Book Update:  After many months, The Heroine’s Bookshelf is complete.  Now it’s off to the copyeditors for the finished manuscript (and off to the manicurist for me as I bite my nails down to the quick in anticipation).  Next up:  cover design, launch plans, and many thrilling announcements to come.  Stay in the loop:  follow The Heroine’s Bookshelf blog, become a Facebook or Goodreads fan, or listen in to the bookish conversation on Twitter.

It Has Come: Huge news…I got a book deal! After years of dreams, schemes, and setbacks, I finally got my debut book deal with HarperCollins. Needless to say, I’m still reeling from the news!

The book, entitled The Heroine’s Bookshelf, was described in its Publishers Lunch blurb as “an inspiring look at literature’s greatest and most enduring female characters — such as Jo March, Jane Eyre, Elizabeth Bennet, Laura Ingalls and others — and their authors, who have helped shape the inner lives of generations of women, teasing out universal tenets of strength and survival, and gleaning the wisdom and solace they offer to help women navigate these challenging times and find their inner heroine.”

The sale would have been impossible without the encouragement, belief, and support of my tenacious agent Larry Weissman and the chance editor Jeanette Perez took on me and my writing.  Want to know what the process of finishing a book is like? Follow along at my new blog, http://theheroinesbookshelf.com!Go Social! Prefer communications in 140 characters or less? Follow me on Twitter @vococreative.

Big Changes Afoot: Noticed a lull in my freelance output? That’s because I’ve been devoting my attention to VOCO Creative, the marketing and brand strategy firm I co-founded with Juli Dimos in 2008. Visit VOCO to find out more about my day job and my accomplishments in the field of social media marketing and brand strategy!

Manga Madness: I’m excited to announce that my English adaptations and German-English translations are now in the comic book section of your local book store.

• Gothic Sports (English adaptation)
• Gothic Sports 2 (English translation and adaptation)
• Gothic Sports 3 (English translation and adaptation)
• Metamo Kiss 3 (English adaptation)
• In The End (English translation and adaptation)
• Guardian Hearts 1 (English adaptation)
• Guardian Hearts 2 (English adaptation)