New year, new book, new Web site, new posts 4 May 2010

My new novel, This Is Where We Live, comes out on June 15. That means that I'm currently in the twilight period between finishing the novel and its publication: I've edited and proofread and given a final once-over to the layout. I've approved the cover, the marketing copy, and sent out advance readers copies to editors and critics. I've picked out a new author photo, and redesigned my Web site. Now I enter the waiting period, an unpleasant span of time where there's not much to do except for wait for the reviews to start rolling in. And fret.

Which means it's as good a time as any to try to start blogging again. 

I used to run half-marathons, up until the point when I got pregnant. After I gave birth to my daughter, last August, my first few runs were slow and brief, more like aimless speed-walks around the block than actual runs. Consider this post to be my equivalent of a post-birth jog -- attenuated, slightly pointless, more about getting back in the practice of blogging than actually having much to say.

Keeping it simple, I'm just going to start with a photo: The cover of "This Is Where We Live." It was a challenge to come up with an image that was as compelling as the melting sundae on "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything." (People sometimes tell me they bought the novel solely because of the cover. Thanks, I guess?). We went through roughly a half-dozen attempts, before landing here. I think it's striking.

Comments

[me]

so lovely!

[Printable bingo]

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