Tag Archives: grim reaper

Grim winner, plus upcoming appearances, yo!

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

And the winner of the huggable yet deadly grim reaper is… Lauren B.! Must have been those extra entries she earned by sending in a photo of, in her own words, “me with my well loved copy of Croak looking … Continue reading →

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Booke the Thirde, plus a supercool giveaway

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Good news, everyone! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has picked up the third and final book in the Croak series! From Publisher’s Marketplace, in all it’s typo-rific glory: Gina Damico’s the third book in the CROAK series, about a teenage Grim Reaper, … Continue reading →

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The Five Stages of Grief Edits

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

The revisions cave is a dank, lightless place. Discarded commas lay all about. Plot holes open up like gaping chasms. Dialogue that never quite landed in the right way juts up from the floor. Stalactites of deleted scenes hang overhead, … Continue reading →

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First Pass Pages

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

As I sit here amongst a pile of boxes and packing tape and yarn, Oh God, so much yarn. I also have another little parcel staring at me. It’s the first pass pages of Croak, and they need to be … Continue reading →

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