Meet Maggie Stiefvater
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Meet Maggie Stiefvater - fantasy fiction author, artist, musician...and the rest!
Maggie Stiefvater writes contemporary fantasy fiction for teenagers and young adults. It's all about love among the lupine.
She's the author of the Shiver and the other books in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series. (Scholastic) plus the Books of Faerie (Flux). Her latest book is "The Scorpio Races" - published in October 2011
Shiver was published by Scholastic (JK Rowling's publishers) on 1st August 2009. To date it has:
* got a starred review from Publishers Weekly
* debuted at #9 New York Times Best Sellers list for Children's Books (Chapters)!
* reached #2 on Amazon's Top Ten Books for Teens in 2009
* spent 30 weeks in the New York Times Best Sellers list
* been sold to 30 countries overseas and
* the screen rights have been sold to some important film people who have bought the screen rights!
"Linger", (sequel to Shiver - published July 2010), achieved #1 in Borders Top 5 Best Sellers the week after publication.
Her first fantasy fiction novel LAMENT involving homicidal faeries published to rave reviews - in Oct. 2008. Lament's sequel,
* BALLAD (Flux '09) was published in 2009.
* LINGER (Scholastic Press July 20, 2010)
Future publications:
* Her fourth book "Forever" will publish in July 2011 and is now available to pre-order
* Her fifth book "The Scorpio races" will publish in October 2011
I'm an old friend of Maggie's and I know that there's a lot more to Maggie than this introduction...........
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- Who is Maggie Stiefvater?
- NEW "The Scorpio Races" by Maggie Stiefvater
- "Forever" by Maggie Stiefvater
- "Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater
- Reviews of Linger
- "Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater
- Top Book for Teens
- Screen rights sold!
- "Lament" by Maggie Stiefvater
- "Ballad" by Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater - Novelist
- Words on Words - Maggie's blog
- Maggie Stiefvater - her websites / blogs / etc
- Maggie Stiefvater on Twitter
- Where you can meet Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater - interviews
- Mentions of Maggie
- How to write a novel and other writing tips by Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie's words on books by other people
- How to review a book and other reviewing tips by Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater - The Fans
- Follow Maggie on Facebook
- Maggie Stiefvater - Musician and music lover
- Maggie Stiefvater - Artist
- Maggie Stiefvater - Animal Lover
- Maggie Stiefvater is Unstoppable!
- Maggie on being Thankful
- How does she do it?
- NEW! Shiver Trilogy Boxed Set by Maggie Stiefvater
- Comments and feedback
Who is Maggie Stiefvater?
a little bit about why you should take a look at the rest of this lens!
Maggie Stiefvater is 30 years old on 18 November 2011 and is comprehensively multi-talented.
* She's an author of contemporary fantasies for young adults (12-18 year olds)
* Shiver - her second novel - debuted in the top ten of The New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books - which is where Harry Potter started life...........
* Prior to this she was a best selling artist on eBay
* and she also plays the harp and the bagpipes and records her own music for her book videos - which she also makes!
Plus she has earned her income as a full-time artist and now author while raising two toddlers!
Maggie lives an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, and neurotic dogs. When she's not writing or making art, Maggie is a die-hard horse enthusiast, dog lover, Anglophile, Celtophile, idealist, music lover and bad comedian - and I'm very proud to have her a friend.
All of Maggie Stiefvater's life decisions have been based around her inability to be gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work in your pajamas are frowned upon when you're a waitress, calligraphy instructor, or technical editor (all of which she's tried), but are highly prized traits in novelists and artists. She's made her living as one or the other since she was 22. She's now a professional novelist by day and saves art for her recreation and the odd spare minute.
In September 2008, Scholastic - JK Rowling's publisher and the largest publisher of children's books in the world - announced they were very pleased to have won a multi-round public auction in competition with other major publishing houses to sign a contract with Maggie Stiefvater. This is a two book deal for the world rights to Shiver, and a further book which is currently under wraps!
The rest of the story so far is in this lens!
NEW "The Scorpio Races" by Maggie Stiefvater
Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn't given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition - the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.
The Scorpio Races
Published October 2011
Some race to win. Others race to survive.
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Some riders live.
Others die.
At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.
The Scorpio Races
Amazon Price: $9.88 (as of 06/02/2012)
List Price: $17.99
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press (October 18, 2011)
Amazon reviews: 4.6 out of 5 stars (48 customer reviews) | Like (84)
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"Forever" by Maggie Stiefvater
In Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before.
Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened.
And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.
"Forever" by Maggie Stiefvater
Wolves of Mercy Falls Series - Book 3
Reading level: Young Adult.
The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie Stievater
In Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.
Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls, Book 3)
Amazon Price: $6.06 (as of 06/02/2012)
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1St Edition edition (July 12, 2011)
Amazon Reviews: 3.8 out of 5 stars (160 customer reviews) | Like (410)
Release Date: 07/12/2011
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#1 Book at Borders
"Linger" was #1 on
Border's List of Top 5 Best Sellers
July 2010
"Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater
Published by Scholastic in July 2010
"Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater
Reading level: Young Adult
Maggie says: "It's about after. What happens after you discover there are werewolves in the wood, after you've fallen in love for the first time, after you've lost what you think you can't live without, after you've become someone you can't live with."
This is the first paragraph................
* grace *
This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.
Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn't cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.
But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it's only me who's not firmly in my own skin.
The cover of "Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater
Reviews of Linger
- Angieville: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater, Review + Giveaway!
- A really rather good review of Linger (based on an ARC copy). Linger will be published July 20th in the USA
Scholastic Gets Stiefvater
a major two book deal with JK Rowling's publisher
Publishers Weekly 15th September 2008
"Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater
Published 1st August 2009 in USA (Oct. 09 UK)
Debuted #9 on New York Times Best Seller List
25 weeks in the top ten of NYT Best Seller List !
Sold to 30 countries - so far
Film rights sold
#2 in the Amazon Top Ten in 2009
Are you ready for the cold?
