Two days ago One
Lonely Degree hits bookstores across Canada and
the United States and to celebrate I'm going to be holding
a June contest to give away some books and book related
so look out for that in a few weeks.
I wrote One Lonely Degree five
year ago but somehow it's still kind of weird for me
to imagine that it's all over with. Maybe because I
spent such a long time with the characters. I didn't
see much of them for several years after finishing the
book but then came the editing, coming up with descriptions
of Finn and Jersy for Random House to use for casting
the cover shoot, pouring over pictures of swimsuits
to select some that could be right for Jersy and Finn,
and rethinking words and phrases during copy-editing.
Writing and publishing a book is a long process and
it winds down gradually but it seems One Lonely Degree
is finally done, right down to the commas and semi-colons.
I've been posting lots of music related
to the book lately and that's something I'm probably
not done with! Below I've posted a song that sums up
Finn's emotional state for much of One Lonely Degree.
I'm Not Okay (I Promise), My Chemical
Romance:
Some of the things that Finn does during
the course of the book probably wouldn't happen if she
was feeling more okay and then again, some of those
exact same not so okay things happen precisely because
she's starting to feel better in certain ways. Life
is confusing and full of shades of gray.
Anyway, there are already some blog reviews
for the book up if you want to have a look:
One
Lonely Degree:
so look out for that in a few weeks.
Bookshipper
