tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39913594455880797392024-03-15T21:10:14.241-04:00Sarvenaz TashA Writer's Blog, which is much more welcome than writer's block.Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-40971349415625430042019-04-02T14:00:00.000-04:002019-04-02T14:00:14.391-04:00YA Scavenger Hunt (Spring 2019)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to my stop on the Spring 2019 YA Scavenger Hunt! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a number clue. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our grand prize–one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team (the red team). But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 5 days!<br />
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My name is Sarvenaz Tash and I'll be your host for this leg of the hunt. I'm the author of <i>The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love</i> (an Amazon Best Book of the Year, YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers) and the upcoming rom-com, <i>Virtually Yours, </i>releasing on June 4, 2019. In <i>Virtually Yours</i>, a college freshman tries out a virtual reality dating app only to be matched up with the ex she's not over, and one of her new best friends at school. It was pitched as a rom-com <i>Black Mirror </i>and you can win an advance signed copy of the book via the giveaway at the bottom of this post! (U.S. only)<br />
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Go to the <a href="http://www.yash.rocks/" target="_blank">YA Scavenger Hunt</a> page to find out all about the hunt or to find a full list of participating authors in case you are stuck. There are five contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all. I’m a part of the <span style="color: red;">RED TEAM</span>–but there is also a purple team, a gold team, a blue team, and a green team you can follow for a chance to win a whole different set of books.<br />
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<b>SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE:</b><br />
<b>Directions:</b> Below, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the red team, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!).<br />
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<b>Entry Form: </b>Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you <a href="http://www.yash.rocks/p/enter-here.html" target="_blank">fill out the form here</a> to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.<br />
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<b>Rules: </b>Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, April 7th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.<br />
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Today, I am hosting author Eva Pohler.<br />
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Eva Pohler is a USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels in multiple genres, including thrillers, supernatural suspense, and young adult fantasy. Her books have been described as "addictive" and "sure to thrill" (Kirkus Reviews). Whichever genre you prefer, you will always find an adventure in Eva's stories.<br />
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<b><i>Vampire Addiction: The Vampires of Athens, Book One</i></b><br />
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A teen from New York studies abroad in Athens and discovers the city's ancient secrets, falls for a vampire and a demigod, and unwittingly becomes a catalyst to war. Like Percy Jackson meets <i>Twilight</i>.<br />
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<b>EXCLUSIVE CONTENT </b><br />
Here is the fan casting for <i>Vampire Addiction: The Vampires of Athens, Book One</i>! (Click into the image to see it at full-size.)<br />
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<b>ENTER THE CONTEST </b><br />
<a href="http://www.yash.rocks/p/enter-here.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Eva Pohler, and 18 other YA authors! To enter, it might be helpful to know that I think<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">8</span> </span><span style="color: red;">is great.</span> Add up all the hidden numbers of the authors on the <span style="color: red;">red team</span> and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!<br />
<b><br /></b><b>CONTINUE THE HUNT</b><br />
To keep going on the red team’s hunt, you need to check out the next author, <a href="http://kimberlyderting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly Derting</a>.<br />
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<b>MY GIVEAWAY</b><br />
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Enter below to win a signed advance copy of <i>Virtually Yours</i> (this contest is U.S. only).<br />
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Welcome to my stop on the Spring 2017 YA Scavenger Hunt! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a number clue. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our grand prize–one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team (the red team). But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!
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My name is Sarvenaz Tash and I'll be your host for this leg of the hunt. I'm the author of the John Hughes goes to Comic Con novel <i>The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love</i> (an Amazon Best Book of the Year, YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers) and the Woodstock Festival romance <i>Three Day Summer.</i> And at the bottom of this post I’m also including a separate giveaway for a signed copy of both of those books!<br />
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Go to the <a href="http://www.yash.rocks/" target="_blank">YA Scavenger Hunt</a> page to find out all about the hunt or to find a full list of participating authors in case you are stuck. There are five contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all. I’m a part of the <span style="color: red;">RED TEAM</span>–but there is also a pink team, a gold team, a blue team, and a purple team for a chance to win a whole different set of books.<br />
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<b>SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE:</b><br />
<b>Directions:</b> Below, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the red team, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!).<br />
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<b>Entry Form: </b>Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you <a href="http://www.yash.rocks/p/enter-here.html" target="_blank">fill out the form here</a> to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.<br />
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<b>Rules: </b>Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, April 9th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.<br />
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Today, I am hosting author Sara B. Larson!<br />
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Sara B. Larson is the author of the acclaimed YA fantasy DEFY trilogy: DEFY, IGNITE, and ENDURE, and the forthcoming DARK BREAKS THE DAWN. She can’t remember a time when she didn’t write books—although she now uses a computer instead of a Little Mermaid notebook. Sara lives in Utah with her husband, their children, and their Maltese, Loki. She writes in brief snippets throughout the day (while mourning the demise of naptime) and the quiet hours when most people are sleeping. Her husband claims she should have a degree in “the art of multitasking.” When she’s not mothering or writing, you can often find her at the gym repenting for her sugar addiction. You can visit her at <a href="http://www.sarablarson.com./">www.SaraBLarson.com.</a><br />
