Comments on: Interactive Q&A and Giveaway with Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html Smuggling Since 2007 | Reviewing SF & YA since 2008 Fri, 25 May 2012 01:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Book Smugglers » Blog Archive » Guest Author & Giveaway: Jeri Smith-Ready on Inspirations and Influences http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-26657 The Book Smugglers » Blog Archive » Guest Author & Giveaway: Jeri Smith-Ready on Inspirations and Influences Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:01:54 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-26657 [...] is no secret that we are fans of Jeri Smith-Ready. She has blogged with us before and Ana recently fell in love with her YA novel Shade (reviewed here). And to celebrate the UK [...] [...] is no secret that we are fans of Jeri Smith-Ready. She has blogged with us before and Ana recently fell in love with her YA novel Shade (reviewed here). And to celebrate the UK [...]

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17773 Jeri Smith-Ready Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:55:47 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17773 Diana Dang asks: <em>Hm, is there a place you want to travel to but haven’t yet?</em> Great question! Lots of places. I would love to go to Yosemite National Park in California and the Arches in Utah. Ooh, and Hawaii. Overseas my first choice (that I haven't been to yet) would probably be Ireland. Or Costa Rica. And New Zealand! India would be really cool, too. I'll stop now. ;-) Diana Dang asks: Hm, is there a place you want to travel to but haven’t yet?

Great question! Lots of places. I would love to go to Yosemite National Park in California and the Arches in Utah. Ooh, and Hawaii. Overseas my first choice (that I haven’t been to yet) would probably be Ireland. Or Costa Rica. And New Zealand! India would be really cool, too. I’ll stop now. ;-)

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17772 Jeri Smith-Ready Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:48:33 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17772 Lindsay asks: <em>What did you do to keep on writing even when you didn’t feel like it?</em> I find fear to be a great motivator. Fear of deadlines, mostly. I know that if I don't meet my daily goals, I probably won't meet my weekly goals, and so on. So every day, I remind myself I'm on deadline, even if that deadline is months away. Lindsay asks: What did you do to keep on writing even when you didn’t feel like it?

I find fear to be a great motivator. Fear of deadlines, mostly. I know that if I don’t meet my daily goals, I probably won’t meet my weekly goals, and so on. So every day, I remind myself I’m on deadline, even if that deadline is months away.

]]> By: Diana Dang http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17769 Diana Dang Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:21:17 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17769 Wow, there's so many questions asked that I don't know what to ask! Hm, is there a place you want to travel to but haven't yet? Wow, there’s so many questions asked that I don’t know what to ask!

Hm, is there a place you want to travel to but haven’t yet?

]]> By: Lindsay http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17767 Lindsay Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:55:30 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17767 I would LOVE to win this!! Thankyou!! :D:D:D What did you do to keep on writing even when you didn't feel like it? -Lindsay lindsay15photo@gmail.com I would LOVE to win this!!
Thankyou!! :D:D:D
What did you do to keep on writing even when you didn’t feel like it?
-Lindsay

lindsay15photo@gmail.com

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17743 Jeri Smith-Ready Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:47:37 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17743 Lisa B asks: <em>You’ve done YA and UF. My question is, what’s next? Will there be more YA in your future? And how many planned books for the WVMP RADIO vampire series? Are there any passion projects on the back burner (thought I know you can’t share too much)?</em> I have a second YA coming out next year (SHIFT, the sequel to SHADE), then hopefully one or two more books in that series. I plan to have five books in the WVMP series. But right now, only four are guaranteed (here's where I say to readers, if you like a series, buy the books when they're released, and spread the word about what you like, because that's the only way it'll survive). Since I plan to stay with each of these series for the next year or so, I haven't thought a whole lot about new ideas, but I have a couple of urban fantasies in mind. One is definitely adult, and the other hasn't decided which it wants to be yet. ;-) Lisa B asks: You’ve done YA and UF. My question is, what’s next? Will there be more YA in your future? And how many planned books for the WVMP RADIO vampire series? Are there any passion projects on the back burner (thought I know you can’t share too much)?

