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 […]
Coming up with a design for a book cover that captures the spirit of the book while enticing readers to pick it up is no easy task. Author Kara Lee Corthon shared with us her experiences on the evolution of the cover of her debut novel The Truth of Right Now when we revealed it […]
Earlier this year, Simon & Schuster announced Salaam Reads, a new imprint dedicated to publishing books that feature Muslim characters and stories (For more information, read the New York Times coverage). Muslim characters continue to remain scarce in mainstream children’s literature and executive editor Zareen Jaffery, herself a Pakistani-American Muslim woman, seeks to change that […]
Kara Lee Corthon’s debut novel, The Truth of Right Now, comes out January 3, 2017. See what Kara had to say below about the evolution of The Truth of Right Now cover and scroll down to see it revealed for the first time! Have any thoughts on the cover, or on the journey to get […]
A. R. Kahler’s Shades of Darkness, the first book in his Ravenborn Trilogy, “successfully straddles the lines between realistic fiction, urban fantasy, and horror” (Booklist). And with their dash of magic and mythology, we thought these books would fit in quite nicely with our Summer of Weird! We revealed the cover to the second book […]
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! […]
Today we’re revealing the cover of one of our Spring ’17 books that we’re THE MOST excited about: Confessions of a High School Disaster by Emma Chastain! It’s the start to a series under the “Chloe Snow’s Diary” umbrella, and we’re just so excited to share it with you. So, take a look and tell us […]
For fans of Lisa Maxwell’s Unhooked, we bring you her next book: The Last Magician! Because this picture Lisa shared on Twitter is so perfect, before we get to the cover, I want to share this pitch for The Last Magician with you all: Don’t you just want that book RIGHT. THIS. SECOND? We certainly do. So without further […]