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On her eighteenth birthday, Princess Evelayn of Eadrolan, the Light Kingdom, can finally access the full range of her magical powers. The light looks brighter, the air is sharper, and the energy she can draw when fighting feels almost limitless.<br />
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In order to defeat Bain and his sons, Evelayn will quickly have to come into her ability to shapeshift, and rely on the alluring Lord Tanvir. But not everyone is what they seem, and the balance between the Light and Dark comes at a steep price.<br />
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Here are the first two pages of DARK BREAKS THE DAWN - the first teaser released online! <br />
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I had a really lovely, and whirlwind, launch week that started when I realized that some Barnes & Nobles were sneakily stocking the book early over the weekend (how counter-culture of them!). So, of course, I had to go visit.</div>
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Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-25985093104109238252015-05-11T18:15:00.001-04:002015-05-26T07:24:28.134-04:00Hop On to the 'Three Day Summer' Blog Tour<i>Three Day Summer</i> will be released on May 19th! That means that next week you can find it wherever books are sold. Groovy!<br />
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For the next two weeks, me and <i>TDS</i> will be going on a virtual blog tour filled with all sorts of insider tidbits on the book. Below is a list of where you can find me every day (I'll update this post daily with the published links).<br />
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Monday, May 11<br />
<a href="http://whatanerdgirlsays.com/2015/05/11/blog-tour-and-music-monday-sarvenaz-tash-three-day-summer-guest-post-spotlight-and-giveaway/" target="_blank">What a Nerd Girl Says</a><br />
Learn about how I used music to write <i>Three Day Summer </i>plus a giveaway.<br />
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Tuesday, May 12<br />
<a href="http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/2015/05/author-guest-post-songs-of-three-day.html" target="_blank">GreenBeenTeenQueen</a><br />
Get my '60s milieu playlist and find out why I put each song on there.<br />
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Wednesday, May 13<br />
<a href="http://motherdaughterbookclub.com/2015/05/sarvenaz-tash-talks-about-writing-historical-fiction-for-teens-a-book-giveaway/" target="_blank">Mother Daughter Book Club</a><br />
Here's what I think about some of the challenges of writing historical fiction for teens.<br />
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Thursday, May 14<br />
<a href="http://curling-up-with-a-good-book.blogspot.com/2015/05/spotlight-three-day-summer-sarvenaz-tash.html" target="_blank">Curling Up With a Good Book</a><br />
Find out what sparked my initial interest in writing <i>Three Day Summer</i>.<br />
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Friday, May 15<br />
<a href="http://www.thecompulsivereader.com/2015/05/three-day-summer-giveaway.html" target="_blank">The Compulsive Reader</a><br />
Enter a giveaway for a hardcover copy of <i>Three Day Summer</i>.<br />
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Monday, May 18<br />
<a href="http://thehidingspot.blogspot.com/2015/05/interview-giveaway-with-sarvenaz-tash.html" target="_blank">The Hiding Spot</a><br />
Read an interview with me plus enter a giveaway for a hardcover copy of the book.<br />
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Tuesday, May 19 <b>(Release Day!)</b><br />
<a href="http://toofondofbooks.com/2015/05/the-time-it-was-about-three-day-summer.html" target="_blank">Too Fond of Books</a><br />
Read a (really fun!) interview with me plus enter a giveaway for a hardcover copy of the book.<br />
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Wednesday, May 20<br />
<a href="http://proseandkahn.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-tour-three-day-summer-by-sarvenaz.html" target="_blank">Prose and Kahn</a><br />
Read a review of the book from a librarian's perspective and enter to win a hardcover copy.<br />
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Thursday, May 21<br />
<a href="http://hauntedorchid.blogspot.com/2015/05/blog-tour-giveaway-ya-review-three-day.html" target="_blank">The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia</a><br />
Read a review of the book and enter to win a hardcover copy.<br />
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Friday, May 22<br />
<a href="http://wordspelunking.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Word Spelunking</a><br />
So you want to live in the '60s? Here is further reading, watching, and doing to get you fully into the spirit of the decade.<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-19035135186279017772015-05-08T15:41:00.000-04:002015-05-08T15:44:35.995-04:00Upcoming EventsI can hardly believe it but <i>Three Day Summer </i>will be released in just a little over a week! In case you are in the New York City area and want to come celebrate with me, I want to invite you to a couple of upcoming events.<br />
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First up is the launch party taking place on Monday, May 18th from 6-8 PM at the one and only <a href="http://www.booksofwonder.com/event.php?id=379" target="_blank">Books of Wonder</a>! There will be floral crowns, there will be flower power face painting and--of course--there will be the chance to snag a signed copy of <i>Three Day Summer</i> a day before its release. Hippie attire is encouraged. RSVP <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/869447203091720/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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Then, on June 3rd, I'll be reading from <i>Three Day Summer</i> along with 7 other fabulous YA authors as part of the monthly Teen Author Reading Night. That's taking place from 6-7:30 PM at the Jefferson Market branch of the New York Public Library and check out the line-up:<br />
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<span class="fsl">James Dawson, <i>This Book Is Gay</i><br /> Anne Heltzel, <i>Charlie, Presumed Dead</i><br /> Bill Konigsberg, <i>The Porcupine of Truth</i><br /> Trisha Leaver, <i>Secrets We Keep</i><br /> Kate Milford, <i>The Broken Lands</i><br /> Adam Silvera, <i>More Happy Than Not</i><br /> Me, <i>Three Day Summer</i><br /> Will Walton, <i>Anything Could Happen</i></span><br />
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The panel is moderated by David Levithan. RSVP <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1617163171836167/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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Will I be seeing you at either of these? Let me know if you're able to make it!Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-79470856971661621562015-04-14T09:50:00.000-04:002015-04-14T09:50:03.108-04:00New 'Three Day Summer' Reviews and a Giveaway!I'll make this short and sweet but I'm super thrilled to announce that some lovely reviews have recently come in for <i>Three Day Summer</i> (now only about a month away from release!)<br />
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From <i>School Library Journal</i>:<br />
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"E<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">xtremely charming...This sure-to-be-popular, mesmerizing novel...[is] a real page-turner for fans of romance, music, and the swinging '60s."</span></blockquote>
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"<i>Three Day Summer</i> will transport you back in time to Woodstock, drown you in incredible music, and introduce you to a couple you'll never forget. It's the perfect summer getaway."</blockquote>
