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This week Amanda has signed a 7-figure deal with St. Martin's Press to publish a four book young adult paranormal romance series called the Watersong series. They're shooting for a fall 2012 release. The Wake is the first book in the series.
I am so happy for Amanda. She has worked hard for her success. It's not a fluke. Here's her interview from August 2010 that she gave me as part of my author interview series.
http://twoendsofthepen.blogspot.com/2010/08/interview-with-amanda-hocking.html
As you can see from that interview, Amanda has been writing books for a long time. She tried to go the traditional publishing path, but as she said back then about her agent/publisher search "I've been rejected about a thousand times."
Congratulations, Amanda, on all your success. YOU GO GIRLl!
Here's the article from the NY Times about the deal: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/self-publisher-signs-four-book-deal-with-macmillan/
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Way to go, Amanda! From indie to indomitable.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome news for Amanda! Thanks for sharing it, Debra.
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