![]() I wake up early - around 4:30 - every day. Nope! QT: Do you follow a writing routine or schedule? Leigh Ann Kopans: QT: Do you have any formal writing training? Leigh Ann Kopans: QT: Is this your first book? Leigh Ann Kopans: My critique partners and writing friends were the only thing that kept me going most days - they assured me that what I had written was good, and that it deserved every chance. I felt like giving up almost every day for the last two months of the process. QT: Was there ever a time you felt like giving up, and what helped you to stay on course? Leigh Ann Kopans: ![]() I started drafting this book in August 2011 and secured representation for it in June 2012 - so, ten months from point A to point B. QT: How long have you been working on this book? Leigh Ann Kopans: QT: How long have you been writing? Leigh Ann Kopans: It involves superpowers and romantic drama and swooniness, just like the X-men and other Marvel comics I was raised on and still love. ONE is a YA Sci-Fi about a girl who's only half a superhero. QT: Can you tell us a little bit about the book for which you've found representation? What inspired you to write it? Leigh Ann Kopans: ![]() ![]() Success Story Interview - Leigh Ann KopansĪn Interview with Leigh Ann Kopans ( lkopans on QT) upon receiving an offer of representation from agent Tricia Lawrence of Erin Murphy Literary Agency. ![]()
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![]() Camino’s verses read like poetic prose, flowing and straightforward. Acevedo balances the two perspectives with ease, contrasting the girls’ environments and upbringings. ![]() The book is told in alternating chapters with headings counting how many days have passed since the fateful event. Despite their differences, they slowly forge a tenuous bond. The half sisters are vastly different-Yahaira is dark skinned, a chess champion who has a girlfriend Camino is lighter skinned, a talented swimmer who helps her curandera aunt deliver neighborhood babies. ![]() ![]() The author pays reverent tribute to the lives lost in a similar crash in 2001. Each protagonist grieves the tragic death of their larger-than-life father and tries to unravel the tangled web of lies he kept secret for almost 20 years. Their lives collide when this man, their dad, dies in an airplane crash with hundreds of other passengers heading to the island. Yahaira Rios, who lives in Morningside Heights, hasn’t spoken to her dad since the previous summer, when she found out he has another wife in the Dominican Republic. ![]() Tackles family secrets, toxic masculinity, and socio-economic differences with incisive clarity and candor.Ĭamino Rios lives in the Dominican Republic and yearns to go to Columbia University in New York City, where her father works most of the year. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the solutions may be obvious to readers, the satisfying way that Max solves each one is engaging. The book is full of phrases to savor (“There was a lot of No in that Yes…”). Voigt is a clever storyteller and wordsmith. He is a “solutioneer,” solving people’s problems. Cleverly donning the costumes and different roles performed by his missing parents, Max discovers an aptitude for finding lost things-lost lovers, a runaway child, a lost dog, a valuable spoon. ![]() Did they intend to leave him? Are they in danger? Although his wise yet bossy librarian grandmother lives next door, 12-year-old Max wants to earn his keep and be independent. In the first of a trilogy by Newbery winner Voigt, Maximilian Starling, son of theatrical parents, is left at the dock when he misses a boat to India, where his parents supposedly have been invited by a maharajah to start a theater. When Max’s unpredictable actor parents leave home without him, he earns money by finding the lost things of others. ![]() ![]() ![]() What Carroll does so well is lift up and glorify the witty and imaginative ways that children think about words and logic as they grow and learn. The book contains both Jabberwocky, a poem stuffed with old-fashioned words that Alice needs help from others to decipher, and The Walrus and the Carpenter, a lovely poem with both sad and silly moments that has stuck with me as a favorite since my childhood. The reason I so love Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There is its excellent poetry. ![]() For child and adult readers alike, this is about as much fun as literature can be. ![]() She fearlessly explores, makes friends, and learns, taking the twists and turns of logic and magic that constantly alter the reality around her in stride. In her dreams, she enters magical worlds populated by smart and witty animals and everyday objects. For me, this second installment about Alice is even more wonderful than the first ( Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), and that isn’t an easy feat! Both books feature Alice, a 7-year-old girl with a wildly vivid imagination. ![]() ![]() It is an inspiring story of a young man who rises above the tragic circumstances of his life by drawing on the love and strength of family and friends. ![]() Draper has woven characters and events from Tears of a Tiger in an unflinchingly realistic portrayal of poverty and child abuse. In this second book of the Hazelwood High trilogy, Sharon M. In the end he must stand up to his stepfather alone in a blazing confrontation. And Gerald learns, painfully, that young friends can die and old enemies must be faced. Draper’s award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. Somehow Gerald manages to finds success as a member of the Hazelwood Tigers basketball team, and Angel develops her talents as a dancer, despite the trouble that still haunts them. The flame of love burns bright in the second book of Sharon M. Darkness Before Dawn (3) (Hazelwood High Trilogy) - Draper, Sharon M. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The one bright light in Gerald's life is his little half sister, Angel, whom he struggles to protect from her father, who is abusing her. : Darkness Before Dawn (3) (Hazelwood High Trilogy) (9781442489158) by Draper, Sharon M. ![]() ![]() Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt, and a brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. ![]() But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. The flame of love burns bright in the second book of Sharon M. ![]() ![]() It belonged to Otto Clausen, who willed it to Wallingford at wife Doris's instigation, and Doris wants visiting rights. The hand comes with a strange condition, however. ![]() Wallingford's network, a low-rent pseudo-CNN, promotes the video of the accident, making Wallingford notorious world-wide as "the lion guy." Five years after the accident, Wallingford is made whole via the second hand-transplant ever. While reporting on a trapeze artist who fell to his death in India (shades of Irving'sĪ Son of the Circus), handsome TV anchorman Patrick Wallingford experiences a freak accident-his left hand is chewed off by a lion. A touch of the bizarre has always enlivened Irving's novels, and here he outdoes himself in spinning a grotesque incident into a dramatic story brimming with humor, sexual shenanigans and unexpected poignancy. ![]() ![]() Bond babe and fortune-teller Solitaire is ensnarled with the Voodoo Baron of Death, Mr. ![]() It’s gripping to imagine the effortless and unstoppable secret agent crumble, and then equally as hoorah-worthy when he bounces back. The second book in the James Bond series, Fleming absolutely tortures Bond in the novel Live and Let Die. When you want to dive into the thrill and adventure of working for the MI6 – while in your pjs on the couch – we’ve put together a list of Ian Fleming’s best James Bond books, and what makes them live and let die. ![]() ![]() He wrote “ thrillers designed to be read as literature” and, while publishing over a dozen books, cracked open a world of exotic adventure, ultimate babes, gadgets, and gear, ultimately shaping the spy genre as we know it. ![]() ![]() And if that’s not enough, Malerman recently came *this* close to buying Fangoria magazine but ultimately decided against it to better focus on his writing.ĭid I cover it all, Josh? Because, phew, I’m exhausted. ![]() Their single “The Luck You Got” became the theme song for the HBO series Shameless starring William H. He’s a rock star too, as the singer/songwriter for the band The High Strung. Their debut film We Need to Do Something came out in 2021 - it’s based on a horror novella by Max Booth III, who also holds screenwriting credits on the film.īut wait! With Malerman, there’s always more. When he’s not juggling deadlines, he runs Spin a Black Yarn Productions with co-founder Ryan Lewis. ![]() He’s got another book slated to drop next year ( Spin a Black Yarn), and he’s currently rewriting an unpublished novel of his ( Incidents Around the House) while simultaneously filming a documentary about the process. His latest novel, Daphne, is a slasher story about a merciless killer who stalks a high school basketball team. ![]() ![]() Conversely, his prose is smooth and lyrical, often manifesting in a surreal, dreamlike quality for which he’s known. Sentences barrel toward you like freight trains, then stop on a dime, only to start again on a different track before finally chugging back your way in a gnarled railway map of information and ideas. Malereman’s passion for writing is obvious during our chat - he speaks with incredible energy as he bounces from one thought to the next. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1893, the three territories came under a French protectorate and were united to form what is now known as Laos. After a period of internal conflict, Lan Xang broke into three separate kingdoms: Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak. Because of its central geographical location in Southeast Asia, the kingdom became a hub for overland trade and became wealthy economically and culturally. Present-day Laos traces its historic and cultural identity to Lan Xang, which existed from the 13th century to the 18th century as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Its capital and largest city is Vientiane. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Laos ( / ˈ l ɑː oʊ s/ ( listen) ), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao PDR or LPDR), is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can still watch the 2020 trailer for Branagh's Death on the Nile here, or the other recent trailer here.īelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egypt vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Here's the third official trailer (+ poster) for Kenneth Branagh's Death on the Nile, direct from YouTube: It looks great, but the rest of the movie doesn't seem exciting. As much as we all enjoy more mysteries, this one looks quite forgettable. Joined by an all-star cast of suspects: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright. Death on the Nile reunites the filmmaking team behind Orient Express, and stars Kenneth Branagh as the iconic Hercule Poirot he also directed the film. While on vacation in Egypt on a river boat on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress. ![]() ![]() The latest trailer dropped a few months ago ahead of its February release this year. This is the Murder on the Orient Express sequel bringing back detective Hercule Poirot to solve yet another peculiar murder mystery. "When you have money, no one is ever really your friend." 20th Century Studios has released another new 60-second official trailer for Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile movie. ![]() |