I have a second YA coming out next year (SHIFT, the sequel to SHADE), then hopefully one or two more books in that series. I plan to have five books in the WVMP series. But right now, only four are guaranteed (here’s where I say to readers, if you like a series, buy the books when they’re released, and spread the word about what you like, because that’s the only way it’ll survive).

Since I plan to stay with each of these series for the next year or so, I haven’t thought a whole lot about new ideas, but I have a couple of urban fantasies in mind. One is definitely adult, and the other hasn’t decided which it wants to be yet. ;-)

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17739 Jeri Smith-Ready Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:37:39 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17739 Sharli asks: <em>I don’t know if it’s been asked yet, but how do you like your covers?</em> I love them! I think my favorites so far are the ones for SHADE and BAD TO THE BONE. BRING ON THE NIGHT's is awesome, too, and you can now see it <a href="http://twitpic.com/1537kn" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Because SHADE is a hardcover, it has a full jacket wrap design that goes beyond the front cover. You can see both the front and the full covers <a href="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/shade" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Sharli asks: I don’t know if it’s been asked yet, but how do you like your covers?

I love them! I think my favorites so far are the ones for SHADE and BAD TO THE BONE. BRING ON THE NIGHT’s is awesome, too, and you can now see it here.

Because SHADE is a hardcover, it has a full jacket wrap design that goes beyond the front cover. You can see both the front and the full covers here.

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17738 Jeri Smith-Ready Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:30:37 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17738 Stella asks: <em>If you could have a fantasy dinner party, who would you invite to attend (dead or alive, real person or fictional character, etc)?</em> Hmm, I always try to answer this question differently each time, so let's say...Attila the Hun and Jane Austen. :P Stella asks: If you could have a fantasy dinner party, who would you invite to attend (dead or alive, real person or fictional character, etc)?

Hmm, I always try to answer this question differently each time, so let’s say…Attila the Hun and Jane Austen. :P

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17737 Jeri Smith-Ready Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:27:18 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17737 Spav: <em>What were your favourite books from 2009?</em> I'm so glad you asked, because i never had a chance to blog about this at New Year's. I assume you mean books published in 2009, although I tend to be way behind and read books years after they come out. Here are some I loved! GOING TOO FAR by Jennifer Echols FADE by Lisa McMann EVIE EVER AFTER by Beth Ciotta SEDUCED BY SHADOWDS by Jessa Slade BALLADS OF SUBURBIA by Stephanie Kuehnert FAMILY AFFAIR by Caprice Crane ICE by Sarah Beth Durst CONFESSIONS OF A DEMON by S.L. Wright IF I STAY by Gayle Forman BREATHERS: A ZOMBIE'S LAMENT by S.G. Browne Spav: What were your favourite books from 2009?

I’m so glad you asked, because i never had a chance to blog about this at New Year’s. I assume you mean books published in 2009, although I tend to be way behind and read books years after they come out. Here are some I loved!

GOING TOO FAR by Jennifer Echols
FADE by Lisa McMann
EVIE EVER AFTER by Beth Ciotta
SEDUCED BY SHADOWDS by Jessa Slade
BALLADS OF SUBURBIA by Stephanie Kuehnert
FAMILY AFFAIR by Caprice Crane
ICE by Sarah Beth Durst
CONFESSIONS OF A DEMON by S.L. Wright
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman
BREATHERS: A ZOMBIE’S LAMENT by S.G. Browne

]]> By: Jeri Smith-Ready http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/02/interactive-qa-and-giveaway-with-jeri-smith-ready.html/comment-page-2#comment-17735 Jeri Smith-Ready Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:12:56 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=8554#comment-17735 jmspettoli asks: <em>what is the craziest fan letter/email you’ve ever received?</em> Probably years ago, when a woman thanked me for revealing how Satan was at work in Washington, DC. I don't think she'd even read my book, Requiem for the Devil, probably just the description. jmspettoli asks: what is the craziest fan letter/email you’ve ever received?

Probably years ago, when a woman thanked me for revealing how Satan was at work in Washington, DC. I don’t think she’d even read my book, Requiem for the Devil, probably just the description.

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