Dia Reeves

• I hate surprise parties. If you want to be my friend, never throw a party for me. Ever. I will not forget and I will not forgive.
• I think it’s cute that some reviewers think writers look at bad reviews, study the criticism, and then use the lessons learned from the criticism to suck less when writing their next book. Absolutely adorable.
• Speaking of bad reviews, to all the reviewers who don’t like Bleeding Violet, but who think I have talent and are looking forward to my next book, don’t bother. It’s just more of the same sex and violence and surreal crap that turned you off in the first place. Try a Sisterchicks novel instead–those are sweet and wholesome, and when you turn the last page, the story will not linger in your mind or derange it with disturbing thoughts or imagery. You have been warned.

I haven’t done a Music Monday in a long time. I’m in a mood to celebrate the bizarre, and who’s more bizarre than Grace Jones? She’s this scary/beautiful supermodel from the 80s who’s been in movies, but is also a singer. She even sings in French–that’s how badass she is. This song isn’t in French; it IS creepy and strange though, and I’m kind of into it right now.

Tags: Music, random thoughts, weeding out the non-weirdos
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Just a quick ping to let you know I’ve added a Frequently Asked Questions page to the site. So hopefully I will never have to answer certain questions ever again. :p

Also, there’s yet another blurb for Bleeding Violet. A librarian I know who subscribes to the Simon Pulse newsletter (or maybe it was Simon & Schuster?) pointed it out to me:

Just like the chick on the cover, you’ll find yourself wrapped up in this twisted and fascinating story about a crazy girl who finds herself in an even crazier town. Word to the wise: this isn’t your average paranormal story that you’ve read time and again.

If you’re looking for a cutesy protagonist, Hanna is not your girl. She is plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses. If you’re looking for bloodsuckers in the suburbs, instead you’ll find an odd East Texas town with flesh-eating creatures, parasitical spirits, and doors that lead out of this world.

But if you’re looking for a romance, you’ve come to the right place. No, not another corny love story, but one that is honest and fitting in the non-fairy tale sort of way. But don’t say I didn’t warn you . . . Love can be a dangerous thing.

I really like this blurb. I like the way it attempts to weed out the non-weirdos so that they don’t get their minds blown. xD

In other news, I’m sure everyone’s heard about how Bloomsbury put a white girl on the cover of Magic Under Glass even though the main character, Nimira, isn’t white. Bloomsbury did something similar with the book Liar, but I think that since Nimira isn’t black, they figured no one would notice or cause the same kind of fuss over a brown girl. Turns out, brown girls kinda want to see themselves represented on covers just as much as black girls do. Strange how that works, isn’t it?

Anyway, if you want to show support for Jackie Dolamore (the author of Magic Under Glass and the innocent party in all of this), go to this site http://petol.org/bc4all and sign the petition. Also, feel free to write something really scathingly brilliant to Bloomsbury about how completely uncool it is to whitewash covers in the 21st century.

Okay nevermind. xD Controversy has ended. Bloomsbury is changing the cover. http://bit.ly/8Snbd3 I’m gonna leave the contact info up though, just in case Bloomsbury decides to go for a hat-trick.

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