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Apr. 21st, 2009

Hush

Thing 1, Thing 2 and Thing 3

Hi, all!

So I have book club in, like, fifteen minutes.  Let's see if I can type this post in record time.

1.  First of all, FELICITY arrived!  Which was a fun surprise since it wasn't supposed to come until the 23rd (it's not the 23rd yet, is it?!?)  I'm supposed to work on CRESCENDO tonight, but I have a feeling I'm going to watch the pilot instead.  

2.  Yes, you heard right.  HUSH, HUSH's sequel has a title!  It's tentative, but there's a tiny chance I might get to keep it.  CRESCENDO.  I love the atmosphere in the word.  As HUSH, HUSH's title denotes, it's all about secrets and lies, but secrets never keep.  CRESCENDO turns up the heat . . . and those secrets spill.  I absolutely can NOT wait to send CRESCENDO to my agent and editor and get their reactions.  

3.  I was going to keep this as my own little secret, but hello, who am I kidding?  I am the worst secret-keeper ever.  So let me be the first to tell you that today I got to see preliminary ideas for HUSH, HUSH's cover.  (And now I understand why a trampoline was involved!)  I can't share anything yet, but I thought maybe you guys would like to see my own recreated sketch of the cover RIGHT NOW:

 

 
Hang on.  That's not a cover sketch.  That's ME when I saw the cover sketch!  And would you look at that.  I'm even wearing the sexy cheetah pumps from J.Crew that I've wanted forever.  Anyway, I have a feeling it might be a while before I get to post anything publicly, but rest assured it will be worth the wait.  (I'm allowed to say that because it's my book.)  (It's not arrogance, it's confidence.)  (Okay, maybe it's arrogance but I'm allowed to be arrogant about someone else's artistic abilities, right?)

Whew.  Look at that.  I'm going to be on time to book club!


-Becca