Rachel Caine ([info]rachelcaine) wrote,
@ 2005-11-17 14:21:00
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Current mood: drunk
Current music:"Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)" - Concrete Blonde

:tapping microphone: Is this thing on?
I sure hope it is, because I have good news ... okay, it may not be good news for anyone else, but I'm excited about it, and what else is a blog for, anyway? (Wank, I know. But I try to stay away from that as much as humanly possible.)

I am very pleased to announce that Roc has agreed to buy a new three-book Young Adult series from me, the first book of which will be out sometime in 2006.

I'm very excited about this for a number of reasons, the first being I get to revisit one of my very favorite scary-story haunts, the vampire tale as urban fantasy ... and the second that I have never written Young Adult fiction before, and this sounds like a whole lot of fun. I'm very grateful to Roc for giving me the chance.

:pops champagne:

... In other news, Windfall is #17 on the in-store B&N science fiction bestseller list. Up from #19, at that! I think that calls for a piece of chocolate with the champagne.

Okay, back to work on NaNo, and the onrushing deadline for Thin Air.

-- Rachel


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[info]corvidophile
2005-11-17 12:39 pm UTC (link)
congrats on both accounts! more chocolate!

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[info]kyryn
2005-11-17 12:40 pm UTC (link)
Oooo. Congrats!

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[info]zarq
2005-11-17 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Yay!! Congratulations!! :)

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[info]undinesprite
2005-11-17 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Woo and hoo! Congratulations on your good news as well as your continuing state of SND. Enjoy your chocolate and champagne, sweetie-darling!

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[info]moonbear7
2005-11-17 12:57 pm UTC (link)
I think you deserve 2 pieces of chocolate.

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[info]michelle_rowen
2005-11-17 12:58 pm UTC (link)
You are *so* my hero. Congrats!!

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[info]astridv
2005-11-17 12:59 pm UTC (link)
Awesome news, congratulations!

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[info]yamazakikun
2005-11-17 01:03 pm UTC (link)
Had several copies on the new fantasy shelf at Books-a-Million, so I did my part to push up the sales figures. (That's quite an evil cliffhanger, by the way.) You may have to make that a piece of chocolate cake.

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[info]algor
2005-11-17 01:05 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations. I know me some young adult librarians I can turn on to your stuff...

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[info]ecogryff
2005-11-17 01:05 pm UTC (link)
oooooh! congrats! and it's good news to me; i have this odd love for young adult books despite being 'too old' for them. and yay! for #17 too! : )

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oh man....
[info]wedschilde
2005-11-17 01:15 pm UTC (link)
that calls for an entire Godiva's binge.

congrats!

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[info]lunacat
2005-11-17 01:24 pm UTC (link)
Wow, what great news (on both counts)! Congratulations! Looking forward to reading the new series.

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[info]littleheaven70
2005-11-17 01:38 pm UTC (link)
I already said so today, but it bears another WOOHOO! :waves pom-poms:

Also, Thin Air? Is that the title of #6? I like it.

Since there is no wank here (thank goodness!), I'm rolling out one of my old favourites :points to icon:

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(Anonymous)
2005-11-17 01:42 pm UTC (link)
CONGRATS R! That's wonderful news!

Vampires, huh? Very cool...

Take care,
Yolanda

:)

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[info]cherith
2005-11-17 01:44 pm UTC (link)
That's awesome news! Congrats.

On an unrelated note, I love that song!

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[info]tammy_g
2005-11-17 01:51 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations!!! That's awesome news indeed. Not only do you deserve chocolate, you deserve some Ghyslain chocolate!

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[info]wendiigo
2005-11-17 01:53 pm UTC (link)
Outstanding!!! Go ahead and mainline some cocoa beans ;)

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[info]casirafics
2005-11-17 01:59 pm UTC (link)
Congrats! :)

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[info]jperceval
2005-11-17 02:05 pm UTC (link)
Pass the champagne -- woo! That's fantastic news! =D

Windfall should keep moving up the ranks -- I'm still shaking from the adrenaline rush.

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[info]graygirl
2005-11-17 02:07 pm UTC (link)
Rock on! No pun intended... YAYayayay! :D

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[info]peacockharpy
2005-11-17 02:07 pm UTC (link)
Mmmm, Windfall. Now that I've finished the Brick, that's next on my list (I bought it at WFC, actually).

