Author Archives: Sara

The Making of the Harbinger Trailer

Soooo… about a year and a half ago, Tony and I started thinking about making a book trailer for Harbinger. Since we live in LA, a lot of our friends work in movies, tv, and video games. So it seemed like a crime not to make a live-action, movie-style trailer. Plus, it’d be easy, right?? [...]

HARBINGER Book Trailer!

“In a world…” says the ominous voice-over, “…where authors create book trailers: against all odds, one lone author and an incredible group of devastatingly talented and beautiful friends make the trailer to end all trailers. Or at least one that’s pretty friggin’ awesome.” So grab your popcorn and get comfy. Now without further ado, I [...]

Harbinger Extra: Wilson Swain – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Electrifying Reviews SWE: Hi Wilson, Your picture of [...]

Harbinger Extra: Drew Etienne – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Eleusinian Mysteries SWE: Hi Drew, First let me [...]

Harbinger Extra: Katie McDee – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Nova Ren Suma on Distraction No. 99   [...]

Tis the Season to be…READING!

I’ve been holed up revising my new book, UNWORTHY, for the last month or so… and I’m almost finished! It’s been a totally new experience working on a deadline and getting early feedback. I’ve found it scary to share such raw material, but also very rewarding. But something I’ve missed desperately is having the time [...]

Harbinger Extra: Ken Min – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: i swim for oceans SWE: Hi Ken, I [...]

Harbinger Extra: Brian Ormiston – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Icey Books SWE: Hi Brian, I love that [...]

Harbinger Extra: Aileen Holmes – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Teens Read and Write SWE: Hi Aileen! I [...]

Harbinger Extra: Marilyn Scott-Waters – Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Daisy Chain Book Reviews! SWE: Hi Marilyn! I [...]

Screaming Camels- Half Remembered Dreams

“Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate.” – Inception Writers are often asked where they get their ideas. The trick is to go exploring, whether in your neighborhood or halfway around the world: keep your eyes open, your notebook and camera handy, your ears sharp. Half Remember Dreams [...]

Harbinger Extra: Andrew Mitchell- Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… This week’s art reveal is hosted by: Steph Su Reads SWE: Hi Andrew, I love [...]

Harbinger Extra: Amy Kim Kibuishi- Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have picked their favorite scenes and characters from HARBINGER to give you a taste of Faye’s world. Each week, in the gallery at the Holbrook Academy website, a new illustration will unlock… SWE: Hi Amy, I love this introduction to Kel from Harbinger. Can you tell us [...]

Harbinger Extra: Joan Charles- Interview with the Artist

Follow the Path! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have created Harbinger-inspired artwork to give you a taste of Faye’s world (and to generally rub it in that they’ve all read Harbinger and you haven’t!) Each week, on the Holbrook Academy website, one picture will unlock, and a new picture will go up under lock and [...]

Learning to Play

“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” -Miles Davis Last week, I went to Laini Taylor’s book signing at Mysterious Galaxy. She’s one of those rare writers that is both skillful at plot and masterful with language. She started off by sharing her experience of writing Daughter [...]

Harbinger Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Today the first Harbinger extras are revealed! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have created Harbinger-inspired artwork to give you a taste of Faye’s world (and to generally rub it in that they’ve all read Harbinger and you haven’t!) Follow the Path! Each week, on the Holbrook Academy website, one picture will unlock, and a new [...]

(100) DAYS OF HARBINGER

Take a look at the countdown at the top of this page… 100 DAYS TILL HARBINGER, BABY! And we’re gonna live it up… with 4 months worth of Harbinger extras! 24 incredible illustrators and artists have created Harbinger-inspired artwork to give you a taste of Faye’s world (and to generally rub it in that they’ve [...]

Kid Lit Costume Party!

In a follow-up to my post about community, I thought I’d share a few pictures from the Kid Lit costume party last night.                                   Mischief was definitely afoot at the Wellesbourne Saturday Night! So good to see all these [...]

A writing cave full of friends

Your writing cave can be a dark and lonely place.  Unless you’re careful, you’ll end up huddled in a damp corner, trying desperately to light a fire, your own voice echoing against the wall. That is why a vital part of writing is finding a community. I will not deny that Facebook and G+ and [...]

Conwy Castle: Half Remembered Dreams

“Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate.” – Inception Writers are often asked where they get their ideas. The trick is to go exploring, whether in your neighborhood or halfway around the world: keep your eyes open, your notebook and camera handy, your ears sharp. Half Remember Dreams [...]