Showing posts with label gamer girl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gamer girl. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Fields of Fantasy in Scorched!!

Hey all,

So I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but have been so busy with the launch of Scorched and my following book tour that I have fallen very behind. 

So someone from Tumblr recently wrote to me saying: 


You mentioned Fields of Fantasy in Scorched! You have no idea how much I love little Easter eggs like that!

And yes, it's true! Fields of Fantasy, a video game I originally created for Gamer Girl, plays a part in Scorched as well. It's our heroine Trinity's favorite game and the book begins with her being excited about getting the expansion pack for Christmas. Of course before she can even open a single present, she finds herself on the run with the world's last dragon egg. 

But that's not the end of the Fields of Fantasy references in the book. In fact, an entire scene plays out within the game later on. But I won't give away any spoilers. :)

To this day, I think my number one search term for people finding this blog is the Fields of Fantasy game. I know a lot of people wish it were real. I kind of wish it were, too! Maybe someday a video game developer will stumble on the book and make it happen! :) But in the meantime, I thought it would be fun to revisit the game in a new series. Long live FIELDS OF FANTASY!!!

Gamer Girl fan art stolen from Deviant Art. One of my all-time faves. By Karut.


Anyway, just wanted to let you know!! 

xo
MARI

Friday, February 10, 2012

Go Gamer Girl! YALSA 2012 Popular Paperback pick!


I have to say -- Gamer Girl is definitely proving to be the little book that could! It's been out for a few years now and it's still winning awards! It's latest honor? It was chosen to be a part of the Young Adult Library Service Association's (YALSA) 2012 Popular Paperbacks list! And under an awesome category as well--called "Get Your Geek On!" I couldn't be more proud! And I'm so glad that this will mean more libraries around the country will start carrying this book so more readers can read it!

To find more "Geeky" books, here's the entire list.

Special shout out to awesome librarians Melanie Wachsmann, Kelly Metzger, Kate Toebbe, Sarah Townsend, Lisa Goldstein, Sandy Sumner, and Ellen Loughran for putting Gamer Girl on the list!!

MARI