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Rachel Hartman
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Soon, my pretties!
Just found out that IN THE SERPENT’S WAKE will be out in paperback on Feb. 21st! If you’ve been waiting for the paperback, or waiting for both books of the duology to be out in paperback, the wait is almost over.
Also! I have a short story, called GHOST STORY, coming out on Feb. 17th at The Sunday Morning Transport. What’s TSMT, you ask brightly? Why, a wonderful scheme to get a new SFF story into
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Seraphina (Seraphina #1)
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2012
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Shadow Scale (Seraphina, #2)
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2015
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Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)
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2018
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The Audition (Seraphina, #0.5)
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2012
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In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road, #2)
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2022
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Among Ghosts
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2025
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Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming
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2002
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Amy Unbounded: St. Fatuous's Fair (The Ashcan Series #2)
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1996
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Amy in the Grip of Good Weather (Amy Unbounded #1)
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1996
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Galaxion Flip Book Number 1 Amy Unbounded
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“Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the correct livery, passes through more easily.”
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“The world inside myself is vaster and richer than this paltry plane, peopled with mere galaxies and gods.”
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“There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.”
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“Colin's skin was alive with the feeling of connection to everyone in that car and everyone not in it. And he was feeling not-unique in the very best possible way.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
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“It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.”
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Hi Rachel - What a nice surprise to receive your friend invite. I love your writing! I loved "Seraphina," and I look forward to reading "Shadow Scale."
I just finished reading Seraphina this morning and I just had to let you know how much I loved it! I'll admit I was worried about reading it due to all the gushing reviews from fellow GR friends which is why I delayed in starting it but now I realise my mistake.I eagerly await the sequel.
Hi Rachel! Thanks for the add acceptance :) I look forward to talking books with you often! -T. P.S. Just finished Seraphina a few hours ago and I'm absolutely enthralled with your writing! Anxiously awaiting the second installment!
Hey, Rachel! I love your dream with Catie, and me serving cookies! You are both invited to come up and visit anytime, assuming that either of you ever has the time.:)But no shoveling the driveway, okay? It would take the three of us a couple days to do that job.
Congrats on your success! It couldn't happen to a more deserving author or person. Let's all have a cookie! Or two.:)
: )So, I'm your 200th friend and your book was my 200th review.
Kismet.
Depends where you live. People seem to know everyone in their own state.
So today we saw Seraphina in the bookstore and the Australian cover is SO GORGEOUS!Of course we bought a copy right away.
Congrats!
Rachel wrote: "I noticed you liking some House of the Scorpion reviews, and I was all, "Hey, why didn't he like mine?" Oh, because I didn't write one! It's been a long time since I read that book, but I think you'd love it. It basically asks the question "Is evil hereditary?" I loooooved it so much. "Well of course I would have liked your review if you had written one!! I was just moving down the line of friends' reviews - I think after seeing a comment about the book by Catie.
Thanks for writing a personal review and rec just for me! I already have the sample and your praise gets me even more interested in it. It sounds great!
Getting more and more excited about your book, Rachel!!
that is a good motto. mine is, "if it doesn't move, it's food."this is a bad motto. i should think it through before i make it official.. i was too enthusiastic. oh, dear - that stapler isn't moving....
ooh, it is this thai restaurant near my house..... soo good. i do a weekly "adventures in food and fun" thingie on here in my writing section. you can see the actual food there and continue to be jealous. i love food. and fun.
Of course we're friends! Any friend of Ista's is a friend of mine. ;)I'm looking forward to reading Seraphina too--it was already on my TBR list!
Did the blog load? Maybe you are too magical for the unicorn! :O
It was worth the late night! Glad you're raising him right--to bleed blue!
WOOOHOOOOO!!!! Number 8 is officially hanging in Rupp. Need to find a way to see it ASAP. Sounds like thousands of people celebrated today. I wanted to go to Rupp but the tickets sold out too quickly.
Thanks! Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat. Bleeding blue knows no bounds (international lines or otherwise). I'm so excited it's hard to actually focus on anything this evening.
Thanks for accepting my friend request. I just finished Seraphina and I absolutely adored it. It is now one of my favorite books, and I cannot wait to reread it and others! Thank you for a beautiful and thrilling escape into Phina's world!
