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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

New TMI Fanart - Kathy Coleman

Remember the Work In Progress we posted a while back?? Well, Kathy Coleman has completed it and it's just incredible. Look at all the colors and the movement. Outside of Jace's expression, the manner in which he's holding the ring, look at Alec and Isabelle. Don't you love Isabelle's look? And Alec's arm around her?

And if you're like me, you may need it wallpaper sized. Kathy has generously posted it on her deviantART account here.

Kathy, we're always amazed by your artwork. Thank you for continuing to share it with us.

Waiting On Wednesday - White Cat

We are so excited for Holly's new book!! We have heard so many great things about it from Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan and Kami Garcia. This is definitely on our To Read list and we're looking forward to chatting with Holly next year when White Cat is released.


Here's a little bit about White Cat-


From the flap copy:

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers—people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasn’t got magic, so he’s an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail—he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.

Cassel has carefully built up a façade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his façade starts crumbling when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He’s noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect he’s part of a huge con game, he must unravel his past and his memories. To find out the truth, Cassel will have to out-con the con men.

Holly Black has created a gripping tale of mobsters and dark magic where a single touch can bring love—or death--and your dreams might be more real than your memories.


Released by Simon and Schuster on May, 4 2010. You can already pre-order it from Amazon here. And if you'd like to comment on Holly's post, please do so here.

A Demon's Covenant Cookie from Sarah Rees Brennan


Oh, imagine my happy surprise when I woke up this morning and checked the twitter feed to find this -


Well, there was more on her blog -

I call this a Christmas Cookie, but of course, it is not yet Christmas and of course it is not my present to you all!

My present to you all is a short story called "Nick's First Word" and I have sent it off to my web designer, so it should be up some time between now and Christmas, and I hope you will enjoy it! But this is not that story.

Since I put up the first chapter last month on this day, it has become Official Cookie Day, and thus you are due a cookie.

I chose this bit of The Demon's Covenant because it has lots of Nick in it, and chapter one cruelly deprived those who like that sort of thing. Feedback on what sort of thing you wish for in Cookies of the Future much desired.

Major, huge, world-ending spoilers for Demon's Lexicon within.

So here is an excerpt from The Demon's Covenant Cookie. So good and chock full of Nick -

“You’re quieter than usual,” Nick remarked.

He was the one driving to the graveyard. Alan was sitting relaxed in the passenger seat beside him, body stretched out long and loose, without the tension his shoulders always held when he was driving. He’d said hello to them when they first got in, then seen their faces and fallen tactfully silent.

This was the first time Nick had spoken.

“Sorry,” Jamie muttered to the window.

“Don’t be sorry,” Nick said calmly. “I kind of like it.”


To read the remainder of this cookie go to Sarah's blog here. And we can hardly wait for the special Christmas Cookie to be fully baked.

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