness for it, since she used examples from my book, Freefall, to illustrate her points! :-)
Most days during the week, I work in downtown Seattle. When I get back to the transit center where I park my car, I usually see this altered sign that never fails to make me smile:
(It came out a little bit blurry, but the two columns on the left are the things that you should do:
Pay proper fare; Use trash receptacles; Cover beverages; Wear headphones.
The next five columns are the things you should not do:
No rollerskating; No skateboarding; No scooters; No bicycle riding; No alcoholic beverages; No smoking (that one has been covered up by some vandal); No vandalizing transit property; No littering; No loud music; No feeding birds.
And yeah, all of these items together does kind of equate to "NO FUN".)
When I was 14 years old, I created a "time capsule" so that I could remember "important" things about my first year of high school. (Look at all of those quotation marks! You might think there was sarcasm in this post.) Well, now that 20 years has passed, the time has come to bust in and find out what 14-year-old Mindi wanted to share with People of the Future!
Alisia Leavitt was kind enough to host this very, very important unveiling over at her blog. Please, please, please check it out! There's even a picture of me from my high school year book there.
When I was 14 years old, I created a "time capsule" so that I could remember "important" things about my first year of high school. (Look at all of those quotation marks! You might think there was sarcasm in this post.)
Well, now that 20 years has passed, the time has come to bust in and find out what 14-year-old Mindi wanted to share with People of the Future!
Alisia Leavitt was kind enough to host this very, very important unveiling over at her blog. Please, please, please check it out! There's even a picture of me from my high school year book there. (And you don't even want to know the stress involved in getting our KOMO-4ing scanner to work today. Grrrr to the argh!)
Approximately one year and ten and half months ago, I received one of the coolest things EVER. It was an Advanced Reviewer Copy (ARC) of that book I wrote that one time, Freefall. I wrote about it here and included photographic evidence of the rollicking good time being had at my house that day. One of the pictures taken of me and the Freefall ARC was of us chilling in the driveway. Another was of us having the time of our fricken lives, like so:
On this past Friday, I received pass pages, which are regular 8x11 sheets of paper that are printed to show precisely what the layout and font of the book will look like. I had good great fun taking pictures of the title pages and all the hot pink and florescent green Post-Its that I was using. See?
I intended to put up a little entry to share the joy in this milestone. (Because, I'm not going to lie, there was a time when reaching this stage with this book felt so impossible. And somehow . . . I did it!) But then this week came along before I could post that proposed entry. And with this week came a Live Through This ARC, which kinda sorta trumps the pass pages discussion since it is my book in actual book form!
So here is me and the LTT ARC, chilling in the driveway:
(It's amazing what a difference a month and half makes in the appearance of that bush behind me, isn't it?)
And I didn't want my old, falling apart Freefall ARC to feel left out (yes, I still have it), so here's a pic of me and both ARCs, having the (dark and blurry) time of our fricken lives:
So, yay!
And, I know. It's the middle of February. And Live Through This doesn't come out until October. (OCTOBER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!) As recently as a few weeks ago, I was all, like, "Oh, October. You will be here soon enough. La la la," but now I am ready for October right this second.
So you're maybe feeling as sad as I am that I'm showing you the outside of the ARC, but not the inside, because that's just mean, right?
WELL. We are in luck! My editor gave me permission to share with you the very (er, shocking?) first paragraph of the book as it will look in the real book that you will one day be able to acquire for yourself. So here it is!