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In short chapters full of vivid historical detail, Tash takes readers through each of the major acts at Woodstock (the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, among others), plus all of the drugs, mud, and shed inhibitions. As Cora and Michael meander (and sometimes stumble) through the chaos, they evoke the spirit of the festival in their awe for the music, adding their own dash of romance to the free love around them... the author’s love for the era and this defining musical moment shines through.<br />
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The music, artists, and the feelings it inspires are talked about so much that it feels like you are there with Cora and Michael. That was an incredible feeling. <i>Three Day Summer</i> is a short, well paced read. It’s perfect for summer and music lovers. This is such a fun debut.</blockquote>
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In other serendipitous news, I recently came across a couple of extra <i>Three Day Summer</i> ARCs. So I will be giving signed copies away to two winners right on this blog! Just fill out the Rafflecopter form below. The contest is open internationally!<br />
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Everyone gets one free entry. You can also gain extra entries by leaving a comment on this post about your favorite thing about summer, tweeting about the contest (once per day), following me on <a href="https://twitter.com/SarvenazTash" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, liking my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarvenaztash?_rdr" target="_blank">Facebook fan page</a>, or adding the book on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23232396-three-day-summer" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>.<br />
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Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-73062563920473068052015-03-03T10:21:00.001-05:002015-03-03T10:21:24.151-05:00'Three Day Summer' Gets a Kirkus Starred Review!I'm so ecstatic to share this early <b>starred</b> review for <i>Three Day Summer</i>--from the one and only <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarvenaz-tash/three-day-summer/" target="_blank">Kirkus Reviews</a> no less!<br />
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They write:<br />
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Two teens find the 1969 Woodstock music festival a life-changing event.</blockquote>
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Michael, 18, knows what he doesn't want—to go to college or be drafted to fight
in Vietnam—it's what he wants that confuses him, and would-be doctor Cora, 17,
ponders transgressing cultural expectations for girls. Overcoming their
inauspicious meeting in the medical tent, the two are drawn together—along with
plenty of baggage. Michael drags his feet on breaking up with his hypercritical
girlfriend. Cora longs to get over paternalistic Ned, who's broken up with her.
Michael's passionate about music but feels like a slacker. Country girl Cora,
unlike her brothers, has a nightly curfew and feels torn between her
conservative father—proud veteran of two wars—and her anti-war siblings, one
fighting in Vietnam. Not all that goes down is benign, but this is no cautionary
fable. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll unapologetically prevail amid the muddy
chaos, where strangers feed one another, concertgoers stand in line for hours
to use the payphone, and iconic musicians play generational anthems. Against a
turbulent backdrop of war, divisive social change, and awful weather, half a
million people celebrated peace, love, and music together. Woodstock remains a
resonant cultural marker, documenting the brief triumph of hope over
experience, and Tash takes ample advantage of the moment. </blockquote>
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A positive portrait
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readers who've wondered why the '60s were so great. </blockquote>
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Isn't that just kick-you-in-your-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic?!<br />
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I'm really floored that the book received a starred review, but I'm most excited that how I felt about the story really seems to have come across to a reader. So much of writing is time spent in your head, and I think you can never truly objectively tell if you conveyed exactly what you meant to.<br />
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And while we're keeping this post all braggy, I wanted to share one more amazing blurb that <i>Three Day Summer</i> got from bestselling author Miranda Kenneally (<i>Catching Jordan, Jesse's Girl</i>)! Miranda has legions of fans (including me) for her amazingly realistic, complex, and oh-so-swoonworthy YA romances, so you can imagine how much these words meant coming from her:<br />
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I'm going to sign off before my ego gets too inflated here. But<i> Three Day Summer </i>will be released in just a little over two months (May 19th), so I hope these reviews might have helped whet your appetite a bit! (And also for those of us in arctic regions, given you some hope that summer will actually come again...)Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-62743338021341703592015-01-09T12:37:00.000-05:002015-01-09T12:37:04.780-05:00'Three Day Summer' ARCs Are Here...So Here's a Giveaway!It's been a very cold, snowy week here in New York, so I think few things could have been as welcome as the box of beautiful, cheery <i>Three Day Summer</i> ARCs I received.<br />
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Aren't they so purty? It's always so amazing to see one of my manuscripts set and bound like a real book. (I admit...the best part is having it <i>smell</i> like a real book. In fact, my husband may have caught me sitting at my desk, sniffing my ARCs...)<br />
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The intro on the back cover reads:<br />
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Since I absolutely <i>adore</i> both of those books, I am beyond thrilled with the comparison.<br />
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In a nutshell, I love it! I think the layout looks super '60s and groovy and really works well with the cover. And to celebrate...I want to share the first chapter of <i>Three Day Summer</i> with you, exactly how it's going to look in the book!<br />
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But first...let's ooh and aah over some of these amazing design elements, shall we? (You can click on each photo to see a larger version...)<br />
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First, the title page, which is basically a black and white recreation of the cover:<br />
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So, without further ado, may I present the first chapter of <i>Three Day Summer:</i><br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-11550898538656729722014-12-12T09:21:00.000-05:002014-12-12T09:23:19.892-05:00New Book News, Part Deux!Sooooo....this announcement just went up on Publishers Marketplace today!<br />
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Sarvenaz's Tash's THE GEEK'S GUIDE TO UNREQUITED LOVE, a Comic Con rom-com about a lovelorn nerd who decides to profess his love for his best friend at the biggest event of their social calendar, pitched as PRETTY IN PINK goes to Comic Con to Zareen Jaffery at Simon & Schuster Children's, by Victoria Marini at Gelfman Schneider/ICM.
