Babel Clash

Kim, thank you for contributing to Babel Clash.  It’s been fun, and you’re welcome to visit anytime.  Congratulations on the success of Once Dead, Twice Shy.

Our next guest is Brandon Sanderson, author of  epic fantasy novels Warbreaker, Elantris and Mistborn.  Brandon is also undertaking the incredible challenge of completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.

Tune in tomorrow to find out the topic of our next geeky debate.

Thanks, Morgan!  I’d love to!  ;-)  Once Dead, Twice Shy centers around a high school girl who finds herself dead on her Junior prom.  Using her wits, she manages to side-step the reapers who have come to escort her, and she has to learn how to live with being un-living.  But because I think young adults like the same things that adults do, it goes deeper than that.  In truth, it is a story about the dilemma of having to do something you morally disagree with in order to survive, and finding the courage to fight to change a system that no one but you and perhaps a light reaper might disagree with.

It’s targeting 12-19 year olds, but I’ve not cut out any of the complexity for them, so it should still be entertaining to adults.  In fact, I’m concerned that I’m going to get a lot of flack for not pulling any punches and posing a question to young readers that might actually make them think.  But hey, this is what I do.  ;-)  –Kim

Oh!  And some good news.  I just found out a few days ago that it will be breaking into the New York Times Bestseller Children list at a very respectable #5.  Whoo-hoo!

Hey Kim, it’s nearing the end of your visit with Babel Clash.  Sad.

Want to take your last post or two and tell us why Once Dead, Twice Shy is the # 1 Must-Read, most wildly exciting and life-changing book of the summer?

Has everyone had a chance to check out Kim’s new book?

This is how I sneakily steer the conversation away from one of my own childhood fears, one that is embarrassing.  I was chased by a giant rooster.  I kid you not.  A gigantic, scary and mean rooster.  It still haunts me.

Once Dead, Twice Shy

Josh & Matt are calling out Transformers 2 as a contender.  It has the action and effects to stand out.  If it brings the same humor and heart as the first one, it’s got a chance.

P.S. I added a link to an excerpt of Kim’s new Once Dead Twice Shy to the page.  Check it out!