I'm waist deep in spring cleaning here at Angieville and just wanted to take a moment and give a shout out to my sweetheart of a brother-in-law for the new banner, which he hand painted in a fit of spontaneous awesomeness. Clearly, he's a kindred spirit. We love a good story. Yes, we do.
Ever since I fell in love with Diana Peterfreund 's Secret Society Girl series last year, I've been hoping I'd get the chance to interview her here. Tomorrow marks the release of her new novel, Rampant , and let me tell you that you have not read a book like this before. You can read my review here , but all you really need to know is that it's a story about killer unicorns and the young women who hunt them. You want to read it now, don't you? Oh, yeah, and it's YA and the first in a series! To celebrate the release, Diana graciously answered a few of my most burning questions. As she is always a delight, I know you'll enjoy them as much as I did. First things first: When did the idea for Rampant first hit you and what (if anything) did you know right off the bat? In early 2005, just after selling Secret Society Girl , I had this dream of being chased by a very dangerous unicorn. I woke up and went to go look it up to see if I could figure out the meanin...
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ReplyDeleteI LOVE the new layout. Very pretty! : D
Ooh, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteHey. Where's Poe? ;-)
Looks great! Terrific banner.
ReplyDeleteLaura J
Wow, that is GORGEOUS. Well done to your brother-in-law!
ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDeleteOh, wow!!! Your sweetheart of a brother-in-law is incredibly talented. That is one beautiful painting... he captured the essence of the stories you love perfectly. I'll be visiting more often just so I can admire it. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful! Gosh, I can't stop staring at it!
ReplyDeleteLook how pretty it is!
ReplyDeleteThat is talent--serious kudos to the artist.
love it!! =)
ReplyDeleteThe banner is gorgeous, and the site looks great!
ReplyDeleteThat banner is magnificent! (And I love the new pic of you, too.) Now I need to go out and find me a talented brother-in-law. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it love it. He is talented isn't he.
ReplyDeleteThat is an incredibly clever (and pretty!) banner. Very very nice.
ReplyDeleteWhat everyone else said! Beautiful new look :) Me likey.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! He totally took me by surprise with it, too. Better than anything I was envisioning, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteDiana, sigh. Poe is the only thing it lacks.
Christine, he did, didn't he? Must go bake him some cookies.
Chelle, DH convinced me to change the pic on the grounds that the old one was "a bit on the creepy side." I believe those were his words. Glad you like the new, less-creepy version of me. ;)
Oh, I liked the old one just fine. It was quite artsy and dramatic, not at all creepy. I can tell you one thing: If I took pictures nearly as well as you do, I'd actually have one on my own blog.(And that? So not gonna happen.)
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteLove your new look! You have some talented folks in your family!
ReplyDeleteWow. Just wow. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI like the new layout, your header is so creative & pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job! Just beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely job he did Angie! Fabulous new look too. :)
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