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So, YES, I sold another book! I honestly did not think I'd be writing another blog post that said that this year but...well, it's been a really amazing 2014. I feel really grateful and excited for it.<br />
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Here are a few more things to know about <i>The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love</i>.<br />
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When ultra-reclusive comic book creator Robert Zinc makes a surprise announcement that he will be at this year's New York Comic Con, 16-year-old Graham Posner makes an equally profound decision: he will finally profess his true feelings for longtime best friend Roxana Afsari. And he will do it at the biggest event of their social calendar, right after they've finally met their hero. Only, of course, nothing goes exactly to plan...</blockquote>
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Second, my impetus for the book came from combining my extreme nerdiness with my love of John Hughes movies. So you should know that a) oh boy, is it nerdy and b) it has been so ridiculously, awesomely fun to write.<br />
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And, finally, this is actually the first book I sold on proposal. Meaning I had only written a partial manuscript and a synopsis when my editor scooped it up. What does this mean? Well, it means I now have a hard deadline for the completed first draft (which I've never had before since my previous books have all sold as full manuscripts). And that the next few months will be challenging...but in the best way. I can't express how excited I am to write this story and know <i>as I'm writing</i> <i>it </i>that it will get in the hands of readers. That's something that has never happened to me before either!<br />
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Oh, and the book is slated for Summer 2016, which means it will be out exactly one year after <i>Three Day Summer</i>!<br />
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And, in conclusion, here's a photo of me nerding out with my friend Billy at this year's Comic Con. Because why not?<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-75708755132545576582014-11-17T08:39:00.000-05:002014-11-19T08:08:58.548-05:00TV I Love: 'North & South' and 'The Forsyte Saga'For some reason, my Netflix "Suggestions For You" list is consistently chock-full of period British miniseries. Apparently its recommendation algorithm is so good, that it can simply divine that I would enjoy them. Skynet, man.<br />
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Anyway, this magical technology led me to two new (to me) and wonderful discoveries in the world of melodrama in hoop skirts and posh accents. <i>North & South</i> and <i>The Forsyte Saga</i>.<br />
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I admit, <i>North & South</i> had been on my radar for some time and everything I had heard about it led me to suspect that it would be up my alley. Don't ask me why it took me so long to finally sit down and watch it. But about 40 minutes into the first episode, probably around the time when new girl in town Margaret Hale is giving a piece of her mind to factory owner John Thornton, I was hooked. Hooked as in even though I started the show on a Sunday night at 9 PM and there were four one-hour episodes to get through, I watched them all. That night. Whoops.<br />
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Was I bleary-eyed the next day at work? Yup. Was the swoony, dramatic final episode soooo worth it? You can bet your bonnet.<br />
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The show was beautifully shot and acted, had <i>Downton</i>'s Mr. Bates acting very Mr. Bates-like, and even gave me a new Brit to get moony-eyed over (hello, Richard Armitage). It's based on a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell--who I have to admit I've never read. I might need to remedy that situation!<br />
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<i>The Forsyte Saga</i> is a 10-part series made around the same time as <i>North & South </i>(early 2000s). It follows three generations of a wealthy family over the course of 50 years (1870 through 1920). And, believe me, this family sees its share of scandal, tragedy, and dramatic levels of stalking.<br />
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Its production value is a bit lower than <i>North & South</i> and I think some of the storylines can veer a tiny bit too far into soap territory. That being said, it was still thoroughly enjoyable. And, ultimately, I really got into the character arc of Soames Forsyte (played by Damian Lewis) who, besides having a last name as a first name, spends a lot of the show desperately looking like he really needs a mustache to twirl and yet somehow manages to redeem himself in the end.<br />
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<i>The Forsyte Saga</i> is based on a series of books by John Galsworthy--who won a Nobel Prize in Literature for it. (I've also now added them to my to-be-read list.)<br />
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So if your "recently watched" list looks anything like mine and you haven't checked these two out yet, I highly recommend them. And if you and/or Netflix have some other hatted and corseted Brits to recommend to me, I am all (delicate) ears.<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-66119135538138787642014-11-14T12:10:00.000-05:002014-11-14T12:11:26.261-05:00Read the First Excerpt from 'Three Day Summer!'<div class="tr_bq">
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This is the first bit of this book that I've posted but since we are almost exactly six months out from publication, and since it's Friday, and since it's cold and I've been daydreaming about summer, here it is!</div>
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It begins to rain again, gently at first and then a bit harder. All around us, the water plops as it’s hit with itself, the line between lake and sky becoming hazy. It’s like being in a bath and a shower at the same time. Cora laughs, holding her hand out to catch some raindrops and then letting them fall through her fingers into the water. <i>Plop</i>. </blockquote>
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A piece of her hair has come undone from its braid and it trails behind her in the lake, like a silky eel.</blockquote>
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“It’s so beautiful,” I say. Then I look right at her and drink her in: her deep, brown eyes and small nose; her wide lips; the slope of her shoulders which only draws my eye downward to take in the rest of her curves which she has, unfortunately, kept shrouded beneath the water. The red Hog Farm fabric is still around her wrist, sodden and trailing in the water like a red flag, a claim.</blockquote>
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<i>“You</i> are so beautiful,” I say, a little choked up at how true it is. Especially here, surrounded by water and music. I think that this has to be the most romantic moment of my life.</blockquote>
