Even so often a blog will mention one of our books, and, courtesy of the RSS feed I have set through Google or Technorati, I will find out about it and click through. Typically it is from one of the well-known bloggers, but sometimes it can be a personal blog, from MySpace, or LiveJournal.
Today, I found one, on LiveJournal, that was simply captivating. The book, Mercury Under My Tongue, gets only a brief mention. But the rest of the post, good God, it is pure alienated adolescence in all its pain and longing and suppressed rage, and joy.
And when I say that our books cross-over to teenagers, oh my word is she the proof of that. She is clearly a unique girl, and also so emblematic of our audience. I want to publish books for her.