2010: The Year Is Just Packed
Sep152009
So the publishing schedule for next year is a little insane. AKMG or whatever it ends up being called is tentative because I have to actually turn it in, which I am laboring mightily to do now. Wild Ride is the new issue in March. Everything else is re-issues including two previously out-of-print Bantam titles. The SMP reissues are in trade paperback this time.
All of these are tentative, plus there’s another HQ pb reissue in there somewhere that I’ve lost track of.
March 16: Wild Ride (new hc from SMP)
March again: What the Lady Wants (pb reissue from HQ)
April: The Cinderella Deal (pb reissue from Bantam)
May: Tell Me Lies (trade reissue from SMP),
July: Crazy for You (trade reissue from SMP)
September: Welcome to Temptation (trade reissue from SMP)
October: Always Kiss Me Goodnight (new hc from SMP if I get my butt in gear and get it done)
November: Trust Me On This (pb reissue 10/26 from Bantam)
That’s along with a short story prequel to Wild Ride that Bob and I are doing for the SMP website. I put the new stuff in bold so you could find since so many of you have already shelled out enough for the other titles. Unless the trade paperback covers are really great. I’m excited to see what they’re going to do with those. SMP does great cover.
Okay, announcement over. We can go back to talking about mothers in romance fiction now.
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On September 15, 2009 at 10:39 am Allie said...
Now I’ve got to decide what’s worth getting in reissue. Probably Trust Me on This and The Cinderella Deal because I consider my eBayed copies to be precious and I won’t lend them out.
So psyched for Wild Ride! And still crossing my fingers that AKMG keeps its name.
On September 15, 2009 at 10:56 am PG said...
Yay the beginning of next year! My favorite historical romance writer, Laura Kinsale, also has a new book out then.
On September 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm Absolute Cherry said...
PG, you’re making my day! I was already pumped up that I *finally* get to read the Cinderella Deal, but I had no idea that Laura Kinsale’s WIP actually has a release date, o joy! I’d given up checking her website for updates because it just depressed me. The beginning of My Sweet Folly definitely makes my list of favorite opening chapters of all time.
On September 15, 2009 at 11:12 am Kathryn said...
Ha! Okay, I just ordered Trust Me On This and The Cinderella Deal from Amazon. No problem with the price because, as I said earlier, I consider it well worth it and I couldn’t wait for the reissues but I’m DEFINITELY buying the reissues, too. Funny story: My brother saw them laying on the couch at my house and he looked down and said, “When did you start reading that crap?” And I was like, “Huh?” (I’ve been reading romance since I was thirteen so he’s pretty used to it.) And he said, “Ugh. That dude looks gay – I thought you had better taste.” Then he shook his head and went off to the kitchen in search of , you know, anything edible.
I realized he wasn’t talking about the genre as a whole, just thought that particular book’s cover was . . . not so great. So, yeah, while I’m a proud romance reader/writer I don’t want that reaction! Yay new cover art worthy of the Crusie name!
On September 15, 2009 at 11:14 am Kathryn said...
(also, that’ not him slamming homosexuals. just saying.)
On September 15, 2009 at 11:34 am robena grant said...
Looking forward to The Cinderella Deal. I think it’s the only Crusie I haven’t read.
On September 15, 2009 at 11:36 am Jen said...
The Cinderella Deal & Trust Me On This are new to me! I have a whole shelf dedicated to the joy that is Crusie. My husband calls it the “pink shelf”.
Can’t wait to add to it.
On September 15, 2009 at 1:34 pm Brandy said...
I have been hard pressed to find The Cinderella Deal and Trust Me on This (At least copies that I can afford!) and am certainly looking forward to them. And TWO new books from you next year? WOW!
On September 15, 2009 at 1:37 pm Lou said...
Jenny, I was hoping that eventually they would reissue all your books in those small hard-bound editions. I love those. I’ve picked up everyone they’ve reissued that way so far, including Fred’s book and my fav “Bradley”. Do you think the rest of your earlier books will ever be reissued in that same format? (I know your later books are already in HB.)
On September 15, 2009 at 6:25 pm Jenny said...
Nope. HQ isn’t even reissuing the rest of the titles they have in them anymore. They said the economy is not good for hardcovers. No idea what SMP will do. Bantam is going for mass market, too.
On September 15, 2009 at 1:48 pm Kim said...
