How Kaavya Viswanathan Got a Book Deal, Panicked, and Stole From Megan McCafferty.
The passages that the Globe printed are pretty darn similar. (There are lots more at the Harvard Crimson.) I'm rather horrified. I hope that McCafferty's sales get a good bump from this publicity.
Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings both rule. When I finished the first book, I threw a temper tantrum because I wasn't able to start the next one immediately. So if you're going to read 'em, get them both. (We're entering the annual Time of the Beach Book, and these are perfect.)
The library copy of Charmed Thirds finally arrived. Now I have to wait for them to process it before I read it. Grrrr.
$500,000?! Did I read that correctly? Because now boston.com is behind a password/registration requirement. Who gives $500,000 deals to first books? Or did I read the article too fast and miss other crucial info?
Posted by: Chrissy | 24 April 2006 at 01:20 PM
$500,000 is correct. It was for a two-book deal.
Posted by: Leila | 24 April 2006 at 01:51 PM
Charmed Thirds is great.
And she's writing a fourth book in the series!
I shall be pumping her for information next month at BookExpo.
Posted by: shayera | 24 April 2006 at 04:00 PM
Her books should come out instantly. I threw a similar temper tantrum when Second Helpings wasn't physically present at the bookfair where I read Sloppy Firsts.
Posted by: Lauren | 24 April 2006 at 04:05 PM
Hey Chrissy: Colleen Mondor is totally with you.
Posted by: Leila | 25 April 2006 at 06:35 AM
Wow, now *that* was a rant. And she said everything I was thinking, and quite a bit more. Half a million for a first time author? Yeah.
Posted by: Chrissy | 25 April 2006 at 02:47 PM