Gina Damico
Author, walrus tusk polisher
I enjoy processed cheese snacks and videos of people falling down.

Croak
On sale now, from Graphia/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Scorch
Book #2 in CROAK series
On sale now, from Graphia/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Rogue
Book #3 in Croak series, coming 9/10/13 from Graphia/Houghton Mifflin HarcourtStalk me, won't you?
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Books: A Love Letter
I’m going to put on my serious hat today, which is a hat I do not often wear. It’s very dusty and has no googly eyes (not even one!). Oh, I’ll take it off and replace it with a sombrero … Continue reading
Book Three, In Index Card Form
And laid out across my dining room table. That’s chapter by chapter, scene by scene. Of course, five minutes after this was taken it was no longer accurate, as I’ve been cutting and pasting and taping and stapling and deleting … Continue reading
Interview with the Agent: Tina Wexler of ICM
Back in the days of endless research into how write a query letter, how to get an agent, how not to snap and become an axe murderer on the road to publication, etc., I read a lot about how your … Continue reading
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Tagged cougartown, Croak, icm, literary agent, tina wexler, titanic, yalit
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Interview with the Editor: Julie Tibbott of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
It may shock you to learn this, but I am not in fact sitting in a warehouse somewhere, painstakingly writing each and every copy of Croak by hand. There is a whole team of people who have got my back, … Continue reading
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Tagged avocados, Croak, editor, houghton mifflin harcourt, julie tibbott, muppets, yalit
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Craptitude: a perfectly cromulent word
I’m currently in the middle of copyedits for Book 2, Scorch. Much to my absolute delight, they arrived with a style sheet, which is basically a big list of the made-up words, titles, and general nonsense that maniacally spewed forth … Continue reading
Writesgiving
Look, I’m obviously thankful for family, friends, my catfighting cats, the wonderful people and humbling fortune I’ve met in this burgeoning writing career, and cheeseballs. But what about the unsung heroes that I couldn’t have put two words together without? … Continue reading
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