Cover Stories: Trance by Linda Gerber

Linda Gerber has another pull-you-in title, Trance, out this month. You may remember her cinematic, action-filled Death By... series (remember the covers with the pop-art cut-out covers? LOVE!). She's back to share her new, hypnotizing Cover Story for Trance:"The cover gods at Puffin have been very good to me. Theresa Evangelista was the designer of the Death by Bikini Mysteries covers, and I knew she was the one working on this cover as well, so trusted it would be fabulous. "When I first saw the cover, I was happy with it. I really liked Ashlyn's eyes and the trance-esque circles radiating from the title. "In the end, there was just a subtle change, but it made a huge difference. After the first cover mock-up, they decided red would make the cover pop more than the blue. They were so right! I liked the cover in blue, but I love it in red. Plus, it has this cool, iridescent finish on the final version so that it catches the light. Pretty! "Theresa has done it again. I absolutely love this cover." Thank you, Linda! I agree on the color change. The first one feels colder somehow, but I prefer the warm, red, pulsating nature of the final. What do you guys think?

Photo Friday: Winter Wedding + Links!

My lovely friends Will and Orla got married a few weekends ago. They live in Dublin but their families flew all the way from Ireland to be at their wedding in Vermont! A wedding with Irish people is extra fun, trust me. Here are some photos:Me on the steps of the very white the Stowe Community Church: Just married, and so smiley! I'm telling you, these two are like moviestars in their lovely winter buggy: They had a dreamy starry cake: Orla wore amazing glitter Louboutins (yes, Julia, real ones): Oh, and we did a little skiing too. Fun, fun! And I'm going to share some links too, because I found a lot this week that I was into and I like to share: * I heart this writer. On Gabourey Sidibe from Precious: "She IS full-sized, mofos. She's not ashamed of it. Stop being ashamed for her! DAMN." Go read this awesome rant. * Erika at Cafe Fashionista interviewed me about my style secret and I totally spilled it. * You can follow a Magic 8-Ball on twitter and it'll respond with yes/no/etc when you @ it! * Your shot at a signed copy of Lovestruck Summer ends on 3/15 (check out all the Teen Fiction Cafe posts -- we got deep into writing and the life of an author this week for our third anniversary!) * Stole this from Linda Gerber, but totally love Simone Elkeles's trailers -- so professional! Had to share: Happy Friday! Got links to share? Tell me below! Oh, and PS: (Can't help it -- EXCITED. Although I think the New Moon trailer was better.)