Cover Reveal: Beyond the End of the World! š
Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner's newsletter.
Amie: Welcome to our newsletterās new home ā and just in time for an exclusive cover reveal! Itās been a while since weāve been in touch, but we promise weāve been busy with some exciting stuff!
Meg: This is true. Weāve had our heads down drafting, polishing and perfecting the sequel to The Other Side of the Sky ā which we can now reveal is titled Beyond The End of the World!
Amie: This series is a duology, so the whole story will be wrapped up in Beyond The End of the Worldāand for those who (like us) always have a hard time remembering what happened in book one, rest assured thereāll be a recap in the front to remind you where we left things.
Meg: Letās share the cover first, and then share what weāve been up to. Everyoneāll just scroll down to the cover anyway, otherwise. I mean, I would.
Amie: I canāt argue with that.
Cover reveal: Beyond the End of the World
Meg: When we first saw the cover for book on in this series, The Other Side of the Sky, our jaws dropped. It was the most beautiful book cover weād ever seen.
Amie: I was out to dinner with a group of authors when it came in, and when I showed them the cover on my phone, the waiter came over to check everything was okay, because every single person started screaming. Iām not even kidding.
Meg: So when it came time to see the cover for Beyond the End of the World, we were weirdly nervous. The first cover had been so, so good. How could the second live up to it?
Amie: Then we saw it. And it was glorious. In book one, North falls from his gleaming, technologically advanced city in the sky to Nimhās world of magic and prophecy below ā and discovers heās a part of one of her prophecies. In book two, theyāve learned about each othersā worlds, and the line between technology and magic has blurred a lot.
Meg: The cover captures those blurring lines beautifully, and the color palette is *chefs kiss* ā oh, and the bindle cat has a starring role. Are you ready to see it?
Amie: Here we go, niiiiice and big so you can admire it with usā¦
Meg: We adore it ā and you can preorder it right now, so itās delivered to your door in January, just in time for your post-holiday lazy reading. US sites are up now, and Aussie sites are coming soon!
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Amie: In future newsletters weāll talk more about the plot of the book, and talk about what it was like to write itāespecially since we werenāt able to get together in one place to brainstorm and outline, as we usually do.
Meg: It was an experience, drafting this book, and no mistake. But worth it in the end.
What weāve been up toā¦
Amie:Ā Okay, on to non-cover-reveal things! Letās catch everyone up on what weāve been up to, apart from drafting and editing Beyond the End of the World. Insofar as weāve had lives outside that mammoth task. What are you watching right now?
Meg:Ā I watched Ted Lasso like you told me to! The first couple of episodes I was all, 'okay, I see why you like this' and then suddenly I wasĀ inĀ and I watched the whole rest of the season in one sitting.
Amie:Ā That's exactly what we did, finished at 1am. Sat down to watch one episode, and somehow never stood up again. Iām very excited for season two this July!
Meg:Ā What about books, anything on your nightstand right now?
Amie: Weāve been spending a lot of time at screens, so Iāve mostly been reading via audio, recently. Right now Iām reading One Summer, America 1927 by Bill Bryson, which is a biography of a moment in time when Charles Lindbergh had just flown the Atlantic, Babe Ruth was having the season of a lifetime, and the world was getting ready to tip from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression. Bill Bryson has a knack for making everything interesting. But speaking of interesting, now weāre both vaccinated, I donāt suppose youāve been⦠outside?
Meg: I HAVE! AND IT WAS GREAT! Obviously weāre still being careful and thoughtful, but the warm weather is arriving here, and itās been so, so good to be able to catch up with friends. Julyās going to be a great month.
Amie: Iām taking July offline to finish up my draft of a new story Iām calling Isles Bookāmore on that in future newslettersāand spend some time with my family. But Iām already itching to get back in August and get to work on our next book.
Meg: More on that in a future newsletter too! Is there anything else we should be telling everyone?
Amie: I just wrapped season two of my podcast, Amie Kaufman on Writing ā every episode answers one question about writing craft, from the point of view of both readers and writers. All the episodes are ten minutes or less, and thereās also no swears and no ads, so teachers can use them. š
Amie: And because Iām a giant dork, Iāve been keeping track of the countries where itās hit the charts, too.
Meg: Give me the list.
Amie: *takes a deep breath* The USA, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Norway, Ireland,Ā Russia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Lithuania, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Japan and Singapore. And a few more I lost track of somewhere along the way.
Meg: NICE!
Amie: Thank you! ā¤ļø I think thatās probably it for this newsletter ā itās nice to be back in the saddle again!
Meg: It is! From now on weāll be sending out newsletters in this more casual style, catching everyone up on what weāve been up to, and sharing any news weāve got about new releases, events, or anything else. Until next time, take care, everyone!
Amie: And thanks for reading! Oh, and letās drop these preorder links for Beyond the End of the World here juuuuuuust, one more time. And then weāre out!
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WOW! I think I love the second cover even more. And what is happening to the City in the Sky? Can't wait to find out!