And congratulations on the YA series! That rocks -- or "rox," as the case may be... :)

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[info]kythiaranos
2005-11-17 02:19 pm UTC (link)
Congrats on the good news! *tosses confetti*

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[info]txvoodoo
2005-11-17 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Massive congrats! And oh, am very much enjoying Windfall (I ration books to myself)

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[info]lytarules
2005-11-17 03:23 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations on the sale! Young adult books are delightful. I think a lot of the best writing anywhere is on the young adult shelf. I suspect, by and large, the people writing and editing young adult and children's books care more about giving the reader a quality product than adult writers and editors. Good stuff. *hugs*

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[info]damedini
2005-11-17 03:54 pm UTC (link)
Happy flips!!!
I'm on a blissful second pass through Devil's Bargain as my Starbucks book. More Rachel Caine books si always good!

Happy healthy and productive you!!!! Make that Dom and the really excellent chocolate of your choice.

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[info]dianora2
2005-11-17 04:51 pm UTC (link)
Wow! YA under Roc? Interesting. Congrats!!

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[info]rachelcaine
2005-11-18 09:39 am UTC (link)
Whoops, I have to issue a correction -- I *think* it's coming out through NAL. But I'm still waiting to see the paperwork, so I dunno.

-- R.

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[info]rfachir
2005-11-17 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations! I know my own young adult will look forward to it. (She likes vampires because there is more blood than kissing)

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[info]st_jb
2005-11-17 05:55 pm UTC (link)
Lots of both for you!

This is much better than spending the entire day on a flippin SQL statement - and it STILL doesn't work. GRR. (It's for my new and improved journal on my personal site.)

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[info]suibhne
2005-11-17 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations on both counts! Its wonderful to see such a talented writer getting the credit she deserves. Windfall was as delightful as its predecessors.

Enjoy the champagne and chocolate!

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[info]ter369
2005-11-17 07:32 pm UTC (link)
Next, the YAs will grow up to buy your AA(Actual Adult) books.

Win, win!

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[info]salamet
2005-11-17 08:57 pm UTC (link)
Wow! I can't wait to read them! Maybe I'll actually share with my son :) Better yet, I'll get him his own copies.

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[info]herefox
2005-11-18 08:40 am UTC (link)
I'm a bit late on the uptake as I spent most of the day yesterday sleeping but that's great news! (and not only because I get more books to make my friends read because they're so good!)

Congratulations

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[info]txvoodoo
2005-11-18 12:36 pm UTC (link)
OK, I finished it. You are evil. I have to wait till next November???

*makes nefarious plans to raid your computer* ;)

Much praise, Rachel!

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[info]kestrelderyn
2005-11-20 03:59 pm UTC (link)
First of all, let me say HOORAY! for your song choice to this post. The particular Concrete Blonde song is so fitting for your news.

Second, I can't tell you how excited I am about your writing not only YA books, but VAMPIRE YA books. I am one of many vampire fans, but I especially love vampire fiction written from the YA point-of-view. YA emotions are so raw and complete (in that you feel taken over by them as a teen) that the subject of vampires (or anything in that realm of supernatural) can take on wonderful twists that might not be as feasible in adult fiction.

By the way, I just finished (as in a couple hours ago) Stephanie Meyer's YA novel Twilight and I *highly* recommend it. The first chapter was a bit slow, but I was very happy I stuck with the book. I found myself easily identifying with the main character, Bella, with her clumsiness, but her witty observance of others.

So, anyway. . .oh, I suppose I should also say that I pretty much wanted to hunt you down and throw Windfall at you after I read it. How DARE you always end with such cliffhangers. Every time I finish one of your books I feel like I need to run around screaming partly out of the pure joy of reading your work and partly out of the agitation of having to wait for more!

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[info]rachelcaine
2005-12-07 05:17 am UTC (link)
First -- sorry. This comment got caught up in the Great Email Delay of 2005, courtesy of LJ -- I just received it today.

Second -- I'm soooooo excited to be doing these books, I can't even begin to tell you. The idea really got into my head in a big, big way.

Third -- um, sorry. The funny thing? The endings don't FEEL like cliffhangers to me. They feel like the logical end of the story, before I start on a whole new (and quite long) story arc. So it's either cut it there, or have a 200k book ... which Roc wouldn't favor, I'm pretty sure. :)

But I'm sorry. Please don't throw things. I promise to try to do better. In fact, there's what I would consider an actual ending on Firestorm, rather than a cliffhanger. And Thin Air will definitely have an ending, because it's (maybe) going to be the last book in the series.

-- R.

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[info]allaboutm_e
2005-11-24 10:29 am UTC (link)
kudos on the new contract, Rachel

And, let me add, WINDFALL is definitely on my list of things to be Thankful for today... :)

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Congratulations!
[info]sid_the_redhead
2005-11-29 09:32 am UTC (link)
I actually read a lot of YA fiction these days. There's some fantastic work and some wonderful writers (Holly Black, Chris Wooding, and now you). I can't wait to read these!

P.S. Final surgery went fine, I'm fully reconstructed and starting to feel like me again. Yay!

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