In the mid to late 90′s, I used to consign books to a website that specialized in hard to find romances. I made a tidy sum from finding old copies of Jenny’s books, especially Sizzle (sorry Jenny) because they were in great demand and fetched a premium price. I decided to read them myself, which cut into profits, because I had to keep a copy of each book for myself. So, I have all of the old books, including Sizzle (sorry again, Jenny), plus 2 copies of Trust Me on This! I’m glad that everyone soon will be able to read Trust Me on This without obtaining a 2nd mortgage. It’s a great book.
On September 15, 2009 at 2:08 pm CrankyOtter said...
Thanks for the bolding, but I’m going to have to set aside a special Crusie budge this year! As someone who already shelled out around $30 for “Trust me on This”, I’m going to be buying the re-release. It’s a great book and mine is falling apart. I found it quite inspirational and quoted it when arguing with myself about whether or not to move from Boston to SoCal. For what it’s worth, I’ve been out here on the left coast for 3 years. It was a great decision, but it’s very hard to keep up with non-local friends. Of course, many of my friends moved or had kids at that time so I wasn’t seeing much of them anyway. But back to the books. I’m THRILLED about your releases. Even if your mothers wind up being awful. (I loved Gwen. And how you got your Bet Me characters to deal with their intendeds’ moms for them.)
On September 15, 2009 at 3:00 pm J said...
Yay! I can’t wait for the reissues! I’ve been keeping an eye out for them, but was beginning to despair. Now joy has returned!
On September 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm mindy said...
I’m excited for your new books. I find myself listening to books more often lately because of lack of time. I hope that more of your books are published on audio as well. I have really enjoyed the ones I have already gotten my hands on!!
On September 15, 2009 at 6:26 pm Jenny said...
Thank you, thank you, thank you, one and all. I don’t deserve you.
Of course, I didn’t deserve Bob, either. (KIDDING, BOB.)
On September 15, 2009 at 8:13 pm Shari said...
I had the same question as Lou. Darn I was really hoping they would do a small hardback of Tell Me Lies I lent mine and haven’t seen it since
On September 15, 2009 at 9:47 pm Merry the CB said...
May a pox and a plague and a nest of vipers descend upon all those who think being ‘lent’ a book means it is now theirs until the end of time.
Hey, don’t look at me like that. I’m pretty mellow most of the time. Everybody’s got something that bugs ‘em. It’s better than worrying about Kanye West.
On September 16, 2009 at 3:28 pm McB said...
Those people are not true Readers. They just assume that once a book is read that person has no further use for it! Or maybe they think the words are accessed on a one use per person basis and you aren’t allowed to go back for seconds.
On September 17, 2009 at 12:38 pm Absolute Cherry said...
Don’t get me started on vile book thieves. I managed to get my hands on a library copy of Trust Me on This, so I could at least READ it even though I had to give it back after 2 weeks, but the library copy of the Cinderella Deal was stolen. From the library. Stolen from the LIBRARY. Wrong, wrong, wrong on so many levels…
On September 18, 2009 at 9:39 pm Office Wench Cherry said...
I work at a library and trust me, no one is more bothered by book thieves than librarians. They are a nasty bunch. And the book thieves aren’t very nice either. A man came into our library once, took out a series of books and never returned. He got about a hundred bucks worth of books for a ten dollar membership – and they were books we had to replace since this was in the days before computerized cataloges and inter-library loans. Grrrrrr.
And Happy Birthday Jenny!
On September 18, 2009 at 3:02 am junebug_indeed said...
I lent out my paperback copy of Agnes and the Hitman and haven’t seen it since. I know it’s still fairly easy to get a copy but I’m in South Korea right now so the price of English books are almost doubled what they are at home. Luckily my hardback is still in a box at my parents house in the States. But now I will be unable to reread it when the mood takes me.
On September 15, 2009 at 8:16 pm readerpeg said...
Thank you for the heads-up! One question, though–will Strange Bedpersons be reissued in pb? Honestly, I’d be happy to buy the hc version, but all my other Crusie books are pbs, so a hc would look out of place on the Jenny Crusie section of my bookshelf. Yes, sorry…just a little OC about things like that! I only started reading Jenny’s books fairly recently, hence all the pbs. (And I actually lived in Columbus for several years in the nineties while attending Ohio State, but it took all this time for me to discover her! Better late than never!!)
On September 15, 2009 at 10:49 pm Jenny said...
