Brittany Maresh

writer

Even when I’m not really psyched about the book, I love the release parties.  I’ve kind of become an addict, actually.  I attend even when I don’t really want to  buy the book.  People who are all excited about books, milling about doing fun activities.  Shooting a child-sized bow and suction-cup arrows at little targets, making swords and fencing with random twelve year old girls who look really, really unhappy to be there, painting awesome tiles…

This Friday’s release party was a lot of fun, even though I didn’t care about the book being released.  And even though there were only a few people there, it was a lot of fun.  Maybe more fun, because there wasn’t a lot of screeching and yelling like at most of the releases.

Best thing of the night?  The promotional bookmark for the book being released featured Amelia Atwater Rhodes on the back of it.  She’s got a great book coming out in a few months, and I love her books.  I wish they’d do a release party for her books, too.  I’d all the way dress up in costume, stand in line, count down to the second until I can flock forward and get the book.

Since I wasn’t really psyched about the book coming out, I picked up the ones I had waiting for me already, anyway.  Mary Downing Hahn’s Wait Till Helen Comes (a long-time favorite of mine) and Justine Larbalestier’s How To Ditch Your Fairy.  Given how much fun I had raeding Justine Larbalestier‘s How To Ditch Your Fairy, I think I’ll be waiting in line the day the next one comes out, midnight release or not.

-Brittany Maresh

I promised myself I would try and update, so here I am, updating. Peculiar, that.

For those of you who are fans of Amelia Atwater Rhodes, she’s got this crazy game going on her forums.  It’s a lot of fun, and I think reflects her brilliant sense of humor.  I’m NotAnotherExit there, for the curious, and I’ll give you three guesses who I’m cheering for in this happy little game!

My writing group has had a change of location, right when I needed the stability the most. I was finishing this story or going to die trying, when quite suddenly our meeting spot closed down.  I’m not sure how I feel about our temporary location, other than that I hope it remains temporary.  It’s a bit more… literary.  Artsy?  The feeling is less home-town and warmth, more art gallery, at any rate.  We will see if I get used to it before October 6, when our usual location re-opens.

On a thrilling and exciting note, my friend Tracy Woelfel just got a short story published in Lilith Unbound, an anthology edited by the stunning Elaine Cunningham of WotC fame and published through Popcorn Press.

Happy Harvest Season,

Brittany Maresh