I have been working on an *entirely new novel*, THE GATHERING DARK, and it will be published by Simon Pulse! It’s scheduled for release in the autumn of 2012, and I am unbelievably freaking excited about it!

What’s it about you ask? This:

Okay, I know that was kind of cryptic. Here’s the blurb from Publisher’s Marketplace:
Christine Johnson’s THE GATHERING DARK, about a gifted pianist who discovers that she and the mysterious boy she’s falling for are part of an alternate world made from dark matter, and in a race of love against fear, she must somehow save her life without losing herself.

Yep. It’s about hot guys and dark matter and music and I am SO. BEYOND. EXCITED. about this book.

*pops champagne* *passes out cupcakes* *dances on table*

Now, excuse me while I get back to writing it!

I swear, as soon as they take this duct tape off my mouth, I’ll tell you EVERYTHING. In the interim, here’s a clue . . .

An excerpt from John Updike’s poem, Cosmic Gall:

Neutrinos, they are very small.
They have no charge and have no mass
And do not interact at all.
The earth is just a silly ball
To them, through which they simply pass,
Like dustmaids down a drafty hall
Or photons through a sheet of glass . . .

(Excerpted from the poem “Cosmic Gall,” which first appeared in Telephone Poles and Other Poems, John Updike, Knopf, 1960)

Confused? Good. I’m mean like that. More news forthcoming as I’m allowed to broadcast it.

Today is the BIG DAY. Valentine’s. Woo hoo! Chocolate is EVERYWHERE. I love this day! (Yeah, I’ve had a lot of coffee. What? WHAT?!?)

So, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I am revealing the dedication page of NOCTURNE. And hosting a giveaway. IT’S CRAZY AROUND HERE!

First, the dedication. Ready? Here it is:

This is for the woman I most admire, most appreciate and most adore.
This is for my mother.

And that’s it! I love my mom. She’s the best in the whole world.

And now, for all of YOU. An (international) giveaway! Here’s the good news: everyone wins! Simply email me your snail mail address (christine at christinejohnsonbooks dot com) and you will receive CLAIRE DE LUNE swag.

BUT, a few lucky people will receive more! More! MORE!

I have a one-of-a-kind NOCTURNE cover flat to give away. It’s signed, and features a photo of me as a sparkly vampire.

I’m also giving away a UK copy of CLAIRE DE LUNE (it has a heart on the cover! So appropriate for Valentine’s Day!) AND INSIDE THE BOOK IS A HAND-WRITTEN EXCERPT FROM NOCTURNE! OoooOOOooooOOOoooo! So cool!

You’ll have until midnight EST on Friday, 2/18 to send in your mailing address. Winners of the BONUS prizes will be notified on Saturday.

Group hug!

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I’m thrilled to announce that the still-untitled sequel to CLAIRE DE LUNE is going to be published by Simon PULSE. It’ll be coming to bookstores in the summer of 2011! Hooray! I’ll be staying with my wonderful editor, Anica Rissi, and I can’t wait to work on another book with her. And thanks, of course, to my fab agent, Caryn Wiseman, for facilitating the whole thing.

Here’s the Publisher’s Marketplace blurb: Christine Johnson’s sequel to the forthcoming CLAIRE DE LUNE, about a 16-year old girl who discovers that she is a werewolf, one of a long line of female werewolves, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, for publication in Summer 2011, by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).

Note that the sequel is untitled. If you have any title ideas, I’d love to hear them. Seriously. It’s my least favorite part of writing.