Archive for September, 2009

The evolution of a new website

  I’m thrilled to announce the launch this week of my new website. You’ll find it at www.julietmarillier.com. This is the culmination of a four month cooperative process with web designer Ariel Faulkner of ARIEL ink. In this post I’ll share the steps in that process. Why redesign? As a published novelist with readers all [...]

The Story in the Story

“In twenty minutes you gave me exactly what I’ve been looking for!” I got that comment half a dozen times this past weekend. The setting was the porch of a monastery. Was I sharing the secret of spiritual enlightenment? Actually, I was brainstorming plot ideas with students at the fabled Writers Retreat Workshop. In fact, [...]

CONFESSIONS released, yay!

Today is the big day! CONFESSIONS OF A FIRST DAUGHTER has released! I’m going through a welter of emotions. Pride, anxiety, wonder. I had a blast working on this project, and I hope the fun that I experienced writing it will translate to the target audience, teen girls. And I hope it does well in [...]