Hello HarperTeen FanLit folks! Sorry I've been absent from the blog lately, but I've been busy doing my regular HarperTeen work as well as working on the FanLit e-book, Reflection Perfection. In publishing, writing the material is only the beginning! So even though the story part of Reflection Perfection was wrapped up a few weeks ago, it takes a little time before it becomes an actual e-book. There's editorial work that needs to be done, the pages need to be designed, a cover has to be created, copy must get written, someone needs to proofread the whole thing…Basically, it's one big exercise in teamwork. (Of course, the team doesn't usually include more than 28,000 people. What can I say? We like to break new ground over here at HarperTeen.) The writing part, though, is usually done in a solitary environment. Except when it's not. Although it's certainly not for everyone, writing as part of a team can help you be more disciplined. (Because, let's be honest: Sometimes it's hard to motivate when it's just you and your computer.) If you are going to go the team route, make sure you pick someone you're compatible with and make sure you’re both on the same page (har har) in terms of expectations and division of labor.
Reflection Perfection isn't the only multi-author project we're publishing this year. When you get your hands on the e-book you'll find a special sneak preview for The Upper Class, a summer 2007 book that is written by the fabulous writing team of Hobson Brown, Taylor Materne, and Carolyn Says. And the brilliant duo of Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman publish their second teen novel, Summer Intern, this summer too. Plus, next summer we've got an exciting project called How to Be Bad, by, like, an author supergroup: Sarah Mlynowski, E. Lockhart, and Lauren Myracle. So Gabriela, Jesse, Mary, Shea, Lisa and Jesse F. (and the other 27,994 of you), you're in good company!
Farrin Jacobs
Executive Editor, HarperTeen
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