I had the pleasure of attending an event at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck,
NY. :)
Marissa Meyer was there to promote Scarlet, the 2nd book in the Lunar Chronicals. Jean
Feiwel is the Senior Vice President and Publisher of Feiwel and Friends was
there as well as Liz Szabla, Editor-in-Chief of Feiwel and Friends.
The conversation was as much about making books as it was
about Cinder and Scarlet, the 1st two books in the Lunar Chronicles. It
was an interesting discussion. Here are
a few highlights. Cinder is the 1st book that Meyer finished. She has written
about 7 novels that never went anywhere and are not complete. She mentioned how
she never gets writers block because she had detailed outlines and really
develops the characters and their personalities way before she ever starts
writing. She said that she was inspired by an Anime that I never heard of and
Firefly. :))))) Yeah, sorry, she said Firefly and I tuned other stuff out. lol
Feiwel and Friends got the book proposal on Friday and Monday they made an
offer. Meyer mentioned that she got 3 offers in total but that 1 of the offers
was to write each book as a standalone, which she said wasn't an option for
her. She knew from the start that it was a 4 book series and Mrs. Feiwel
mentioned that Meyer's proposal was so well done, with 50 pages or so of
Scarlet submitted and a detailed outline of book 3 and 4 that everyone at
Feiwel had no doubt she could keep the series going for 4 books.
Mrs. Feiwel recommended Code
Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein.
Liz Szabla recommended The
One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.
And Meyers recommended the 2nd book of The Grisha series, Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo.
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