Gradchanted is out tomorrow!!!
it's book release day...again....
Hello!!
I have a book coming out tomorrow!
Gradchanted will be available as a physical book, audiobook, ebook, the works!
Here’s the offish descripsh!
School is over. But the adventure has just begun. . . .
Eighteen-year-old Cass Issac doesn’t believe in sticking around. She's had to move a lot due to her dads' house-flipping business—always a different school, always a new friend group. She’s learned there’s no need for drawn-out-goodbyes with people you'll lose touch with anyway. Which makes Grad Nite at Disneyland the perfect way to finish up high school, and have a magical last night with her best friend, Bryony – before she leaves once again.
But amid the roller coaster rides and Cars Land dance party, the night turns into one big disaster. When she meets cute British bassist Freddie Sharma, she accidentally ruins his big break. Worse still? Cass gets in a major fight with Bryony. And instead of being able to make a quick exit, she’s thrown for a literal time loop. Which means the queen of ghosting has nowhere to go as she’s forced to relive the most dramatic night of her life, over and over. Now, Cass will have to find a way to make things right . . . or be stuck at Grad Nite forever.
I hope you like it! It’s available at the usual places - but your local indie is the best of course!
I was lucky enough to go to the North Texas Teen Book Festival this weekend. Always a highlight - and I am currently 90% queso, since that’s basically what I ate for three days straight (not a complaint). On one of my panels, we were asked what part of our newest book we like the most. And I realized, to my surprise, that I knew my answer right away.
There’s a section of Gradchanted, towards the end, that the book has been building to the whole way. Cass, our heroine, has gone through 140 time loops during her Disneyland Grad Nite. She’s learned and grown and solved some mysteries and acquired some new skills and fallen in love. And now’s the time for it all to pay off.
In the movie Groundhog Day, I’ve always loved Phil’s last day - the one where he does everything perfectly, where he’s been there enough that he succeeds on every level. I wanted to write the book version of that section - but wasn’t sure I’d be able to pull it off.
But I think I did. It’s my favorite part of Gradchanted, and my editor’s too. It feels like all the plants and loops are coming to a close and it’s paying out like a slot machine.
(I don’t usually use that phrase, but I might start because last week I won nearly $400 at a casino slot machine after putting in $20? I’m still high from this victory.)
Anyway - that section kind of feels like the whole Gradchanted experience to me. It was challenging to write, but in the end, just brought me so much joy. It was so satisfying, seeing everything come together - all these characters and the adventure they’d gone on.
I have one bookstore event for this book - on Saturday, March 8th, at Godmothers books in Summerland. I would love love to see you there!
xoxo
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