Kresley Cole

nsart:

“He’d swiftly collected those monsters’ heads, tying them together with a piece of the rope she’d hoped never to see again, then strung them over his shoulder. Periodically, he offered his catch to her.“No, no, I have a pair just like them at home,” she’d said. “I would just regift them.” ― Kresley Cole, Demon from the DarkWell, the lineart is done! Carrow’s boots were very difficult, as well as their hands. I think I made it through ok though. I hope Malkom’s tattoo is close to what it should be, I had to go off of the cover…
You know you’re falling for him girl, don’t fight it ;)

:) Love the art!

“He’d swiftly collected those monsters’ heads, tying them together with a piece of the rope she’d hoped never to see again, then strung them over his shoulder. Periodically, he offered his catch to her.

“No, no, I have a pair just like them at home,” she’d said. “I would just regift them.” ― Kresley Cole, Demon from the Dark

Well, the lineart is done! Carrow’s boots were very difficult, as well as their hands. I think I made it through ok though. I hope Malkom’s tattoo is close to what it should be, I had to go off of the cover…

You know you’re falling for him girl, don’t fight it ;)

:) Love the art!

Swede took this photo of Grendel, a.k.a. Beasto. Clearly he is part alien (dog, not Swede)

togatherinc:

What do book editors do all day? Edit books, right? Well, as Zareen Jaffery told us, it’s a little bit more complicated than that. (Just a little.)

Zareen joined Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers in February 2011, continuing her focus on commercial and literary young adult and middle grade fiction, as well as teen non-fiction. Zareen works with a number of New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed authors including Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian, Kresley Cole, Claire Legrand, Hilary Duff, and Becca Fitzpatrick. Her upcoming projects include a debut middle grade series by Academy Award winning actress Octavia Spencer and a memoir by Shyima Hall, a former child slave. Zareen began her children’s publishing career at HarperCollins Children’s Books editing bestselling novelists Lauren Conrad, Jodi Lynn Anderson, LJ Smith, and Claudia Gray. Prior to working in children’s publishing, she was an editor of fiction and non-fiction at Hyperion, the book publishing arm of The Walt Disney Company, where she worked with notable authors Amy Goodman, Marshall Goldsmith, and Paulina Porizkova. Zareen is a graduate of New York University.

Zareen, besides being an advocate and fan of YA and children’s books, is great at actually defining what an editor does for a living. “An editor is more like a project manager—we’re the facilitator between the author and every other department in house,” she says. “As the editor, I’m the one who knows the book best.” Read the rest of our conversation to learn about working in “event” publishing, how to land your dream publishing job, and what she looks for in a book pitch (hint: please stop with the Twilight clones!)

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