Hi, I'm Alex Bracken. I'm 26, live in NYC, and I'm an author who actually works in children's publishing. I reblog everything from interesting history tidbits, to fashion, to all of the great nerdy loves of my life.
THE DARKEST MINDS (Disney*Hyperion) is out now!.
You can order it now! (That would be super swell.) Or, you can check out the excerpt and nifty things over on TheDarkestMinds.com. You can also follow me on Twitter, or like me on Facebook. You can find all TDM-related stuff on this Tumblr by clicking here.
Book 2, NEVER FADE, will be out on October 29, 2013. It's available for pre-order on Amazon (and Kindle). You can add it on GoodReads here!
my endless lit meme: friendships [01/??]
→ the black betty gang: liam, suzume, ruby, and chubs (the darkest minds by alexandra bracken)
Freaked out by the fact that’s totally the reference image I used for Zu!
The Darkest Minds and Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
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Do u think…?
Yes! This is the source of the name Black Betty. Liam likes giving classic rock nicknames to people/things, apparently. He calls the skiptracer chasing them Lady Jane and Ruby gets called Ruby Tuesday. (I always liked the reference to Ruby Tuesday because the reference becomes a bit ironic by the end of the book. When you change with every new day/still I’m gonna miss you) There used to be a lot more (including the original title Black is the Color), but my editor had me ease up on them a bit.
ETA: I thought of another one! Slip Kid!
#The Darkest Minds #Darkest MindsHere you go! There are two. And, again, here is the playlist for NEVER FADE.
If you can’t find the question/answer you’re looking for, you can always search The Darkest Minds tag—I try really hard to go back and make sure they’re all labeled correctly.
UPWARD OVER THE MOUNTAIN - Iron and Wine
So may the sunrise bring hope;
Where it once was forgotten;
Sons are like birds;
Flying upward over the mountain.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I got surprised with tickets to see Iron and Wine tonight and if you’ve been following me here you have well documented evidence of my obsession, especially with his older stuff. The concert was so upbeat and beautiful—I loved seeing how he reinterpreted his older songs to incorporate the amazing band playing with him, but, I have to admit, my favorite songs were the ones he played stripped down alone with his guitar. He played Upward Over the Mountain, which was a strange coincidence seeing as it’s on book 3’s fledging playlist (it reminds me of the Stewart boys).
(74 plays)
I made new glossy postcards for NEVER FADE to match the ones I made for THE DARKEST MINDS! I’ll have them at BEA and my events later this year. Unfortunately they have the wrong release date on them, but whatever. I’ll doodle a heart over the numbers or something.
P.S. I consider this the unofficial slogan of NF. Lots of people being sneaky and not showing their true colors/intentions, so to speak.
#Never Fade #The Darkest Minds #AND WITH THAT I RETURN TO WRITING BOOK 3GUYS GUYS GUYS IT’S UP I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO SEE IT! What do you think? Any theories on what the symbol might mean? (And, yup, it’s a compass rose.) There’s also an excerpt of the first chapter available for your eyeballs to take in. :)
P.S. Thank you EW! (And, specifically, Breia!)
P.P.S. OKAY! Accidentally glossed over the other piece of news in this story: we’re releasing a bridge novella this summer! By bridge novella, I mean it takes place between books one and two and if you’ve ever wondered anything about:
- What it’s like to live in the world of TDM as a young adult who was too old to be affected by IAAN and too young to have lost a kid
- What parents are attempting to do to get their kids back
- How the skiptracer system works
- What’s happening with Zu
… then this is the novella for you! It’s actually one of my favorite things I’ve written (!) and I am, like, psychotically excited for you all to read it.
you’re fireproof
nothing breaks your heart
I have a feeling that this album is going to be to book 3 what Arcade Fire’s Suburbs album was to The Darkest Minds.
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(8,833 plays)I don’t know! Who says Ruby even finds Liam in this one?! Who says he didn’t get picked up by PSFs, or is hurt, or was killed?!
Just teasing you! It’s an interesting question to think about. If she does find him, and he somehow gets his memory back or finds out what happened, do you think Liam is the kind of person that would forgive her for that kind of invasion? Do you think he’d see it as a betrayal? Would you be able to forgive someone for making that choice for you?
I’m sort of ambivalent towards love triangles, to be honest. If it makes sense in the context of the series I’m willing to explore it—it’s really not super unusual for two people to like the same girl/guy at the same time and that’s what the definition of love triangle has become, apparently. I’ve always liked that the minute you think TDM is veering into love triangle territory you quickly realize that’s not actually the case.
P.S. Ask me this question again after you’ve read NF!
Because I’m feeling super guilty that the NF cover still hasn’t been released (STILL waiting for that info to feed out to all the various websites), I thought I’d do a quick Teaser Thursday. This one was inspired by a recent Ask and definitively answers the asker’s question about whether this character appears. Spoilers, obviously! Please don’t reproduce this anywhere else. I’m pulling from one of the uncopyedited files, so if you spot a typo please ignore!
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps…
Hi there! If you look through The Darkest Minds tag you’ll see a number of different casting suggestions. As for me, I don’t have an ideal cast!
YA LIT MEME » ten series or books (8/10) » The Darkest Minds
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