Just thought I’d share a lovely review of DRAW THE DARK.  If you’ve not visited The YA-5, do.  These folks are writers (so I feel doubly blessed) and their reviews are so entertaining–the style, so breezy–I defy anyone not to keep reading.  (How come I never met you guys before?)

Beyond the obvious wow-thanks factor, though, is this: These guys are out to champion small presses and books that might go unnoticed otherwise.  More power to them (reviewers and presses)!

Thank you, Kristin!

For those of you who are pro bloggers, librarians, teachers, media, and/or other professional folk, my YA paranormal mystery, DRAW THE DARK, is available for review as a free download on NETGALLEY.  This great site is dedicated to providing, in their words, “an inexpensive and green way for publishers to share their digital galleys securely.”

Check out this link.  Register for a free account and then hit the “Request” button next to DRAW.  Once Carolrhoda approves the request you’ll receive an e-mail notification and the galley will appear on your NetGalley homepage (under “New Invitations to View Titles”) for download.

Enjoy and happy reading!

Just stumbled on this great site, Letters of Note.  The generous folks there put up a new, previously unpublished letter/fax/telegram/note every weekday.  Spend some time and you’ll find out what Einstein really thought about God, or a fabulous rant by Hunter Thompson, who clearly didn’t believe in internal censors.  Or, in today’s offering, what Marlon Brando said via telegram to Michael Jackson.

Seeing such a treasure trove does make me wonder: what, exactly, will happen to history when we no longer give it solidity?  Does anyone–other than, say, the President and minions of similar ilk–save more than a smattering of emails?  Re-reading letters–Poe’s, Einstein’s, Dickens’s–is a way of connecting not only with the past but the mortar and brick of history and this can only be so because the letters are things, not random electrons easily wiped away with the tap of a forefinger.

Be a shame to lose that kind of connection to the past.  Maybe that’s why I like writing books

Drop by Jennifer Laughran’s blog (yes, my awesome agent) and enter to win a copy of DRAW THE DARK.

Donna asked me for a guest post on a bit of the how and the why for DRAW for her blog, BITES, and it’s up now.  Check it out: http://litbites.blogspot.com/2010/06/author-bites-ilsa-j-bick-on-history.html