Okay – cue me, with the flailing hands again.
I swore black and blue that I’d get this up last week, but
of course, I was distracted by the actual process of getting the book to the
printers (yup, kinda necessary, that).
But now I get to share the shiny cover of Every Word with you. Yes.
And here it is!
So lovely, right?
Lisa White has done an amazing job.
I can tell you at this point that the covers were designed by her well
in advance – back when Every Breath
was being designed, before I even had a full manuscript for Every Word ready to go – and the only
detail she knew about Every Word was ‘London’. So she has really been quite psychic about
this cover, because it’s a great reflection of what’s inside (see how Mycroft’s
looking all angsty? Well, there’s a
reason for that…)
I can also tell you now that Every Word will be officially released on 1 June 2014. You can pre-order copies through the Allenand Unwin website, if you like, and feel free to drop over to Goodreads and add
it to your list, if you have one.
What else has been happening? SO MANY THINGS. Oh my god, you know those weeks you have when
you feel like the whirlwind has come to you, and everything seems to want to
happen all at once? That has been me,
for the past few weeks. I’ve been
working other jobs, and writing grant proposals, and talking to folks in Canada
about getting Every Breath released overseas
in September, and writing Every Move,
and doing copyedits for Every Word,
and rewrites for Every Word, and, and…
Oh yes, my house! It
is so messy! (oh, my messy messy house…
*sob*)And my family! We’ve had a birthday,
and a school camp, and parent-teacher nights…all the usual exciting stuff. My
head has been just a little full lately.
Last night, I had a dream about a haunted supermarket (say what?), so
clearly I have a few too many plates spinning.
Or maybe I’ll use it for a story, at some later point, who knows.
I’ve also got some events coming up. Lovely folks of Tintern College, I am coming
your way on Monday 17 March, and then later again, in May. I’ll be at Carey Grammar in May too, for the
literature festival there, and the Melbourne Writers Festival Schools Program
is in August, and I’ll be there! I even
bought some proper lady-clothes for all these things, yes indeed, so you won’t
have to deal with the sight of me in my clean-out-the-chookhouse clobber.
In the meantime, I’m gonna keep working on Every Move. I’m really looking forward to April, when
things will be quieter, and I’ll be able to really get into it. The weather here is cooling now, which is
very conducive for working – it’s dark and quiet in the mornings, and not yet
freeze-your-fingers-off temperatures, so I’ll be able to get up and make my
thermos and sneak out to write into the cool, dim, quiet time before everyone
yawns and wakens…
See you in the haunted supermarket J
Xx Ellie
