#cl stone
So for the past few weeks, The Academy series has been growing, steadily and scarily.
Until one morning I checked rankings, and this happened.
That’s in Young Adult Romantic Mysteries. In Young Adult Mysteries, we’re still on the same page, but there’s a few more books between us.
I don’t know if any other writers do this, but I’m incredibly in awe to be this close to someone like John Green. (Or Sara Shepard, or any of these other writers for that matter.)
This isn’t something in your head that you try to achieve as a writer. Most of the time, I’m thinking of the next story and hoping my writing tells it pretty well. I really want readers to see this story like I see it, or at least close enough.
But when I saw this, as a Nerdfighter, I’m just really in a daze. Probably in a creepy way.
Because it’s almost like, “Look! It’s JOHN GREEN. I could almost reach out and TOUCH him!”
And I hear through the other nerdlings that he’s not the touchy type, to which I say, “Tough noogies!Computer touches don’t count.”
It kind of feels like there’s a writing con or a vid con happening and there’s a presentation, and he’s in the first row, and you’re in the fifth. You probably stare at the back of his head, giving him the creepy-oid feeling. And when the presentation is over, you try to intervene his path to perhaps say hello and maybe handshake.
And then it doesn’t happen because a couple other people did it first, and then it’s too awkward so you walk away.
You know? This close. Just enough so when you go home, you tell all your friends you “met” John Green on your trip.
“Hey! I’m… on the… same page as John Green.”
Will probably confuse more than impress.
♥
C. L.
PS The fact that I have a Dr. Green in The Academy may or may not have any relevance to John Green getting his doctorate a few months later.
PPS Hank Green. There. Mentioned him. Just because I like him, too. Probably because of the science. And the singing.
PPSS Gabriel says hi.
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<3 Where PopInFresh introduces The Academy! :)
And what makes me GIGGLE like a … crazy giggler person is that she started The Academy before reading Looking for Alaska.
Take that John Green! Take that with your awesomeness and your suave good manners and seriously beautiful nerdfighters.
Yeah, I’m pretty bad at the whole neener-neener smack talk. ;)
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Academy - Introductions has gotten a face lift!
And it will (within the next 24 hours or so) be available for 99 cents at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, AllRomanceeBooks and Kobo!
But if you go here, you can get it for free. Limited to the first 2500 downloads :) Reblog to show some love for The Academy!
And look for book 2, First Days! Now available!
Get ready to be OBSESSED!
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Writing rough draft to Academy 4. 50k in already and already moving elements I thought was going to add to this book to books later in the series. This series is huge. I can’t write fast enough.
Trying to get a proof copy to edit from CreateSpace is proving to be difficult. Going to switch out the cover for a plain/generic one just to get that print copy.
I keep thinking of scenes and lines when I go to sleep at night. I’m not getting much sleep for that very reason.
I feel like I talk about the Academy more than anything else. It’s an addiction and I’ve admitted this. AND I DON’T WANT TO STOP.
Cute guys are awesome.
