The first time we met Dimple and Rishi we completely fell in love with them. When the book was over, we needed to know what happened next! Luckily, Sandhya Menon blessed us with a short story sequel, As Kismet Would Have It, and we all got to read about what happened after the last page […]
Writing one book is hard enough. But a sequel? We need help! That’s why we asked some of our favorite authors who are experienced in writing sequels to give us some advice on how to write a second book. The Best Advice from YA Authors on Writing Sequels Neal Shusterman, author of Thunderhead Writing a […]
We all wonder how cover artists manage to bring our favorite stories to life, and authors are no exception! Deb Caletti, the acclaimed author of some of your favorite YA novels (The Queen of Everything, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, and The Nature of Jade, just to name a few), had to know how the incredibly striking cover of […]
Check out this deleted scene with commentary from the author, Shannon Messenger! Originally this sequence happened right after Audra triggers Vane’s Northerly and Southerly breakthroughs—and nearly loses him in the process—and drags him home all weak and pathetic. I thought Audra would be so worried about Vane that she wouldn’t be willing to leave him […]
Now this is something special! If you’ve read and loved Shaun David Hutchinson’s We are the Ants as many have (And if you haven’t, you still have a couple days left to read an extended excerpt here on Riveted), we’ve got an exclusive new short story for you from Shaun set in the same world! […]
It’s our final day of #RivetedRevealSP17! For our grand finale we’re revealing the cover of Echoes of Memory, book two in the Ravenborn series, sequel to A.R. Kahler’s Shades of Darkness! About Echoes of Memory: In the aftermath of the deaths plaguing Islington’s campus, a terrible pall has fallen over the students. Kaira is passed-out sick, and Chris—the only witness to […]
It’s day 7 of our Spring ’17 cover reveals! Today we’re revealing How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss, and Finding What’s Real by Emma Harrison. Now, on with the reveals! How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss About the book: “Our memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are […]
Editing is one of the most important (and least glamorous) aspects of bringing a book to life. Shannon Messenger, author of Let the Sky Fall & Let the Storm Break, shares some scenes that didn’t make the cut in the final edition of Let the Storm Break. * * * * * This dream/flashback used […]
