jill corcoran: dreaming of big things . . . and cupcakes!

I be talking dreaming and eating...my two favorite things, over at Jama's place. Come on over:)

PW LOVES DEVINE INTERVENTION!

Devine Intervention

Martha Brockenbrough. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-545-38213-7

Heroes don’t get much more unlikely than Jerome Hancock, who met an early demise courtesy of an arrow to the head. In the 16 years since, Jerome, frozen at age 17, has been laboring through afterlife rehab, trying to make it into heaven. He’s not promising material, but he’s game, sticking close to Heidi Devine, the soul he’s been assigned for guardian angel duty. “How much work could a baby be?” he says. “Also, her mom was hot, so I didn’t mind hanging around one bit.” Heidi grows up to be an awkward, self-conscious teen, who thinks motormouth Jerome is just the voice inside her head until she accidentally falls through pond ice and drowns, discovering that there is a soul that goes along with that voice. But is Heidi really dead? Jerome’s bumbling logic and wickedly funny observations are what make Brockenbrough’s first book for teens so much fun. Underneath the occasionally risqué humor and unexpected plot twists (including the possession of multiple animals’ bodies) is an insightful story about seizing life for all it’s worth while you have the chance. Ages 12–up. Agent: Jill Corcoran, the Herman Agency. (June)

Reviewed on: 04/23/2012

Here is the link to the review on PW: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-545-38213-7


Read Kirkus Starred review of Devine Intervention here 

How I met my Writing Village at SCBWI Summer Conference!

In August 2008 (way before I was an agent), I went to the SCBWI National Conference in LA. I met a slew of wonderful people. In fact, every time I go to an SCBWI event, especially the 4-day lo
ng LA conference, I make new, wonderful friends. But, usually I go home and lose touch with the people I've met. Not this time. I spent a good deal of the conference with 6 women- learning, eating, drinking, and eating some more. If it was any other year, I would have occasionally emailed these women over the next month or two and eventually we would have lost touch. But that year, I told my posse about Google Groups (thanks to Paula Woo!) and so was born RockSugarBeets--named after a couple of yummy restaurants we went to during the conference. I don't think a day goes by that the RockSugarBeets are not in contact. This is not a critique group. There is no stated purpose. RockSugarBeets is my village.RockSugarBeets: Me, Amber Lough, Cindy Pon, Jacqui Robbins, Sara Lewis Holmes, Elise Murphy, Debbie Friedman.

Come to the conference to learn but also make sure to hang in the lobby---you never know if your newest best buddy will be there waiting for you:)

I'll be at the conference this year on faculty---Come meet me! For more info on this summer's SCBWI Conference click HERE