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-87590562463475232492014-10-27T09:00:00.000-04:002014-10-27T11:00:04.038-04:00Halloween Book Trail<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisX5_FXaIbxB7LNqn7TSR-gQh45pid6p7QW7a4F3SFpK1_UdYRek5WDgthb2EZAyTNDWfFBniL6enfERIhPpykcBQfMaRAybTFhB1gv6IhjAyxBdbw7v42cM-2kkKzbEGZjQTfZ5wS7CCS/s1600/HBT14+-+banner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisX5_FXaIbxB7LNqn7TSR-gQh45pid6p7QW7a4F3SFpK1_UdYRek5WDgthb2EZAyTNDWfFBniL6enfERIhPpykcBQfMaRAybTFhB1gv6IhjAyxBdbw7v42cM-2kkKzbEGZjQTfZ5wS7CCS/s1600/HBT14+-+banner.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
Hello intrepid and ghoulish explorers,<br />
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Welcome to my stop on the <a href="http://yabooktrail.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Halloween Book Trail</a>! I'm the author of the MG novel, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Mapmaker-Ghost-Sarvenaz-Tash/dp/0802734391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414167052&sr=8-1&keywords=mapmaker+and+the+ghost" target="_blank">The Mapmaker and the Ghost</a></i>--which, as you might have guessed, has a ghost in it--and the upcoming Woodstock YA, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Three-Day-Summer-Sarvenaz-Tash/dp/1481439316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414167098&sr=8-1&keywords=three+day+summer" target="_blank">Three Day Summer</a>-</i>-which will be presented ghost-free. (Probably...though I can't really predict future hauntings, so proceed at your own risk!)<br />
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And, of course, since <i>The Mapmaker and the Ghost </i>is filled with a very spirited spirit (see what I did there?), I am part of the Cemetery Trail.<br />
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Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday so I am delighted to participate in this tour and answer some Hallow's Eve related questions. And as far as giveaways go: you should know that the grand prize for the trail includes a signed paperback of <i>The Mapmaker and the Ghost</i>. Also, I am running a separate giveaway right at the bottom of this blog for a brand, spankin' new signed ARC of <i>Three Day Summer</i> (which is so exclusive, <i>I</i> don't even have one yet...). So read on.<br />
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<b>1. If your MC went trick or treating, what would they dress up as and why? </b><br />
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Funny you should ask, because a couple of years ago, I actually did make my MC dress up for Halloween! Her name is Goldenrod Moram, and she is an explorer and budding mapmaker who idolizes Lewis & Clark. So who would she dress up as? Ta-da:<br />
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Yup, that's her as the ghost of Meriwether Lewis. She has it on good authority that her outfit is historically accurate too. <br />
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<b>2. Please share a photo of your favorite Halloween costume you’ve worn.</b><br />
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This is a tough one because, as I said, Halloween is my favorite! But, also, my birthday happens to be exactly a week before Halloween and for the past several years, I've always thrown a costumed theme party for it. So, for this question, I will share an actual Halloween costume, and one that was for my birthday.<br />
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May I present: Maverick and Goose from Top Gun.<br />
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Yup, that's me and my husband. Hilariously, this is the photo Facebook randomly chose to display when we got engaged. And by hilariously, I mean awesomely. Because it pretty accurately sums up our relationship.<br />
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And, for the record, this might also be the most comfortable Halloween outfit I've ever worn. Flightsuit onesies FTW!<br />
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And as for my favorite birthday theme party outfit:<br />
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Me as Hermione after she took Polyjuice Potion with the wrong ingredient in it. This was for my Tridecade Tournament when I turned the big 3-0. (It was also was my favorite birthday theme party. There was a Sorting Hat. And house points. And Tridecade tasks to complete....)<br />
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<b>3. What scares the pants out of you?</b><br />
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So. Many. Things. Truly, I startle really easily. As in, if I'm walking down the street and lost in my own thoughts (which is about 100% of the time), and you say "hello" to me, I will jump. As in, even if I know my husband is home but he's in a different room than I expected and I catch him out of the corner of my eye, I will jump.<br />
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In conclusion: I do not go to haunted houses. I do not watch scary movies. I can't deal with that build-up of suspense <i>at all</i>.<br />
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<b>4. What magical/supernatural creature do you secretly want to be? </b><br />
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A phoenix, I think. Flying + healing powers + immortality + wisdom? It basically sounds like Wolverine + Superman.<br />
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<b>5. What is your favorite sentence/paragraph from your novel?</b><br />
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You're making me pick favorites?! I will take the PC route and say that here is one of my favorite passages:<br />
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"But there are no such things as ghosts," Goldenrod muttered.<br />
"Who told you that?" the spirit of Meriwether Lewis asked.<br />
"My parents, mainly," Goldenrod confessed.<br />
"And they are grown-ups, I assume?" the man asked.<br />
Goldenrod nodded.<br />
"Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all. Regardless, the simple fact is, here I am. And seeing how I was born in 1774, I can't very well not be a ghost, now can I?"</blockquote>
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So now it's time to go <a href="http://mgbuehrlen.com/post/101078882023/halloween-book-trail" target="_blank">here</a>, to author MG Buehrlen's blog, for the next stop on the Halloween Book Trail!<br />
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And, if you want to enter to win a signed advanced copy of <i>Three Day Summer</i> (which I will send out as soon as I get one--probably in the next few weeks!), simply check out the Rafflecopter form below. <br />
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It’s the summer of 1969, and Michael is a directionless 18-year-old music fan struggling with an uncertain future in a time of cultural and military upheaval. Cora is the obedient candy-striper daughter of an ultra-conservative father who likes her ex-boyfriend, Ned, so much he still shows up for Sunday dinners despite their break-up months earlier. When Michael and Cora meet at the medical tent at the Woodstock Music Festival, their lives will never quite be the same. </div>
