Monday, November 21, 2011

Announcement!!

Publisher's Weekly
Angela Townsend's AMAROK, set in a remote Alaskan town, when a runaway is kidnapped by an evil man and his black wolf, whom she later discovers is a boy enslaved by an ancient shaman; she must find the strength to save herself and the wolf, and in turn discover what love truly means, to Kate Kaynak at Spencer Hill Press, by Jill Corcoran at The Herman Agency (NA).



I'm thrilled to announce that my YA novel, Amarok is being published!!!!! Amarok's story came to me while I was researching one of my favorite time periods, the Ice age. I love Woolly mammoths, Saber-toothed tigers, giant bears, sloths and the megalodons that ruled the sea. I'm also fascinated with early mankind and lost societies and ancient civilizations.

Once I started writing I just couldn't stop! I really fell in love with the characters and the ice age lore. After a few weeks my house was a total mess, and kids thought a homeless person had taken over their mother's office and I nearly drove my critique partners crazy with grammatical questions.

I took breaks from editing and writing to do art for chapter heads. I spent hours studying cave drawings and paint mediums used by early man. I mixed my Celtic knotwork art with cave drawings in vivid colors and reversed them on my computer screen. I loved the result. After endless editing and resizing my artwork I sent it to my agent, Jill Corcoran. She loved the art and was very encouraging about the story. Though all the ups and downs, Jill never gave up on me--not once--even though I tried to give up on myself several times. Thank you Jill!

I've been so blessed to have so much love and support on my writing journey. I would like to thank my family, my critique partners, friends and the awesome women of Operation Awesome! Thank you everyone!

~ Angie

Amarok's release date is tentatively set for November of 2012.

13 comments:

Faith E. Hough said...

CONGRATULATIONS! I'll be looking for it! :)

Tasha Seegmiller said...

Congratulations! It sounds intriguing. Can't wait to read it.

A.J. Locke said...

Congrats!!

Lenny Lee said...

WOW!! how cool is that! im hoping its a mg book cause for sure i love all those neat animals and it sounds like a real exciting story.
...hugs from lenny

Tina Moss said...

Fantastic news! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Michael Di Gesu said...

THAT IS SO AWESOME! CONGRATULATIONS ANGIE!

Stephsco said...

Congrats to Angela! I love it when books have some sort of history or concept that you can tell the author is passionate about or has researched. The concept sounds unique. Way to go :)

Kell Andrews said...

I'm so excited for Angela, and I love that she's doing art for the book as well. She's immensely talented.

Angelica R. Jackson said...

Congratulations--that sounds like a really great concept, paired with some inspired art

Cortney Pearson said...

Congrats, how exciting!

Angela Townsend Author said...

Thank you so much everyone! I really appreciate all your kind words and well wishes!

LinWash said...

Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!

Kristy Shen said...

Congrats! Can't wait to buy this book!

Kristy