Thank you so much for the friend request. (I am so much in awe of you after reading Seraphina that I would have just followed you in perpetuity rather than friending you!)
Hi Rachel! Thank you for accepting our friend request :)
Hi Rachel! I picked up Seraphina this weekend at ALA midwinter and I can't tell you how excited I am to read it!
Hey Rachel, thanks for the friendvite! I'm glad to be in touch on a more regular basis. And if you start throwing your weight around when your book comes out, I'm sewing that shadow right back onto you with the biggest needle I can find.
Thanks for accepting my friend request. I loved your book and can't wait for the next one, even if this one is not out yet! Heraklion is not my hometown, but I've been living here for five years now and I love it, even though I hate seafood, can't really eat anything from the sea...:P
Thanks for accepting my friend request. I've enjoyed your reviews for a while and I'm looking forward to reading Seraphina when I can get my hands on it. :)
Thanks for the friend request. I'm so flattered. I've seen people getting really excited for Seraphina and sometimes I get intimidated about approaching GR friends because I'm actually rather shy.I must admit I've never read any Terry Pratchett. I don't necessarily have anything against him, there's just always other books I want to read first >.< I'll keep Tiffany Aching in mind, though. I'm always on the hunt for strong heroines.
COVERRRR! You has a COVER! And it's AWESOME! Yayyy. Also, where's my copy, huh? Where?
Thanks for the add. And can't wait for Seraphina. :)
WHOA. I just realized you got an author blurb from Tamora Pierce. ENVY!
Moorchild wrote: "Rachel! Are you doing Nanowrimo this year?"Y'know what, you twisted my arm (that was hard, wasn't it?). I'm already 30K words into it, but I think I can use this to track my continued progress and give myself a kick in the pants, which I seem to need. My handle is amyunbounded.
Kat wrote: "Saw your book on Netgalley! Good luck, Rachel! If anyone deserves to be published, successfully and kicking the literature world's ass - it's you!"Aw, thanks! I shall endeavour to kick the world's ass to the best of my ability. Er, the literature world's ass, that is. Maybe both, if I have time.
Saw your book on Netgalley! Good luck, Rachel! If anyone deserves to be published, successfully and kicking the literature world's ass - it's you!
Rachel wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Hey Rachel. I just saw a certain book on NetGalley and just had to request it! ;)"Is it on NetGalley? Cool! Sorry it doesn't have a proper cover yet!"
Yup, it was a nice surprise to see it. Hopefully they will accept me. :)
Stephanie wrote: "Hey Rachel. I just saw a certain book on NetGalley and just had to request it! ;)"Is it on NetGalley? Cool! Sorry it doesn't have a proper cover yet!
Hey Rachel. I just saw a certain book on NetGalley and just had to request it! ;)
Thanks for the friend invite. Soggy diaspora - I'll have to remember that. What I miss the most are the beaches, especially when the tides are out.
Thank you for the friend request. Note to self, milk and bread doesn't work on trolls, but it does work for new GR friends.
Moorchild wrote: "Rachel wrote: Howdy! I agree that the Pacific Northwest is a particularly apropos place for hunting undead!"I see you're from BC! I am actually very close to you, right now, in Port Townsend. Hul..."
LOL. This is something we talk about CONSTANTLY at the dinner table. My seven-year-old thinks he's part of the Lesser Undead Fighters' Association of Greater Vancouver, and he tells me all these zombie-fighting adventures he has at night. Also: famous Canadian painter Emily Carr is apparently also undead, and very hard to catch. Who knew?
Moorchild wrote: "Hello, Rachel! Nice to meet you! :D"Howdy! I agree that the Pacific Northwest is a particularly apropos place for hunting undead!
Vinaya wrote: "Yay! I was going to send you a request, but you beat me to it! I tend to dither over these things... Btw, the green worm is supposed to be a book worm. I'm not sure how physiologically accurate it ..."I've never seen a real live bookworm, I have to admit. I've seen the holes they leave, which are kind of cool looking, if creepy. Anyway, thanks for accepting!
Yay! I was going to send you a request, but you beat me to it! I tend to dither over these things... Btw, the green worm is supposed to be a book worm. I'm not sure how physiologically accurate it is, but I thought it was cute!
anyway,, you're awesome!!:)