When Grace falls in love with Sam, a boy who must become a wolf each winter, they must decide how much they're willing to risk in order to be together.
Top Book for Teens
Shiver is now #2 in Amazon's Top Ten Books for Teens in 2009
Introducing "Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater
Debuted at #9 in the New York Times Best Seller List
From a dazzlingly talented young writer, a haunting and original supernatural romance in the vein of TWILIGHT.
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf-her wolf-is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.
Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human-or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.
DEBUTED at #9 in the New York Times best seller list - see New York Times Best Sellers: Children's Books - Chapter Books (7th August 2009).
Some more things which do not happen to every new author.
Indies Choice Book Award Finalist
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
Amazon Top Ten Books for Teens
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009
Border's Original Voices Pick & Finalist
Barnes & Noble 2009 Top Twenty Books for Teens
CBC Children's Choice Awards Finalist
2010 SIBA Book Award, Finalist
Junior Library Guild Selection (Shiver and Linger)
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Nominee
Glamour's Best Book to Curl Up With
VOYA's Perfect Ten, 2009
BDB Top Young Reads of 2009
You can HEAR MAGGIE READ THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS
Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls)
Amazon Price: $6.15 (as of 06/02/2012)
Rights to this book have already been sold prior to publication to THIRTY overseas publishers includimg:
German: LOEWE VERLAG (forthcoming Fall 2010)
Italian: RIZZOLI
Dutch: DUTCH MEDIA/ MOON
French: HACHETTE
Greek: PATAKIS PUBLICATIONS
Indonesia: PT GRAMEDIA
Japanese: SOFTBANK CREATIVE
Portuguese: PRESENCA
Spanish: SM EDICIONES
Swedish: WAHLSTROHMS
Catalan: CRUILLA
Danish: GYLDENDAL
Finnish: WERNER SODERSTROM OSAKEYHTIO
Korean: MUNHAKDONGNE
Norwegian: GYLDENDAL
Portuguese-Brazil: EDIOURO
Serbian: LAGUNA
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Starred Review for SHIVER from Publishers Weekly
Children's Book Reviews: 8/3/2009 -- Publishers Weekly, 8/3/2009
Shiver Maggie Stiefvater. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-545-12326-6
Stiefvater leaves the faeries of Lament and Ballad for a lyrical tale of alienated werewolves and first love. For years, Grace has been fascinated by the yellow-eyed wolf that saved her from its pack when she was a child. Sam, bitten by a wolf as a boy, is that wolf. Long obsessed with each other at a distance, they finally meet after a wolf hunt (inspired by the apparent death of a local teen) sends a wounded and temporarily human Sam into Grace's arms. Their young love is facilitated by Grace's hands-off parents ("Once upon a time, I would've leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now, it sort of felt like too little, too late," Grace muses), but threatened by two linked crises: the fact that Sam will soon lose the ability to become human and the instability of a new lycanthrope. Stiefvater skillfully increases the tension throughout; her take on werewolves is interesting and original while her characters are refreshingly willing to use their brains to deal with the challenges they face. Ages 13-up. (Aug.)
Children's Book Reviews: 8/3/2009 -- Publishers Weekly, 8/3/2009
"Still Wolf Watching": a SHIVER trailer by Maggie Stiefvater
Music composed & performed by Maggie Stiefvater & Kate Hummel.
Behind the scenes here: http://maggiestiefvater.blogspot.com/...
Find out more about the book at http://www.maggiestiefvater.com.
Coming to a country near you
THIRTY foreign language publishers have bid for and won licences to publish "Shiver"!
Major worldwide sales anticipated
Mixing it with John Grisham!
Shiver is currently #23 in the Barnes & Noble List of Best-selling Fiction for ALL audiences
Screen rights sold!
Unique Features has acquired screen rights to "Shiver," a bestselling supernatural romance novel by Maggie Stiefvater that is the first of a three-book series.
Pic will be produced by Unique Features partners Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne.
Book covers a bittersweet paranormal romance between a teen who becomes a wolf each winter and his girlfriend, who helps him find the secret to staying human. The first installment was published by Scholastic Press in August and has been on the bestseller lists for six weeks. The sequel novel, "Linger," will be published next August. Unique acquired all three books in the series.
Film News, news from the entertainment source: Variety.
Unique sparks to 'Shiver'
What the Shiver Cover looks like in the UK
The Sequel to Shiver
Maggie says: "It's about after. What happens after you discover there are werewolves in the wood, after you've fallen in love for the first time, after you've lost what you think you can't live without, after you've become someone you can't live with."
"Lament" by Maggie Stiefvater
"Lament" - one of the Best Books for Teens - OFFICIAL
The American Library Association has nominated "Lament" as being one of the BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS 2010 (April 2009)
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception By Maggie Stiefvater
Published by Llewellyn Worldwide, 2008 ISBN 0738713708, 9780738713700
Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass - a soulless faerie assassin. An equally hunky - and equally dangerous - dark faerie soldier named Aodhan is also stalking Deirdre. Sworn enemies, Luke and Aodhan each have a deadly assignment from the Faerie Queen. Namely, kill Deirdre before her music captures the attention of the Fae and threatens the Queen's sovereignty. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend.
Deirdre had been wishing her life weren't so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war isn't exactly what she had in mind . ..
Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey.
SOON TO BE SEEN IN ITS SECOND REPRINT WITH A BRAND NEW COVER!
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Gathering of Faerie)
"YA readers searching for faerie stories will be happy to find this debut novel, an accomplished take on well-loved themes.... Stiefvater brings to her story several layers of romance, a knowledge of Irish music and a talent for plot twists. She is also unafraid of taking plot developments to their logical outcomes, even when they mar the characters' happiness. Vibrant and potent, her writing will hook genre fans."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Chock-full of the fierce and the fey, Maggie Stiefvater's Lament is musical, magical, and practically radiating romance. A blood-fresh reinvention of old traditions, perfect for engaging sharp minds and poetic hearts."
Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize
"This beautiful and out-of-the-ordinary debut novel, with its authentic depiction of Celtic Faerie lore and dangerous forbidden love in a contemporary American setting, will appeal to readers of Nancy Werlin's Impossible and Stephenie Meyer"s Twilight series."
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The very first book - the very first advance copy
Yeah I'm crazy. This is me, kissing the very first advanced review copy of my VERY OWN novel! Yeah, it's arrived -- yeah it's real!
READ A PREVIEW OF LAMENT
Preview available on Google Books
READ A PREVIEW of: Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception By Maggie Stiefvater
Published by Llewellyn Worldwide, 2008 ISBN 0738713708, 9780738713700
336 pages
What do faeries do?
Interviews and more reviews
- cynsations - Author Interview: Maggie Stiefvater on Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
- cynsations - Author Interview: Maggie Stiefvater on Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
By Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize
Extract
Maggie Stiefvater on Maggie Stiefvater: "I'm a 26-year old with a serious Peter Pan complex, an addiction to sweet tea and cookie dough, and an obsessive love of music. When I'm not hanging out with my tolerant husband and two toddlers, I'm either writing, reading, rocking out on some sort of musical instrument, creating art or generally frolicking. I'm all about the frolicking - The Flux Blog: LAMENT is seeing stars!
- Congratulations to Maggie Stiefvater whose debut novel, LAMENT: THE FAERIE QUEEN'S DECEPTION, just got a starred review in Publishers Weekly.
Andrew Karre said...
If I may be permitted to comment on my old blog, I am so excited for this review. Maggie deserves this. This is a book she rewrote more times than either of us cares to remember (and I don't mean simply "revised extensively," I mean tare the thing down to the studs Money-Pit-style-renovation rewrites) and that took serious guts. This is, I am sure, just the first of many confirmations of her talent and tenacity. - The Flux Blog: Lament, Lament, Lament is on fire!
- Highlights two starred reviews from:
This beautiful and out-of-theordinary debut novel, with its authentic depiction of Celtic Faerie lore and dangerous forbidden love in a contemporary American setting, will appeal to readers of Nancy Werlin's Impossible and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
Booklist
Part adventure, part fantasy, and wholly riveting love story, LAMENT will delight nearly all audiences with its skillful blend of magic and ordinary life.
Kliatt - Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
- Some extracts:
Stiefvater is a gifted author who weaves a dangerous world, and sensual characters with ease, and balances the entire package with a wonderfully wry sense of humor.
I enjoyed this book so much it is physically painful to me that the sequel, BALLAD, isn't due out till next Fall
Another great thing, not everything is happy ever after. Great writers are never afraid to push their characters into danger. (In my opinion) 'Cause you've gotta keep your readers on their toes. AND I WAS ON THEM. Like a ballet dancer..
In a market glutted with faerie books, Maggie Stiefvater's book stands out in several ways. To begin, Maggie writes lyrically, a poetic style evocative of Dylan Thomas as her words caress faerie scenes and romance. Yet, she varies this with a humorous prose that marks her characters in the real world.. - Amazon.com: Editorial Reviews of Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
- Including starred reviews!
Lament - a new cover for the second printing
"Ballad" by Maggie Stiefvater
Published 1 October 2009 - it got enthusiastic reviews pre-publication
A gathering of faerie
Dangerous faeries. Otherwordly music. Unrequited love. Deirdre Monaghan and her best friend James Morgan's lives change forever as they encounter the vicious and beautiful world of Faerie.
"Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie" by Maggie Stiefvater
Published by Llewellyn Worldwide on 1 October 2009
Foreign editions: The German rights to Ballad have been bought by Droemer Knaur
This is Maggie's third novel and the second in the Lament series. In this sequel to Lament, faeries follow James and Dee to Thornking-Ash, where James struggles with his feelings for Dee and for the dangerous faerie muse, Nuala. When Halloween plunges both Dee and Nuala into danger, James finds he can only save one.
"Ballad is giddy, intoxicating, and threatening all at once... a sheer edge read."
-Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of Terrier & Trickster's Queen
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie
Amazon Price: $0.10 (as of 06/02/2012)
Nuala is part muse, part psychic vampire. While the freedom to sing or write or create is denied her, her mark across history is unmistakable: a trail of brilliant poets, musicians, and artists who have died tragically young. She has no sympathy for their abbreviated life spans; every thirteen Halloweens she burns in a bonfire and rises from her ashes with no memories of what has come before other than the knowledge of how her end will come.
James is the best bagpiper in the state of Virginia-maybe in the country-plus he's young and good-looking: just Nuala's thing. But James, supremely confident in his own abilities and in love with another girl, becomes the first to ever reject Nuala's offer. He's preoccupied with bigger things than Nuala: an enigmatic horned figure who appears at dusk and the downward spiral of Dee, his girlfriend-who-isn't.
It becomes obvious to James that Nuala's presence, the horned king of the dead, and Dee's slow self-destruction are all related, and that Dee is the center of a deadly faerie game. While James struggles to unwind the tangled threads of the story, Nuala shadows him, seeing her conflicted, dual nature reflected back at her in him. She finds herself lending him inspiration for nothing. Not quite for nothing-for the hope of requited affection. But even as James begins to realize his feelings for both Dee and Nuala have changed, the thirteenth Halloween descends, with its bonfires and rituals for the dead, one deadly to Nuala and the other to Dee. James can only save one.
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Reviews of Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie
- Ballad: The Gathering of Faerie (Paperback) by Maggie Stiefvater - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
- 15 ratings, 8 reviews. In this sequel to Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, faeries follow James and Dee to Thornking-Ash Conservatory, where James struggles with his feelings...
- Laura's Review Bookshelf: Ballad, Maggie Stiefvater
- I'm going to admit that I loved this book. The snarkiness of James is perfect and hides his inner self and the pain that he is feeling because of his feelings for Dierdre.