Yes, Strange Bedpersons will be a paperback. Was it the last hardcover from HQ? I remember the bunny slippers. That’s the one I lost track of. Since the hc was out in Jan 2009, I’m guessing the pb will be Jan 2010 but I don’t know for sure.
On September 16, 2009 at 1:57 am Ericka said...
i KNEW 2010 was going to be a good year!
On September 16, 2009 at 2:29 am Rachel said...
Yay, new Crusie! Jenny, have the re-issues been re-edited at all?
On September 16, 2009 at 9:22 am Jenny said...
No, they haven’t. I was going to rewrite The Cinderella Deal, but it has such huge headhopping problems that rewriting it was going to be a major deal, and for some reason, a lot of people have that book as a favorite. I think it’s because it’s so emotional. I might look at Trust Me On This to see, but that one was a hotel farce, so I doubt I was in anybody’s head long enough to hop. It has seven POVs I think. Experimental. Never did that again.
On September 16, 2009 at 9:23 am me said...
On twitter it says Cinderella Deal is out in February and Trust Me on This in December?
Yay! I have to start saving my money now. Never read Cinderella Deal, read but don’t own Trust Me On This (I return lent books, Merry), and of course I need AKMG and WR. I already own two copies of What the Lady Wants (orignal HQ and Mira).
On September 16, 2009 at 10:17 am Karin said...
Does that mean there finally be unabridged audiobooks for “Tell Me Lies” and “Crazy for You”?
On September 16, 2009 at 10:34 am Beki said...
Great news about the new releases. I have the full complement of books on the shelves, all autographed nicely (thank you, Jenny) and I refuse to lend them. If someone becomes interested, I gladly head off to the UBS and buy her a copy for her own, or buy copies for Christmas gifts.
I found Sizzle for a buck on a clearance rack at a newstand many, many moons ago. I think it’s hilarious.
On September 16, 2009 at 10:58 am TerriO said...
I’m a recent finder of the awesome that is Crusie as well, so these reprints are great in my book. I’ve been accumulating them for a while but it’s taking me longer to get to the reading of them. I still can’t believe I was missing the boat all this time.
And I grew up in Ohio, about three hours east of Columbus on the river. My one memory of Columbus is the speeding ticket I received driving through there in ’95. I was returning to TN from my grandmothers funeral and was complete water works by the time the Trooper got to my window. Would you believe he still gave me that ticket?!
On September 16, 2009 at 4:26 pm Beki said...
In Ohio? Absolutely.
On September 16, 2009 at 10:06 pm TerriO said...
This is true, I shouldn’t have been surprised.
On September 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm Slave Driver said...
I usd to
speeddrive from Chicago to New Castle, PA to see family. Through Ohio You.Drive.The.Limit. cuz the State Buckeyemen love to give us furiners a ticket.On September 16, 2009 at 2:46 pm wendy roberts said...
Wow this will be a GREAT year for buying new book shelves he he! And I’m with Merry about putting a pox on people who don’t return books. Last year I told friends if they wanted to ‘borrow’ one of my books I would simply buy them a copy of their own as a gift but that gets expensive!
On September 16, 2009 at 3:11 pm jessie said...
I am looking forward to the titles I haven’t read so it looks like nothing but good time ahead.
I am still mulling over the mother topic. It is clear that in many romance novels mothers can be in the cookie cutter mold: good mother (June Cleaver), bad mother (can’t think of a fictional one bad enough – so any mother who sells her daughter for prostitution, kills her child so she can be free for her lover, or who is physically or sexually abusive – I am not including verbally abusive because it the boundaries are too diffuse. Interesting that I can think of any number of mothers this awful in real life but not in fiction. I wonder why that is?). Pretty much one dimensional mothers. We can read them, then ignore them and move on to the real story.
Mothers in your stories Jenny are rarely cookie cutter mothers. And it seems as though you often revisit the topic of mother and contrasting mothering styles. I can’t remember the names of all the characters so bear with me.
Welcome to Temptation as one of my favorite books because of the layers of characterization and the that applies to the mothers. There is Sophie who becomes the mother for her siblings when her mother dies even to wearing her rings (or was it bracelets?), she gets to be June Cleaver. There is Liz, overly controlling and protective of Phin and Dilly to realize her dream of them, but willing to change to keep them. There is Frank’s wife who doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in her son but always wanted a little girl that she could dress up like a doll. There is Rachel Garvey’s mom, really ambitious,controlling and willing to try to control people outside her family to achieve her dream (kill Diane, kill Sophie, be nasty to Junie). Rachel has to leave to escape her and there is a hint that you don’t cross her mother or she could also be physically abusive. So there is a ton of mothers and each has a different mothering style.
