May 14, 2012
I’m currently finishing up copy edits for WHEN YOU WERE HERE and I’ve noticed a writerly tic of mine, thanks to my fabulous and meticulous copy editor. I’ll share with blog readers in case they may be doing this too.
Word repetition.
It may be easy to catch yourself using certain unusual …
I have German book news! As you might have gleaned from the subject line!
I am THRILLED to report that WHEN YOU WERE HERE will be published in Germany! My German publisher is Thienemann and the novel, which comes out in the United States next spring from Little Brown, will …
May 7, 2012
I’ve read some amazing books recently and you should read them too! Among my favorite books in the last six months are ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD by Kendare Blake (and its upcoming sequel GIRL OF NIGHTMARES), WHY WE BROKE UP by Daniel Handler, BLACK HEART by Holly Black (and the …
While walking my dog yesterday, I saw a helicopter hovering over my neighborhood. We live close to the ferry, so logic would dictate that the helicopter was getting live shots for a TV station of a possible ferry worker’s strike.
But my first though was – prison escapee. My second thought …
By day Daisy Whitney is a producer, reporter and on-air host in the new media business. At night, she writes novels for teens and is the author of The Mockingbirds and The Rivals, which are in bookstores now.
When Daisy's not inventing fictional high school worlds, she covers online video, over-the-top TV, social media, mobile phones and tablets for MediaPost, Beet.TV and others.
She also writes for Cynopsis, CableFax and Emmy Magazine. Her work is regularly read and watched by executives across the television, cable, advertising and Internet businesses. She also writes opinion pieces, position papers, and other articles on behalf of media clients, and ghostwrites non-fiction book proposals.
Daisy also created and produced her news show The New Media Minute for four and a half years.
Daisy's third young adult novel, When You Were Here, will also be published by Little, Brown, and will be released in Spring 2013.