Maggie on "Ballad"
a selection of posts from her blog "Words on Words"
- Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - In Which I Am Kilted
- Ballad is told from James' point of view. He was the bagpiping funny best friend in Lament, and he got upgraded to main character (making Ballad a standalone companion novel in the process). His story involves bagpiping, people getting burned alive, hungry souls, kings of the dead, and of course homicidal faeries. And snogging. There's always snogging. It's why I can't write picture books; they ask too many questions.
See Maggie wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes! It's context!!!
Maggie Stiefvater - Novelist
Maggie Stiefvater and Writing
Maggie has been writing forever! She currently has three books book published, another due for publications in 2010 and more in the pipeline. She is published by Scholastic - who also publish JK Rowling!Her books to date fall into two groups
- The Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, & Forever) When Grace falls in love with Sam, a boy who must become a wolf each winter, they must decide how much they're willing to risk in order to be together.
- Books of Faerie (Lament & Ballad) Dangerous faeries. Otherwordly music. Unrequited love. Deirdre Monaghan and her best friend James Morgan's lives change forever as they encounter the vicious and beautiful world of Faerie.
Her next book is:
LINGER (coming July 20, 2010)
The sequel to SHIVER: It's about after. What happens after you discover there are werewolves in the wood, after you've fallen in love for the first time, after you've lost what you think you can't live without, after you've become someone you can't live with.
This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one. Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies...
Words on Words - Maggie's blog
Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater
An urban fantasy novelist's blog on writing, folklore, and the creative life.
Maggie Stiefvater - her websites / blogs / etc
plus a few social network sites
- Maggie Stiefvater - Author of YA Fiction - Young Adult Fantasy Author Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater, author of young adult fantasy novels
Maggie Stiefvater, author of young adult fantasy novels
* Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception and
* Ballad: The Gathering of Faerie, coming out in October of 2008
and two novels to be published by Scholastic - Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater's blog about words, writing young adult urban-fantasy and her books
- Merry Sisters of Fate
- A blog featuring weekly short fiction from Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff.............Fiction that Runs with Scissors!
- Maggie Stiefvater | Facebook
- This is Maggie Stiefvater's public search listing on Facebook. Maggie's friends can view photos, videos and more - but this site is no longer updated
- Maggie Stiefvater (Really, it's me) | Facebook
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This is the one which gets listed under CELEBRITIES! - Maggie Stiefvater - LinkedIn
- View Maggie Stiefvater's professional profile on LinkedIn.
- Maggie Stiefvater on Twitter
- author of young adult novels about homicidal faeries and werewolf nookie: LAMENT, BALLAD (Flux), SHIVER, LINGER (Scholastic). here there be random
- Maggie Stiefvater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Maggie Stiefvater (b. November 18, 1981) is a bestselling American author of young-adult/urban fantasy novels. She currently lives in Virginia.[1] She attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history.[2] After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art.;[3] her art was collected internationally.[4] At 16, Stiefvater legally changed her first name from Heidi to Margaret.[5] She is married with two children.[6]
About Maggie Stiefvater, her writing and her books
- BookTour: Author Page for Maggie Stiefvater
- See when Maggie Stiefvater is coming to town, or request a visit from Maggie Stiefvater. Plus information on Maggie Stiefvater's life and work.
- JacketFlap.com: Maggie Stiefvater's JacketFlap Profile
- Maggie Stiefvater's JacketFlap Profile
- Flux - Author Information: Maggie Stiefvater
- Author Information, Maggie Stiefvater, Teen, Young Adult, Fiction, LlewellynFlux, Teen, Young Adult, Fiction. Llewellyn, A new imprint dedicated to fiction for teens.
- Frequently Asked Questions of Author Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater, author of contemporary fantasies for young adults answers FAQs
Maggie Stiefvater on Twitter
Where you can meet Maggie Stiefvater
What remains of the The Shiver and Ballad Book Tours
This link takes you to where you can meet Maggie when she's doing book signings
Maggie Stiefvater - interviews
- Author Interview With Maggie Stiefvater
- We here at yaReads love us a bit of Maggie Stiefvater. She's the author of Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception , and she has two more books on the way. Maggie sat down with us this week and let us pick her brains a little. Here's what she had to say%u2026
- Making Stuff Up for a Living - 5 Minutes With Maggie Stiefvater
- Maggie Stiefvater is a wife, mother, teacher and artist- and now, with the coming publication of her debut, Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, she adds novelist to her resume.
In addition to all of that, she still finds time to post weekly free fiction at The Merry Sisters of Fate with Tessa Gratton and Brenna Yovanoff. I was lucky enough to catch her recently when she had a spare five minutes! - Random Interview: Maggie Stiefvater « the 5 randoms
- This week, our lovely Amanda talked to author Maggie Stiefvater, author of Lament (Flux, October 2008). But writing isn't her only love. ...
- Shrinking Violet Promotions: Shrinking Violet Profile: Maggie Stiefvater
- Buzz. Every author wants it, and now one of Shrinking Violet's own, Maggie Stiefvater, has it in spades for her newest book, SHIVER. Since she's a raging introvert, I've invited her to speak to us all about how she managed to generate all this buzz, what it feels like, how she deals with it as an introvert. Not only does it give us all a vicarious peek into a Major Authorial Fantasy, but she was hugely generous with her time and gave us some wonderful tips.
- Writing Raw - The 7 Question Interview
- The 7 Question Interview with Maggie Stiefvater
- Angieville: Shiver Blog Tour: Interview with Maggie Stiefvater + Giveaway!
- Interview re what it was like for Maggie seeing the hardcover for the first time.
- pat esden - SHIVER: Interview with author Maggie Stiefvater
- interview - on branding yourself as a writer.
- lindajsingleton: Blog Tour: A Conversation with Maggie Stiefvater
- interview on which came first, writing, music, or art.