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I was delighted to come across this quote today. I'd actually never read it before:<br />
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"I almost wish we were butterflies and lived but three summer days--three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain." ~ John Keats</blockquote>
I honestly wish I could tell you I was clever enough to have picked the title of <i>Three Day Summer </i>from that quote because it is just so perfect for the book. But the title really came as a collaboration between my editor and me and was picked from pages and pages of options. And this...well, this is just one of those wonderful serendipitous things. Because it encapsulates so much of what I think the book is about...<br />
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And speaking of the book, I am in the middle of copyedits as we speak. This is one of my favorite, albeit most nerve-wracking parts of the publishing process. Nerve-wracking because this is pretty much my last chance to change things before the book goes out into the world and in the hands of readers (there are also first pass pages but, at that point, I'm pretty limited to what I can change). And exciting because...well, really for the same reason! This story will be in the hands of readers soon...<br />
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For what it's worth, I'm personally really proud of this book. I feel so much of my heart is on the page. And I'm grateful that I will get to share that soon.<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-22938955153627474972014-09-25T11:26:00.002-04:002014-09-25T11:26:44.163-04:00The One About the 'Three Day Summer' CoverThe cover for <i>Three Day Summer</i> has just been exclusively revealed on Hypable! I'm going to link out to it <a href="http://www.hypable.com/2014/09/25/cover-reveal-three-day-summer-by-sarvenaz-tash/">here</a> and then ask you to come back because I want to share some feelings about it.<br />
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Did you feast your eyes on it? What do you think?<br />
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I will tell you my thoughts: it is the cover of my psychedelic dreams! Quite honestly, when my editor told me the concept behind it (it's based on '60s concert art), I may have given out an inadvertent, not entirely ladylike, squeal. Why? I've been enamored of the art on those posters for almost as long as I can remember. I had quite a few of them plastered on one wall of my teenaged bedroom.<br />
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<i>And </i>when my husband and I got married last year, we based our Save the Dates on two specific '60s posters (the proof is <a href="http://sarvenaztash.blogspot.com/2012/07/its-gonna-be-far-out-party-man.html">here</a>).<br />
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<i>And</i> when I was writing the book and daydreaming about possible cover art, that is exactly the concept I most wished it would be. But I didn't share this with the Simon & Schuster team. They just read my mind.<br />
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So, quite simply, I love it. I love that it so thoughtfully pays homage to the era without being clichéd. I love the joy that seems to emanate from it. I love that it looks so modern and fresh and still tips its hat to the '60s. And I love how very colorful it is. I can't wait to see it on a bookshelf.<br />
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So HUGE props (and my gratitude) to designer Krista Vossen for rocking out this whole cover thing so very much.<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-36296223898666604082014-09-17T09:24:00.000-04:002014-09-17T09:24:10.032-04:00'Three Day Summer' Is Now on Goodreads!I've been a Goodreads user for a long time. You might even say that I'm a hipster Goodreads user, because I was totally on there before it was cool.<br />
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In all seriousness though, I love being able to keep track of books I want to read, what I've read, and even how I felt about them. So it was extra special to me when my first book popped up on there and it's just as special to have my new book up there too! (It says "2 distinct works" underneath my author profile now. That sounds all kinds of official. Possibly a little pompous, but, hey, that all works with my new hipster persona.)<br />
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So <i>Three Day Summer</i> is now available on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23232396-three-day-summer">Goodreads</a>! Shelve it on your to-be-read list and Goodreads will actually even alert you on its release date (May 19, 2015). Which is a feature I've found to be extra helpful when I'm waiting on a book to be released.<br />
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Just click the button below and it'll take you directly to <i>Three Day Summer</i>'s shiny new Goodreads page.<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-81147862587915616302014-08-14T00:07:00.000-04:002014-08-14T00:07:18.991-04:00'Three Day Summer' Peace, Love & Music Giveaway!Tomorrow marks the 45th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival! Now, do you want to take a gander as to where my upcoming book, <i>Three Day Summer</i>, takes place? If you said "Woodstock Music Festival," virtual love beads to you, my friend!<br />
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IN FACT...take a look at the very first page of <i>Three Day Summer</i>:<br />
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Although my book won't be out until next year, I couldn't let this momentous anniversary pass by without doing <i>something </i>to mark the groovy occasion. So I present to you: the <i>Three Day Summer</i> Peace, Love, & Music Giveaway!<br />
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<b>Peace: </b>This lovely sterling silver dove necklace, on a 16" chain, represents peace and the iconic emblem of the festival.<br />
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<b>Love: </b>Not just love, but summer love, courtesy of the wonderful <i>The Summer I Turned Pretty</i> trilogy by Jenny Han published by none other than <i>Three Day Summer </i>publishers Simon & Schuster BFYR. This is the paperback boxed set of all three books.<br />
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<b>Music: </b>$25 iTunes Gift Card. For purchasing whatever music makes you feel young, free, and happy (whether that's Hendrix, Creedence, 5 Seconds of Summer...)<br />
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Everyone gets one free entry (because how else would you celebrate the mother of all free concerts?). Other entries can be gained by following me on Twitter, Facebook, or this blog; leaving a comment on this blog telling me which three bands (past or present) you'd most like to see in a live festival; or tweeting out a link to the giveaway from the Rafflecopter form below (2 entries per day for that one).<br />
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Check out the form below for all the details! The giveaway runs from today through to Monday, August 18th (the last day of the festival).<br />
