Over at the Flux blog, Andrew has been announcing some pretty great news about the Flux authors. Carrie Jones and Brian Yansky received some very nice reviews for their novels, Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend (Carrie) and Wonders of the World (Brian). Christine Kole Maclean and Simone Elkeles won an Independent Publishers Book Award (Gold for Christine and Silver for Simone). And Flux has rolled out the new covers for the fall books. (Scroll to the bottom of the Flux blog for the slideshow showing the covers. Or, take a look at all of the upcoming books at “the Mothership“.)
Getting back to Carrie–I just finished her book last week, and I absolutely loved it. Tips is the type of book that will make you laugh and cringe (but cringe in a good way) at the same time. Belle is a sweetheart; a sweetheart you have to root for. And while I wanted to hate Dylan (like I think Belle did at first), Carrie really did a good job of showing him as a conflicted and compassionate three-dimensional character, not just a stereotypical gay guy that dumps his girlfriend. And–saying this in the most heterosexual way possible–if I was a girl, I would be all over Tom Tanner.
I’m really looking forward to the sequel, Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape), and I’m hoping there’s a lot more of Emily in it.
And just to throw some good news in about me, my book is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. January 2008 doesn’t seem quite so far away anymore.