- University Chic
- Ever dreamed of becoming a famous writer? Maggie Stiefvater is living, breathing proof that college may lay the foundation for your dream job, but it's really talent and determination that can make or break your "novel" aspirations. Delicious
- Myth, the Universe, and Everything - Guest Blog: Maggie Stiefvater
- It's easy to get a feel for how incredibly talented Maggie Steifvater is by watching the book trailer she made for Shiver. Step one, write an amazing book. Step two, create cut-paper pieces. Step three, create stop motion art with the cut-paper. Step four, oh, and write the musical score while you're at it.
- Strands of Thought - Blogview with Maggie Stiefvater and Shiver
- Interview about how Maggie got to be the weird way she is!
- Special Guest Friday: Maggie Stiefvater! | Magical Words
- blog post on how Scholastic and SHIVER made a clean, non-swearing girl out of Maggie.
- Dailymotion - Interview de Maggie Stiefvater, auteur de Frisson (Shiver) - une vidéo Art et Création
- Le résumé : Grace, 17 ans, vit dans une petite ville du Minnesota, aux abords d'une forêt. A 11 ans, elle s'est faite attaquée par une horde de loups mais a survécu malgré les morsures, sauvée par un des loups de la bande. Les années ont passé, et un lien étrange s'est créé entre la jeune fille et ce loup, souvent présent autour de la maison, comme pour veiller sur elle. Lorsque Jack, un élève de son lycée, est retrouvé mort suite à une attaque identique à celle de Grace, la ville lance des chasseurs à travers la forêt. La plupart des loups parviennent à échapper aux balles, mais pas celui de Grace. Grace trouve alors devant chez elle un jeune homme blessé au regard étrangement familier...
Mentions of Maggie
- Children's Galleys to Grab - 4/27/2009 - Publishers Weekly
- Even in lean times, there's no shortage of galley giveaways at BEA. Here are some to look out for.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Press). Grace meets Sam, who is a wolf during certain times of the year. - The Well-Read Child: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
- what I love the most about Ms. Stiefvater's writing is her ability to depict chemistry between two characters--first with Dee and Luke in Lament and now with Sam and Grace. She's masterful at showing and not telling: glances, touches, dialogue, and thoughts all create a completely believable love between a girl and a werewolf.
Shiver is a perfectly executed book, and I continue to be impressed with Maggie Stiefvater's writing.
“I studied British history in college and learned that everything that's anything has a past.”
Writing websites
recommended by Maggie
- Children's Writers & Illustrators Message Board - Index
- Children's Writers & Illustrators Message Board
A busy forum for children's and young adult writers -- a great resource to find out more about the business of getting published and the craft of writing. - Fangs, Fur, & Fey
- A Livejournal community of published contemporary fantasy and urban fantasy authors.
- AgentQuery :: Find the Agent Who Will Find You a Publisher
- A great resource to find agents who represent your genre.
- Author School Visits BY STATE!
- A blog for teachers to connect with authors willing to make school visits.
- Miss Snark, the literary agent
- A now discontinued blog by an anonymous literary agent; tons and tons of information about the business.
- Merry Sisters of Fate
- A blog featuring weekly short fiction from Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff.
How to write a novel and other writing tips by Maggie Stiefvater
posts from Maggie's writing blog "Words on Words"
- Maggie Stiefvater - The Giant Butt-Kicking How to Write a Novel Post
- I have been answering a lot of questions lately -- interview questions, article questions, questions in fanmail, questions from writers -- and there's one sort of subset of questions that I get all the time, so I'm going to answer them here. It's these:
"How do I start writing my book? How do I write my novel? How do I finish my novel? Do you have a daily routine? How much work do you do before you start writing your novel? Should I get a degree in English? Do you edit while you write? How do you get around writer's block? How do you get past the "this feels silly" thoughts?"
All of these questions are really one question: "How do I write a book?"
And the answer, which I will explain in depth, is a simple two-parter:
1 - You decide to
2 - Butt in Chair - Maggie Stiefvater - 80,000 words of Fun, Fun, Fun
- I promised I would blog about rough drafting, so here it is.
Here's the thing about rough drafting and revising. I like revising. I'm good at revising. i know what I'm doing when I'm revising. I know exactly what to expect when I'm revising.
On the other hand, writing a rough draft is unpredictable, inefficient, and uncertain. I delete as much as I save. I go down wrong paths, write embarrassing stretches of prose just to see my word count jump before I delete it, and kill characters that I later have to resurrect when I realize there is no one to hold my main character's hair while she pukes later (metaphorically speaking). I don't think I'm very good at it and it is intensely frustrating.
And, unfortunately, it's what I live for. Because in between all that uncertainty and general ectoplasmic horror, there are also stretches of writer's highs -- those thousands of words you write in an hour, your brain lost in the emotions and settings of your novel. Those scenes you write and you know right after you write them -- no, right when you write them -- that they're just spot on. You just don't get those while revising. - Maggie Stiefvater - On the Man Telling You "No": Where "the Man" Also = You.
- i want to babble momentarily about self-doubt, self-confidence, and creative types. And how creative types react to negativity.
It seems to me that in the course of my travels as a colored pencil instructor and portrait artist and author that I've encountered two types of creative people. The ones that get crushed when they get told "no" or when someone close to them gets what they really wanted or when life events come up and get in the way of their creative life, and those that seem to actually feed off the negative events and turn them into positive things.
Maggie's words on books by other people
- Goodreads - Maggie Stiefvater's shelves
- She also reads more books than anyone else I know! This is where you can find out what she thinks of them.
- Goodreads - Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia
- Register for Goodreads.
Have you ever wanted a better way to:
* Get great book recommendations from people you know.
* Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read.
* Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.
How to review a book and other reviewing tips by Maggie Stiefvater
- Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Why Giving a Five Star Review is Like Getting Engaged
- I have been thinking a lot about what makes me like a book and what counts as a good book. And I know the two things are not always the same, since reading is highly subjective (I was reading bad reviews of my favorite books this morning to comfort myself that tastes are subjective). But what I don't quite understand is how sometimes they aren't the same thing, even for me.