In Tell Me Lies, the heroine and her best friend are both mothers. The best friend and Anna get to be June Cleaver. C. L.’s biological mother gets to be Bad Mother. The heroine, her grandmother and mother are all good mothers (well grandma is up for grabs) but are layers of how good mothers can get it wrong while trying to get it right. The husband’s mother (and father) is trying to control the husband and have him run for mayor – although this is something the husband actively doesn’t want.
In Bet Me the two mothers are different degrees of the same mother. The degree of control and the fathers’ roles being what takes a controlling mother and makes her too awful for words.
Almost every one of Jenny’s books has several mothers and contrasting mothering styles.
The heroine in all these books do not need to vilify her mother (even Rachel Garvey just wanted to escape her mother), she redefines her role with her mother or with her child. So you don’t really need a Bad Mother. As I think about the books though, it amazes me how it is impossible to have a believable character who has No relationship with her mother as part of the story.
On September 17, 2009 at 10:12 am Jenny said...
At first, while I was writing it, I thought Welcome to Temptation was about sexual freedom. When I finished it, it was obvious that it was about mothers. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t seen that while it was in progress, it was so blatant.
On September 17, 2009 at 8:29 am kate said...
If I remember correctly we need to wish Jenny a happy birthday today. Hope you have a great one!
On September 17, 2009 at 8:59 am robena grant said...
Oh, it’s today, huh? I knew Jenny was a Virgo but couldn’t remember the day, thanks Kate.
Do we sing now?
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you,
we won’t say how old you are,
if you keep ours secret too!
Many happy’s, go eat cake!
On September 17, 2009 at 9:49 am me said...
Happy Birthday Jenny! And many many more!
On September 17, 2009 at 10:13 am Jenny said...
Thank you, thank you.
I’m sixty. I can’t believe it, either, I was nineteen a minute ago. Lani keeps saying, “Sixty is the new forty,” and I keep saying, “Yes, but forty used to be old.”
On the other hand, I’m alive, so I’m ahead of the game. And Lani got me Krispy Kremes for breakfast. Really, a very good day and it’s only eleven AM.
On October 13, 2009 at 11:20 am Marta said...
A very late wish for many happy returns of the day, Jenny.
I was in AZ, playing hooky with a friend who just moved there, so I’m trying to catch up. Got back just in time to make the cake for my DD’s surprise party. She collects anything related to gingerbread men, so I made a gingerbread cake, and to totally avoid transfats, I decided to make the buttercream frosting with half butter and half unrefined coconut oil. It was a huge hit on the order of OMG decadence. You’ve got to try it. Now, if I can just figure out how to make my dark chocolate almond buttercream without transfats (and still be able to decorate with it), I’ll be one happy baker.
p.s.: Unrefined coconut oil is extremely good for you. About 50% of the fatty acids in it are lauric acid which our bodies convert to monolaurin, an antiviral, antibacterial, antiprotozoal monoglyceride critical to our immune systems. The only other similarly rich source of lauric acid is in breast milk.
On September 17, 2009 at 10:32 am Slave Driver said...
Happy “Primary” Birthday, Jenny. This one is for your actual years. Of course your “Auxiliary” birthday, Mothers Day (according to Bob) is the one for how old you feel. Have a great one!
On September 17, 2009 at 11:11 am PG said...
Happy birthday, Jenny! I hope it has cake and dancing in addition to the Krispy Kremes for breakfast.
Something I just learned recently because my father-in-law is in China this year during the 60th anniversary of the PROC’s founding: traditional Chinese culture does not celebrate birthdays until the 60th birthday. At that point, the fact that one is still alive puts that person ahead of the game enough that there really must be a celebration.
On September 17, 2009 at 11:26 am Merry the CB said...
Hey, I’ve studied math, I have. What’s a zero? Nothing. Therefore…
Happy 6th birthday, Jenny.
On September 17, 2009 at 11:42 am McB said...
Happy Birthday, Jenny. You’re only as old as the company you keep.
On September 17, 2009 at 12:56 pm Absolute Cherry said...
Happy birthday Jenny! Wishing you the Best Day Ever.
On September 17, 2009 at 1:18 pm TerriO said...
Happy Birthday! I just saw you at Nationals in July and wouldn’t have put you a day over 50. If that. You look great!