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Good luck! And, can I just say, I'm pretty excited to see what sort of amazing virtual festivals you come up with.<br />
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I've been thinking about Ned Vizzini a lot lately.<br />
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I never met him, but we had many things in common. Ned was the same age as me. He grew up in the neighborhood I now live in and I would see his name on workshop posters at my local Barnes & Noble a lot. We had friends in common. We both wrote MG and YA books (though he did it a lot more successfully and prolifically).<br />
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Something else we had in common: suffering from clinical depression. I unfortunately have to use the past tense here not because I no longer suffer from depression, but because Ned lost his battle with his in December. He died just a few blocks away from where I live.<br />
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Somehow, all the clichés you hear about depression are true. Though, I guess, that tends to be the thing about clichés, doesn't it? That it's like a fog. That it's like drowning. It's not sadness, not really. Everyone experience sadness, grief, bad feelings. But those things usually have a source; they are feelings that can be linked to events. Long-term depression is like churning magma, always there, just waiting to be prodded into roaring life by sometimes the slightest disturbance. It's not terribly logical. It lurks like a thief, in the unexpected corners of your mind, popping up when you're not looking and pilfering away your joy slowly. So that you don't even notice it ebbing away until suddenly you feel completely hollow. By then, sometimes it's too late.<br />
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The way J.K. Rowling wrote about it, disguising it as how dementors make you feel, I always thought was entirely accurate. Two of my favorite (and, incidentally, funniest) pieces of writing on it come from the immensely talented Allie Brosh and can be found <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html">here</a> and <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html">here</a>. There are so many talented people who have written so eloquently about it, actually. I don't think it's much of a coincidence that a lot of writers, and creative people in general, suffer from it. I think the same neurons that nurture imagination and creativity, that have one foot in a made-up world, are the ones that are most inclined to turn on you in this way.<br />
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I've never written publicly about my depression before. In fact, I rarely ever talk about it. I can probably count on one hand the number of people who even know, empirically, that I've been diagnosed with it. I can list the reasons I've been so quiet about it, even though it's been a through-line of much of my life: I've been embarrassed and ashamed. I didn't want to be perceived as weak. I didn't want it to define me. It didn't really seem like anybody's business... I can list lots of reasons, actually. And very few to be writing this blog post.<br />
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Except, I think of people like Ned and like L'Wren Scott...and now Robin. Also people like David Foster Wallace, Kurt Cobain, Sylvia Plath, John Kennedy Toole, Nick Drake...such a long list of people who have battled and, just one day, were not able to win. Countless more whose names I don't know but who suffered just as much. And I think...maybe it's time we talk about it more. Maybe it's time <i>I</i> talk about it more, as a real illness, not as a weakness or a character defect.<br />
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So there it is. Me, coming clean. I know I'm not alone. And if you, reading this, suffer from depression too, I just want you to know that you aren't either.Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-17817370875108444362014-07-15T14:04:00.001-04:002014-07-15T14:06:48.208-04:00A Manuscript of FirstsThere's something I tend to do with almost any writing project I've ever embarked upon and that is to try something new. It can be something as all-encompassing as a new genre or medium, or something as small as a different POV or tense.<br />
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Part of the reason is a purposeful focus on craft. Trying out new things and seeing what works (and what doesn't) is, I think, the only way to continuously grow and get better. Part of the reason is that different stories just call for different things. And another part of the reason is that it's just plain fun to try something I've never done before.<br />
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Not surprisingly, then, <i>Three Day Summer</i> is a manuscript of firsts for me. It is:<br />
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- my first completed YA manuscript. I loved focusing on teenaged characters and all of the inherent conflicts that they would have. Coming-of-age stories have been one my very favorite genres since I can remember, and to dive into writing one was extraordinarily fun.<br />
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- my first historical novel. Not only that, but it took place in an era that I have long had a huge affinity for (I'm talking about since I was 8-years-old). So researching it was a total blast. And, I'm going to be honest, was my primary reason for starting to write the book.<br />
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- my first book told from dual first-person POVs. It was challenging and fun to get into the different characters' heads, move the story along, and make sure they each had their own distinctive voices.<br />
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- actually my first book written in first-person at all.<br />
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- my first book written in present tense. Which it wasn't initially, until I was about 150 pages into the first draft and realized that it needed to be. Changing tenses in the middle of a draft? That was definitely a first, too (and though I was annoyed at the discovery at the time, I really think present tense ties into the themes of the book so much better).<br />
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- my first time writing from the first-person POV of a boy. I have long suspected that being a boy would be sooooo much more fun. I can definitely confirm that writing from the perspective of one was.<br />
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I have to say that I'm pretty proud and happy with all I've learned from all these firsts...and I hope that they ultimately make for an enjoyable read!Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-26548611638505503042014-06-25T17:17:00.003-04:002014-06-25T17:17:52.379-04:00And the Title of the New Book Is...We have a title!<br />
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I'm really happy to announce that my upcoming YA novel will be called..<i>Three Day Summer!</i><br />
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And because I didn't share all of this info before, here is the full pitch:<br />