Books which have influenced Maggie
Books by Maggie's favorite authors
Her favourite authors are C. S. Lewis, Diana Wynne Jones, J.R.R. Tolkien, Susan Cooper, and J. K. Rowling
You can also check out what Maggie is reading on Maggie's Goodreads page
Maggie Stiefvater - The Fans
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Maggie's tweets
- mstiefvater
- aka Maggie Stiefvater
- 19,865 followers
- 167 following
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- @CLCD_emily @scholastic @clreviews Behold! You've given me delight and an ulcer at the same time!
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- @Ginger_Clark That also applies to the comments. My favorite so far: "Agincourt still hurts, doesn't it?" It's all baguettes vs. pasties.
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- @TeenLitRocks I did a smaller & smaller cup later and later in the day . . . took me 10 days.
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- Also, yes, I know you were desperately curious. I did successfully give up caffeine. I am free! FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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- I thought this piece on dark children's books was funny: http://t.co/n0o4tO82 BUT I think the "YOU BURNED JOAN D'ARC" comments are funnier.
Follow Maggie on Facebook
This is Maggie's BRAND NEW Facebook Fan page Maggie Stiefvater (Really, it's me) which is where all the good stuff will be posted in future - including discussions about her books
This is Maggie's facebook page
An A to Z of what Maggie Likes
alternative rock, art, artists, bagpipes, being a novelist, blueboards, British Isles, camaros, celtic legends, classic cars, colored pencils, contemporary fantasy, creative careers, England, faeries, fairies, Ireland, Irish music, J.W. Waterhouse, magic realism, Maxfield Parrish, mountains, muscle cars, mythology, novels, reading, Scotland, shapeshifters, Susan Cooper, taking risks, teen fiction, the bravery, urban fantasy, Wales, weird careers, werewolves, writing, young adult fiction
If you want to ask Maggie a question
Chances are somebody has already asked it! :)
In which case FIRST check out Maggie's answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
If your question isn't there then send her your question as a comment on her blog Words on Words
Maggie Stiefvater - Musician and music lover
Maggie and Music
Maggie also listens to everything she can get her hands on. She likes music of all sorts so long as it's good!
Here's what she's got next to her CD player currently:
Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Deanta, Last of the Mohicans, The Village soundtrack, Susan McKeown, Fuel, Capercaillie, Enya, Frou Frou, Six Pence None the Richer, Angels & Airwaves, Palestrina, Embrace, Head Automatica, The Shins, Breaking Benjamin, Vampire Weekend, Anberlin, Audioslave, Joshua Radin, Solas, Lunasa, Silly Wizard, Alkaline Trio, City Sleeps, Ashes Divide, Blaqk Audio, Dredge, Muse
Right click and open the photo to find out more about Maggie's musical obsessions
If you go to her Facebook Fan Page you can also find out what Maggie was listening to when she wrote her novels
Maggie on Music
- Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Music and the Working Girl
- why music is so important to Maggie while writing
Maggie's Playlists
Maggie Stiefvater
- Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater
- All Maggie's blog posts with playlists
- Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
- Where to start with Celtic Music - a playlist
- Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Maggie's Top Twelve Songs of 2009
- So I was asked to do a Top Twelve Songs of 2009 (which is terribly flattering, by the way. Getting told you have good taste in music is way better than being hit on in the grocery store line by a gross old guy with spots on his head, just sayin'.) Because I have to have music on to write, I . . . um . . buy . . .um . . a lot of music. So this list turned out to be more impossible than I thought. I ended up going with the most likely to be appreciated by non-crazy people list of songs, because there were far too many list otherwise.
Celtic Music
Maggie's recommendations
Maggie Stiefvater - Artist
Maggie and Art
Since being signed by Scholastic, she's now switched to being a full-time author and is now only a part-time artist.
Maggie Stiefvater's artwork is a study of soul, or, as James Joyce would say, the "whatness" of something. Her portraiture work mainly focuses on equine art - but every work, whether very large or the very smallest of portraits, must shine with the personality within, because if the work lacks meaning, in Maggie's opinion, it is not worth creating.
Maggie is represented by Chasen Galleries. Her equine art is currently traveling with the prestigious MFHA Traveling Exhibition hosted by Cross Gate Gallery, one of the nation's premier sporting galleries.
Her equestrian work has also been featured in the Academy of Equine Art's exhibitions and in the Spring issues of both Horses in Art and American Carriage Driver magazine. Her equestrian work "Leda" was exhibited in the Colored Pencil Society of America's 2007 International Exhibition.
Her cityscapes were voted best on eBay for 2006 and took two awards at the Uniquely Fredericksburg exhibition.
Maggie's Art websites
- Portraits with Character - Fine Art by Maggie Stiefvater
- Portraits with Character is Maggies Stiefvater's art website. It has online galleries linked to her portfolio of fine art portraits of cats, dogs and equine art
- Greywaren Art
- This used to be Maggie's art blog
- Chasen Galleries - MAGGIE STIEFVATER
- MAGGIE STIEFVATER. Chasen Galleries proudly represents artist Maggie Stiefvater.
- Maggie Stiefvater Studio - Animal Art
- Maggie Stiefvater Studio - Animal Art is Maggie Stiefvater's CafePress store which is the place to find her animal art on all sorts of useful products
Maggie's thoughts on making art
- Greywaren Art: Maggie on Style, Part 1
- Let's talk about style, shall we? I've been asked to talk about it a lot over the last few months, and I keep putting it off. I don't know why. Maybe because it's intangible. Maybe because when you talk about style, you start hearing whispers of other words that I don't quite believe in: "natural talent" and "inherent skill" and "inborn artistic vision." A lot of artists don't seem to pursue a distinct style -- they wait for it to emerge, like some sort of heavenly gift. But the truth is that style is only partially born, and mostly made. That old Einstein quote about 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? Yeah. We're talking about that.
- Greywaren Art: Maggie on Style, Part II
- So here is part two on Style.
