Chelsea M. Campbell

And I am! W00T! I just put down ACTUAL MONEY on airline tickets and made hotel reservations. I’ll be in NYC May 24th – 28th. (It’s going to be just like in Down with Love, right? #sarcasm)
For those not in the know, BEA (Book Expo America) is a giant book convention [...]

Gah, apparently it’s been a week since I posted. The days just slip by!
So what have I been doing the past week? What breaking news is there to report from Chelsea Land?
Er, not a whole lot. Mostly I’ve been writing. And freaking out and deleting scenes and then deciding [...]

Check this sucker out:

From Drop Box

That’s my book! It smells like trees–well, newly dead trees, which is a fresh smell for a book–and it has 352 pages. The beginning of each chapter has a black and white silhouette of the city skyline from the cover, and the scene breaks are done with Xs, [...]

Okay, so, I have to confess that I used to be TERRIFIED of revisions. Just the thought of some editor with a revision quota they had to fill on my book pissed me right the hell off. You hear horror stories, or you make them up in your head, or you just *know* [...]

ARCs for those who might not know are Advanced Review Copies (or some variation, same meaning, same letters). Pronounced arc, like in math, or ark, as in the boat. I used to think it was spelled out, A.R.C., but my experience in hearing people in the industry talk about them says otherwise. [...]

This is a picture of a bookshelf in my publisher’s office. And that set of books I’ve circled is MY BOOK. Renegade X ARCs exist. I’m going to go die now.

From Drop Box

Current Mood:  ecstatic

It’s the day I’ve been waiting for… Okay, one of the days I’ve been waiting for, and it’s not *quite* here yet, but it’s close. That’s right, omnes, my day to shine in the rays of author swag glory are nearly here! Yes, author swag time is a glorious time, when the [...]

Alright, as the pirates vs. ninjas vs Batman contest comes to a close, I have drawn three winners names out of a hat. Well, actually it was old empty Pringles can, but in some ways that’s better than a hat, because hats touch peoples heads and often have hair and people grease on them, [...]

Some very cool teen book bloggers started this charity site:  PAYA: Bringing (More) YA to PA.  They’re trying to collect young adult books and raise money to help the severely underfunded Pennsylvania libraries.  You can check out the book drive page here.  But besides giving books, you can also GET something.  Everybody likes to get [...]

But it feels like it’s already here. I love winter! As a knitter, I love how all the gloves and hats and scarves I make are suddenly useful. I love how as soon as it starts to get chilly out, it feels like Christmas. Hot drinks taste better and are more [...]