Archive for the ‘News’ Category

LAICOS has a new title! · 11 November 2011

That’s right. A new title! I want to talk a bit about why the book got retitled, as well as my adventurous process of finding the right one, but let me get to the goods first. (I know that’s what you want. You’re welcome.) So without further adieu, THE LAICOS PROJECT is now….. . . [...]

Foreign Sales! · 2 May 2011

Nearly a day to the month since my book sold, the good news keeps rolling in. This was announced on Publishers Marketplace today: Rights to Erin Bowman’s THE LAICOS PROJECT, to Carsten Polzin at Piper in Germany, in a three-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Friederike Biesel at Thomas Schlueck Agency, and in Italy to Ornella Robbiati at Sperling & Kupfer, [...]

Amazing News! · 6 April 2011

I will attempt to refrain from using an excess of exclamation marks in this post, but I’m fairly certain it will be impossible. I have a book deal!!! The deal was announced on Publishers Marketplace late last night, and it read something (well, exactly) like this: Erin Bowman’s THE LAICOS PROJECT, about a 17-year-old who [...]

Beating a “Case of the Mondays” with fabulous news… · 24 January 2011

Most Mondays I feel like Peter in Office Space and can hear that secretary woman running around in my head sputtering, “Sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays!” But today’s Monday is perhaps the most exciting day that I have had in my career as a writer. Today’s Monday I can share some [...]