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Maggie. She doodled constantly and had high aspirations of becoming a Famous Artist. She sketched horses. She drew planes. She painted cars. She did it all.
And all of it looked different. Indeed, putting them side by side looked like the exhibition of a artistically-dedicated pencil-freak with multiple personalities. When faced with the idea of a style she said "poo poo on thee" for I'm multi-talented and if I can do all these styles, I will do them all, because I'm so smart. So there. - Greywaren Art: Maggie on Style, Part III
- On finding your groove and what to do when you stop producing the art that people like
- Greywaren Art: Thoughts on Book-Buying
- All about art books
- Greywaren Art: Planning & Painting
- First of all, I want to say that part of why I'm so fast is by virtue of creating a painting or drawing every single day for two years. It means that a lot of the prep work becomes automatic. What I used to agonize over, like choosing a good crop, now takes five minutes.
- Greywaren Art: Sit Pretty
- For those of you who are planning on doing art shows or horse shows or any venue where you show your art, listen up. Booth set-up is important. It can be the difference between a major sale and no sales at all. I know, I know, y'all think I'm being melodramatic. But in the few short years I've been doing shows, I've not only learned a lot by tinkering with my set up, I've also learned a lot from watching what other folks do right or wrong. Indoor shows are the most difficult, in my opinion, because people will give you a lot more leeway as far as ugliness and functionality in the great outdoors. Inside, you've got no excuses to keep you from looking pretty.
Maggie Recommends
Books for people wanting to become professional artists
Maggie Stiefvater - Animal Lover
A cat portrait
Moose helps out
A Cat Named Moose
Moose was Maggie's criminally insane cat, furry muse, catcher of moths and grabber of ankles. He was also for a while a star on eBay where every Moose pic which emerged from Maggie's studio was quickly snapped up!
I have my very own portrait of Moose at home - having spotted him as being a very collectable item of art at an early stage!
Sadly Moose died in January 2010 and his passing attracted a huge number of comments from friends and fans - of Moose.
Maggie now has a new cat called Murphy.
- Portraits with Character - A Cat Named Moose
- This is Moose's gallery on Maggie's art website. You can also find him displaying his goods(!) in her cafepress store.
- Making a Mark: Blogging Art in 2006 - The Making A Mark Awards
- Best Animal in an Illustrated Blog Award
No contest - Moose wins by a mile. Maggie Stiefvater characterises her cat Moose as a "criminally insane cat, furry muse, catcher of moths, grabber of ankles" but I think he's a total star. He's been breaking ACEO records and has also been featured in an article in Art Calendar about daily painting blogs. I fully expect he'll be having to complete his own tax return very soon.
Moose gets the prize for being most often featured in uncommon but totally typical images of a cat. I can only manage drawings of the catnapping variety as they always move in for a stroke as soon as I get the camera out. Moose however is a total luvvie and absolutely loves the lens. You can see more of him on Maggie's blog Greywaren Art and her website "Portraits with Character".
This award will in future be called "The Moose" in honour of its first prize-winner. - Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Moose
- Today, my cat Moose died suddenly and unexpectedly. Moose was my muse and my model for dozens of paintings when I was a professional artist; I had folks emailing asking to be told when the next Moose piece was going to be available. When I took out my camera, he would come running and pose for me. He paid the rent so many times I lost count. He also peed on my bed when he was mad.
It's going to be hard writing FOREVER without him smashed uncomfortably into the chair behind me. I'm still working out how I'm going to manage it. But I'm not going to go on and on, just show some of what Moose left behind.
Guess Who! The Winner of Best Animal in an Illustrated Blog Award
Cats of the Old Masters - Maggie's CafePress Store
A cat named Moose masquerades as great works of art
Cats of the Old Masters Mousepad
Price:
12.99'
Cats of the Old Masters Tote Bag
A tote with the Cats of the Old Masters design- 11 cat spoofs of famous paintings
Price:
19.49'
Cats of the Old Masters Calendar Print
Price:
5.99'
Cats of the Old Masters Framed Panel Print
Price:
37.99'
Cats of the Old Masters Journal
Price:
11.99'
Maggie has a new cat called Murphy
Maggie's new cat Murphy is doing his very best to fill in the big hole on the writing chair left by Moose.
Click the photo to read/see more about Murphy.
Maggie also LOVES Terriers
Maggie has two terriers - Ginger who is a needy Banded Mountain Terrier and Peanut who (as Maggie puts it) barks at her own farts.
This one's called Ginger and she's a she. Click these links to read about Peanut and the puppies
Maggie loves terriers - Maggie's CafePress Store
Smelly Wet Nosed Pillow Thief Keepsake Box
Another one of Peanut, a Parson's Jack Russell Terrier, sleeping on a plaid comforter.
Smelly Wet-Nosed Pillow Thief Journal
Great for all Jack lovers! My Jack Russell Terrier, Peanut, is the model for this journal.
Jack Russell Terrier Mousepad
This mousepad features "The Best Seat," a Jack Russell Terrier stealing a nap on a sofa.
Jack Russell Terriers Rule! Mug
C'mon. Jack Russells rule. You know it -- with this mug, everyone will.
...and let's not forget the love of horses!
Maggie is an accomplished equine artist
You can see more Maggie's equine art in the horses and ponies gallery on her portfolio website Portraits with Character.
...and then there's the animal in her car!
The car paid for by wolves in the book of the same name
Ever since I've known Maggie she's talked about owning a Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - and now she's got one!
Maggie Stiefvater is Unstoppable!
Maggie on being Thankful
Today's Thanksgiving, and there are many, many things this incredible and insane year that I am grateful for, but I'm going to keep it short.
I'm thankful:
1) that I am still wildly in love with my best friend, who happens to be my husband. We met when I was 19 and when he asked me to go out with him, I told him "give me a good reason." He's been giving me good reasons to love him for nine years now.
2) that some people love my books. I don't need the whole world to love them. I don't even need a lot of people to love them. But as long as there are some people out there who love them, I'm pretty darn happy.