On September 17, 2009 at 1:35 pm Jenny said...
Damn.
I was going for 19.
On September 17, 2009 at 3:39 pm misspiggy don'twannabe said...
I read somewhere that most people (inside) think of themself as 30, but I always think of myself as 21 – that was a glorious year for me. I think you can be 19 (inside) forever and it shows through on the outside.
Happy Birthday.
On September 17, 2009 at 1:43 pm PG said...
“Looking fifty is great… if you’re sixty.” — Joan Rivers
On September 17, 2009 at 2:46 pm Chelle said...
Happy Happy Birthday!!!
Hey, glad you’re still on the right side of the dirt.
Muchos Grande Hugs and Kisses!
On September 17, 2009 at 3:02 pm Kira said...
Wishing you a year of health, success, joy – the Best Year Ever!!!
On September 17, 2009 at 3:11 pm TerriO said...
I knew I should have lowered that number.
*sigh*
On September 17, 2009 at 4:20 pm PG said...
For Jessie who said she’s having trouble thinking of truly BAD fictional mothers, here’s a list: http://journal.bookfinder.com/2009/05/worst-mothers-in-literature.html (via Prudie at Slate, advising a teenage girl with a “bad” mother who would rather read than talk to her daughter: http://www.slate.com/id/2227808/)
On September 17, 2009 at 6:29 pm Louis said...
Ah,
Aa very young sixty.
Have a Happy Day.
On September 17, 2009 at 8:10 pm jenb said...
A most Happy Birthday to you…
and it is my hope that you may
receive as many, if not more,
gifts of joy as you have given
your readers over the years.
On September 18, 2009 at 12:34 am jessie said...
Thanks PG. I was astounded to discover under worse mothers in literature, for someone who prides herself on reading mostly genre fiction, that I was only familiar with two: Gertrude (Hamlet) and Jocasta (Oedipus Rex). And I am not sure either would make the grade as worse. One could reasonably argue that Gertrude wasn’t so bad. She married a powerful man – who admittedly was her brother-in-law before the mourning period had expired – well, almost before the funeral had expired- but in the 1600′s would any one have found that extraordinary for a wealthy widow? And she didn’t know he murdered her previous husband and by marrying him it would help protect Hamlet’s inheritance. And prior to that there is no suggestion that she was a bad mother. And Jocasta? Really, all she did was refuse to kill her baby. Hardly bad mother material. Okay so she should have remembered the Oracle and swore off boy toys but if liking boy toys made someone a bad mother there are a lot of them out there.
Anyway, merci beaucoup.
On September 18, 2009 at 12:01 pm Sierra said...
Firstly, it’s a day late, but Happy Birthday! Honestly, 60 is the age everyone should look forward to hitting. I’m taking a Lifespan Development class right now, and the first thing we discussed was the best age to be. Would you believe that multiple studies have shown that a greater percentage of people consider themselves happy with their lives when they’re older than when they’re younger? It’s true. The class consensus, from all ages, was that 60-70 is the best age to be, and that it’s how old you feel inside that really matters.
I’m so excited about the reprints that I can barely sit still. I’ve been wanting to read The Cinderella Deal and Trust Me On This ever since I first discovered Jenny, and I’m ecstatic about TWO brand new titles from her in one year. Poor boyfriend is going to be ignored the nights those come out…I also really want to replace all of my (very worn) paperbacks with hardcovers whenever I can, so 2010 will be a great year all around. (Jenny and Terry Pratchett are the two authors whose books I read to destruction…and then replace to do it again. Mass markets just don’t hold up that well.)
As to book thieves, I actually don’t mind. I’m always excited to lend people copies of books that I love because I want them to love them, too. If they don’t return them because they’re so attached, I say, “Rock on!” (If it’s just cause they forgot, I’m much less excited…) I’ve owned five copies of Welcome to Temptation because of this, and three of the people I lent it to went out and bought all of Jenny’s books afterwards. I feel like a dealer – getting ‘em hooked with a free sample, making ‘em pay for the rest.
And I never mind an excuse to go buy new books. That’s why Half-Price Books is my own personal Mecca.
On September 18, 2009 at 10:09 pm g and t said...
Happy Birthday, too!
whatever happened to Charlotte?
On September 21, 2009 at 10:47 pm Wendy said...
I just finished Don’t Look Down. Any chance of a sequel with Daisy and LeFavre getting together?