Fantasy/Adventure Author
I’m super excited to announce that Chasing the Valley is now available in large print and braille editions! Click here for more information:
In other news, Borderlands is now only 100 days away and the back cover blurb is up on my website. If you’d like a hint of the plot, you can check it out here: https://skyemelki-wegner.com/book2
Without further ado, it’s time to reveal the cover of Borderlands (Chasing the Valley #2):
Click the cover to view it in High Resolution. If you zoom in, you can even make out Lukas’s proclivity markings!
Just like Book One, this cover was designed by the super talented Sammy Yuen. Here’s how the books will appear together:
I absolutely love this cover and can’t wait to hold the book in my hands!
My awesome publisher (Random House Australia) recently blogged about the process of choosing a book cover — and they used Chasing the Valley as their example!
I find cover design fascinating, so I love this article. It reveals several alternatives for Chasing the Valley and explains the selection process. As you’ll see, the cover could have looked quite different.
Check it out here:
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/blog/book-buddies-chasing-the-valley-cover-poll-1893.aspx
Yesterday I received the typeset pages for Book Two. This is my first glimpse of the text with proper fonts and internal formatting. Now it’s time to check for errors and make any final changes before the book goes to print.
I’m also hard at work on Book Three’s structural edit. Exciting to think that by this time next year, all three books will be published!
To celebrate National Bookshop Day, I recently participated in a flashmob sing-along at Readings. The mob included many authors and illustrators, as well as great musicians. It was a fantastic day and I was lucky enough to meet some lovely Melbourne authors.
Can you spot me in the crowd? (Hint: Look for the pale scarf/ dark hair on the right edge of the screen at 1:33 – 1:36 mins. Yep, gotta be quick to catch it!)
Yesterday I was lucky enough to participate in the show Published or Not on 3CR, hosted by the lovely Jan Goldsmith and David McLean. We had a great chat about Chasing the Valley and it was exciting to learn how a radio station functions.
If you missed the live broadcast, you can listen to the interview online: http://www.3cr.org.au/publishedornot/podcast/published-or-not-22082013
Time to reveal Book Two’s title!
I’m excited to announce that the book will be called… BORDERLANDS.
The book will be published in January 2014 by Random House Australia. More information is coming soon.
Hi guys! I’m still editing Book Two, but I have a few quick snippets of news:
1. It’s competition time! The SciFi channel is giving away 15 signed copies of Chasing the Valley. The online entry form is available here: http://www.sftv.com.au/win/entryform.aspx?id=222
Alternatively, click the button below:
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2. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), the Sunday Times (Perth) and the Sunday Mail (Adelaide) have also published lovely pieces about the book:
3. I’ve just glimpsed Book Two’s cover roughs, created by Sammy Yuen (the trilogy’s amazing cover designer).
I’m incredibly excited about the design and can’t wait to reveal the final cover!
I’m in the Herald Sun newspaper (Melbourne) today! If you’re interested, grab a copy to check out the interview and laugh at my crazy photo.
In other news, I’m excited to say that we’ve chosen a title for Book II. I can’t announce the name just yet, but I can reveal it takes the form of a subtitle.
For example:
CHASING THE VALLEY: KERFUFFLE
(Well, obviously not ‘kerfuffle’, but you get the idea.)
I also received my edits for Book II yesterday. I’ll be busy whipping this manuscript into shape, so apologies if I’m slower than usual in replying to emails/ tweets over the next few weeks!
Last week, I participated in a Q&A session at the launch of Chasing the Valley. This video includes a few excerpts from the session:
In other news, I’m lucky enough to be ‘Young Adult Author of the Month’ at Dymocks! It was a lovely surprise to spot this in the catalogue:
Chasing the Valley has also been selected as one of the ‘Best Books of July’ on the Australian iTunes store:
And finally, Random House is running a competition to win one of TEN copies of the book: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/competitions/entryform.aspx?id=566
It’s certainly been an exciting week!
My publisher (Random House Australia) has produced some official Chasing the Valley wallpapers to download and use on your devices.
1. Click your chosen wallpaper to view the full image.
2. Right-click and save the image to your computer.
3. Install the image as your wallpaper (the details of this step will depend upon your device).
Hope you guys enjoy them!
Skye Melki-Wegner 
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