Comments on: Smugglivus Day 16 – Guest Author: Carrie Ryan

By: Veronica F.

Veronica F. — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:07:51 +0000

I too LOVED Forest of Hands and Teeth and eagerly await Dead Tossed Waves! I also enjoyed Wings and the Season, and currently started Leviathan. It’s my first steampunk book.

By: Breiab

Breiab — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:21:42 +0000

Definitely waiting on your next book, I loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:33:45 +0000

LOVED Forest of Hands and Teeth — I’ve been recommending it for teens and adults at our library. Can’t wait to read your next book!

By: Jessica Capelle

Jessica Capelle — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:19:23 +0000

My TBR pile is definitely larger now! Thanks for the great post! The Forest of Hands and Teeth is coming up over the next couple of weeks- can’t wait to read it!

By: katiebabs

katiebabs — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:11:14 +0000

Carrie: I think it’s great you wrote Forest while doing NaNoWriMo. Also, you didn’t need to follow a trend

Very excited for the sequel even though I dread reading late at night because I hate zombies with a passion.

By: Carrie Ryan

Carrie Ryan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:47:01 +0000

Hey Ginny – I started writing The Forest of Hands and Teeth for NaNoWriMo in 2006 and finished it around April 2007. I revised through the summer, queried agents in August 2007, signed with my agent in September and he sold the book in October 2007. I revised it into early 2008 and the first Advanced Reader Copies came out in June 2008. The book finally hit shelves in March 2009 — so about 2.5 years from first word to book on shelf and 1.5 years from selling the book to book on shelf.

For young adult fiction, it’s usually 1.5 years or more between a book selling and it finally reaching shelves — is a loooong process!

By: Carrie Ryan

Carrie Ryan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:44:06 +0000

Katie – it’s crazy how many zombie stories are coming up which thrills me to no end! We’ve come a long way since I started writing The Forest of Hands and Teeth in 2006 and thinking it would never sell cause who would ever want to read about zombies?

By: Ginny

Ginny — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:43:21 +0000

Leviathan is a really awesome book, & I love Forest of Hands & Teeth.
Wow, it took a long time for your book to come! Or when you say sold, do you mean sold the first draft & it’s been in editing & stuff since 2007? I didn’t realise it took so long!
x

By: RKCharron

RKCharron — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:54:38 +0000

Hi Carrie
Thank you very much for the great guest post here.
Excellent choices.
Happy Holidays,
RKCharron
PS – Did I ever tell you that FOREST gave my 16 year old daughter a dream of being lost in the gates, chased by the Uncleansed?

By: katiebabs

katiebabs — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:01:50 +0000

zombies… 2009 was a big year for them. Can’t wait to see what 2010 hold.