3) that my kids shout "MAMA!" and hug my knees when I come home from book conferences.
4) that I have found a really wonderful publishing home. I love Scholastic and I'm beyond thrilled to be writing for them for the foreseeable future. Thanks, guys.
5) that I still love writing. That after a year of insanity, of bestsellers lists and face out in bookstores, of foreign rights sales and auctions, of movies and madcap dashes towards revision -- I still love to write. I was really afraid that somewhere along the way, that would change and it would become a business or I'd get burnt out or . . . anything. But no. Whether I have everything or nothing, it turns out that it's still the same: I'm still a writer.
Maggie's Tiny Thankful Post on her blog Words on Words
How does she do it?
Do you want to know what it takes to achieve this much?
- Making a Mark: Maggie Stiefvater goes Scholastic!
- You have no idea how long I have been waiting to write this post or how proud I am to write it. This post is nothing to do with art and yet it is everything to do with art and how to be both creative and successful.
- Making a Mark: 10 Free Life Lessons on being a Professional Artist
- My great friend Maggie Stiefvater has written yet another butt-kicking piece for all those people making excuses for why they're not more successful as professional artists.
Maggie is very successful - but then she does work very hard at it. Her most recent blog post contains 10 free life lessons for professional artists culled from her own experiences. - Making a Mark: Maggie Stiefvater: how does she do it?
- How do you become a best-selling artist? How can you find more time for your art?
Bottom line - what are the "secrets of success" to juggling all the various demands and responsibilities that threaten to engulf you so that you can really 'make it' as an artist?
OK - the time has come and the answer is here. I've written before about the meteoric rise of Maggie Stiefvater (see links at end) and I've been on at her for ages to share how she has managed to achieve her success. This time Maggie is going in for the 'big reveal' in her latest blog post "How to juggle and other parlor tricks". It provides an excellent account of the "secrets" of her success - and how she manages to create and develop her artwork, develop her art business and at the same time cope with all her other responsibilities and still make time for all her other interests - such as writing 65,000 word novels. - Greywaren Art: Marketing Maggie Style - Part I
- an overview of the diverse ways in which you can market yourself and your art - plus some pointers about bad publicity
- Greywaren Art: MARKETING, MAGGIE STYLE, PART II
- this is about Hype, Consistency, & Flexibility
- Greywaren Art: Marketing, Maggie Style, Part III
- About the time required to balance out art and marketing efforts and about the necessity of getting exposure offline as well as online.
- Greywaren Art: Virtual Sketching and Butt Kicking
- Okay, and now onto the butt-kicking. I do these periodically for those who need/ slash want them.........
So here it goes. You all know what I do -- I have two toddlers, three editors working with me on four novels, a part-time art career, musical instruments I practice, meals to cook (I'm allergic to preservatives so everything has to be from scratch), blogs to write, etc. etc. I think I have a full, life, but I don't feel like I have an impossible life. It's a happy life doing what I love.
And here are the secrets to my success in this month's butt-kicking. Remember, butt-kickings are like hydrogen pyroxide -- if it stings it means it's working. - Words on Words by Maggie Stiefvater - Maggie's Excessively Long Post on Time Management
- I don't feel qualified as an expert. Time management is still something that I constantly have to work at -- it's not like washing dishes, which I'm perfectly certain I can accomplish. It's more like writing, where each day is a new project I'm not sure I can pull off.
I think I get a lot done. But I don't think it's easy for me. I think that's the best way to put it. I can joke about it being about caffeine and cookie dough or an inability to sit still, but what it comes down to is: it's hard. I have to work at it. Anyone who thinks otherwise will be let down.
With that said, here are my basic principles of time management.
Maggie Stiefvater - winner of the Amusing Musings Trophy 2006
I gave Maggie her first writing award in December 2006
The Amusing Musings TropyMaggie Stiefvater has had a meteoric rise this year in terms of the development of her art and art business - most of which has been very under-stated in her blog Greywaren Art. I've written about her a lot partly because she's a friend but mostly because she currently confounds a lot of the doom and gloom merchants and some of the conventional wisdom about art, what to sell and how to sell. However I've maybe not highlighted her writing on her blog enough. She mostly provides daily blog posts and almost without fail demonstrates that the fresh eye which she brings to portraiture also applies to her take on the world as well. She has a very unique voice - in both words and image
Blogging Art in 2006 - The Making A Mark Awards (Part 2)
NEW! Shiver Trilogy Boxed Set by Maggie Stiefvater
(Hardcover - Jul 12, 2011)
Shiver Trilogy Boxed Set
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MAGGIE STIEFVATER - SHIVER
30 WEEKS ON NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST
Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls)
Amazon Price: $6.15 (as of 06/02/2012)
"For years, Grace has been fascinated by the yellow-eyed wolf that saved her from its pack when she was a child. Sam, bitten by a wolf as a boy, is that wolf. Long obsessed with each other at a distance, they finally meet after a wolf hunt (inspired by the apparent death of a local teen) sends a wounded and temporarily human Sam into Grace's arms. Their young love is facilitated by Grace's hands-off parents Once upon a time, I would've leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now, it sort of felt like too little, too late, Grace muses), but threatened by two linked crises: the fact that Sam will soon lose the ability to become human and the instability of a new lycanthrope. Stiefvater skillfully increases the tension throughout; her take on werewolves is interesting and original while her characters are refreshingly willing to use their brains to deal with the challenges they face." - Publisher's Weeky (starred review)
MAGGIE STIEFVATER - LINGER
#1 Borders Best Seller July 2010
Linger (Wolves of Mercy Falls, Book 2)
Amazon Price: $3.15 (as of 06/02/2012)
Te latest book by best selling author Maggie Stiefvater.
In "Shiver", Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.
At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER - FOREVER
Due for publication July 2011 - Order Now!
Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls, Book 3)
Amazon Price: $6.06 (as of 06/02/2012)
The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie Stievater
In Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened.
And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.
