{"id":17242,"date":"2013-02-07T20:34:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T01:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=17242"},"modified":"2013-02-08T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T14:27:31","slug":"an-atlanta-burns-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2013\/02\/07\/an-atlanta-burns-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"An Atlanta Burns Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Atlanta Burns is a character near and dear to my heart. As a troubled teen trying to make things right in a world gone wrong, she deals with issues that still sit uncomfortably in my gut: bullying and high school and abuse and all the other bruises and brands of youth.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate enough to write her in a novella,\u00a0Shotgun Gravy<\/strong>, that I was happy with — and I was doubly fortunate to be able to continue her adventures in the follow-up novel,\u00a0Bait Dog<\/strong>. That second fortune thanks to the fine Kickstarter backers who helped make it happen.<\/p>\n

Well, turns out, I may be triply fortunate when it comes to Atlanta Burns.<\/p>\n

Amazon Children’s Publishing has offered to help bring Atlanta Burns to a wider audience.<\/p>\n

They will be printing both\u00a0Shotgun Gravy\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Bait Dog<\/strong> in a single volume, and then will follow-up by publishing a second novel (once titled\u00a0Harum Scarum<\/strong>, but now called\u00a0Frack You<\/strong>). Kickstarter backers will still be named in the print volume, and will also receive an autographed print copy of the second book (rather than a digital copy).<\/p>\n

Obviously, I’m hella excited — this is for me a new lease on life for the character, and I think it bodes well for her future that the publisher was just in love with her as I was. Amazon Children’s Publishing is also the publisher of my upcoming YA series (the\u00a0Heartland<\/strong> trilogy, beginning with\u00a0Under the Empyrean Sky<\/strong>), and they’ve been kick-ass so far. They’ve given great edits and have a \u00a0strong grasp of the characters and the worldbuilding, not to mention their support — they’ve been very author-friendly. Needless to say I’m thrilled to have Atlanta Burns come to them as a YA heroine (or anti-heroine!) as it is a very comfortable fit.<\/p>\n

Plus, it shows you that they’re pretty progressive — after all, they’re picking up a book that was both crowdsourced and self-published. That sort of thing could be considered anathema to some, so it’s nice to see that the diversified approach that I like to take did the trick.<\/p>\n

Thanks to ACP for publishing it. Thanks to my agent for helping make it happen.<\/p>\n

And thanks to all of you, really, for loving the character enough and believing in the book.<\/p>\n

(Art by the inimitable Amy Houser<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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