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<i>Three Day Summer </i>is about two teens whose lives are
forever changed when they meet for a weekend of music and romance during
the biggest music festival the world has ever seen, pitched as <i>Nick and
Norah's Infinite Playlist</i> meets <i>Bridget Jones</i>, with hippies.<br />
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What do you think of the title?<br />
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers will be publishing my new YA novel! We're still searching for a perfect title, but I can tell you that it's my Woodstock love story pitched as <i>Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist </i>meets <i>Bridget Jones</i>. It's got hippies! And music! And humor! And romance! It was honestly the most fun I ever had writing a book and I am beyond thrilled to finally get to share it with you.<br />
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So many, many thanks to my agent Victoria Marini and my new editor Dani Young. I cannot wait to work with the team at S&S. And I absolutely cannot wait for you to finally get to read this one...currently slated for Summer 2015!<br />
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<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-54159974899541471012014-06-13T15:12:00.001-04:002014-06-13T15:13:24.504-04:00The Best Question I Ever Got AskedI did a school visit today and I got asked a lot of amazing questions (because 4th and 5th graders always ask the <i>best </i>questions, no lie)...but there was one that really made me pause. In fact, I think it might be one of the best philosophical questions I've ever gotten asked.<br />
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We were talking about reviews, and one student asked me: "If you know you're going to get bad reviews, why would you even show anyone your work?"<br />
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Wow. What a perfect question. The funny thing is, when I was her age, I would never have even <i>thought </i>about showing my work to anybody. Even though it was my dream to "publish a book," I kept all my writing to myself. In fact, I didn't show anything to anyone until I had to submit a short story to get into my undergrad film program. And then, as it turned out, I got thrown into the deep end at film school where, of course, you're constantly making work to get critiqued. (And thank goodness for that. I may not have a very thick skin still, but it's much thicker than it would have been without it.)<br />
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So...why do I? My response wasn't that bad reviews don't bother me. Or that it doesn't matter what someone who doesn't like my book says. Because none of those would be entirely true--though I have learned to not be personally affronted by them (for the most part...). In essence, I had to think about why I tell stories, really. I tell them for myself, yes, but I also tell them in the hopes that they can be shared. That in the midst of writing them, I will happen upon some truth that means something to me but that, hopefully, means something to someone else too. That's what books have always done for me. That's what I always aspire for mine to do. And that's what makes it worth it.<br />
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How would you answer that question?<br />
<br />Sarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-50824464471985975702014-04-22T13:26:00.000-04:002014-04-22T15:50:10.687-04:00Books I Love: High and DryI've been immersing myself in <i>Veronica Mars </i>for the past month. As a die-hard fan of the original show, of course I jumped at the chance to join the Kickstarter campaign last year to get the film on the big screen. As you likely know, that campaign was a huge success, shattering records left and right and, most importantly, resurrecting my beloved Veronica (and Logan, let's face it).<br />
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After I saw the movie in theaters, I rewatched the whole series, then watched the movie again, and then read the book that just came out (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18209454-the-thousand-dollar-tan-line?from_search=true"><i>The Thousand-Dollar Tanline</i>)</a>. Like I said: immersive!<br />
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But what's a <i>Veronica Mars</i> fan to do while she impatiently waits for the second book (and, hopefully, a <i>Veronica Mars 2</i> movie*cough*Rob Thomas*cough*...)? Might I recommend picking up Sarah Skilton's just-released <i>High & Dry</i>?<br />
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Several years ago, I went on a noir kick, reading classics from the likes of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane. I discovered so much nuance to this genre--the language, the prototypical characters and, of course, the mysteries. I really got into it--especially the hard-boiled private dick speak, see? I found the genre almost otherworldly in its depictions and yet, so wildly fun to read.<br />
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This is why I think <i>High and Dry</i> is particularly a work of genius. It takes noir to the world of contemporary high school (much like <i>VM</i> did), dives in headfirst, and totally works. It's a deeply stylized book that examines the seedy underbelly of its setting in exactly the same way Hammett and Spillane would. Yet, despite this stylization, it remains so truthful to the darker side of high school life. And, of course, it has a wonderful mystery at its center. (Also, I am now going to fully admit that when I first read this, I totally imagined main character Charlie as Logan Echolls. Which upped the smoldering/dreamy factor for me. You are welcome to steal this visualization).<br />
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Give it a whirl. And, if you like it and haven't had a chance to read <i>The Thin Man</i> or <i>The Big Sleep </i>yet, I would wholeheartedly recommend them, too.<br />
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I just wanted to let you know that I'm still here and still plugging away. Speaking of plugging, I just started recapping <i>Orphan Black</i>, one of my favorite current TV shows, for <a href="http://tuesdaynightmovies.com/">Tuesday Night Movies</a>. You can find my first recap <a href="http://tuesdaynightmovies.com/orphan-black-s2e1-nature-under-constraint-and-vexed-recap/">here</a>. After a brief hiatus next week (I'll be on vacation), I should be recapping them on a weekly basis.<br />
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Also, I've made a vow to stop neglecting my blog. My biggest problem over the past year or so has been trying to figure out what to write about. But I think I'm going to take that "dance like nobody is watching" adage for a spin and write like nobody is reading. By which I mean, I'll write whatever I want and stop feeling so anxious about it (not that I'm not grateful for anybody who is deigning to read this, because I am. And, hi!) So stay tuned here for stuff about movies, books, television, and general geekery that I am currently obsessing over.</div>
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