Countdowns and Love Lists

Today is March 9th. Which means that there are:

6 months
184 days
4, 416 hours
264,960 seconds

...until FALLING INTO PLACE comes out and my head explodes. Wow. Like, I see the numbers and I have a vague concept that months/days/hours/seconds are divisions of time or something, but I can't actually wrap my head around the idea that this thing I made in my head is going to be...bound? On shelves? Available for purchase? In SIX MONTHS?!

I am terrified and excited and happy beyond words, and to celebrate, I'm going to do a love list, which is a non-exhaustive list of the things you love about a manuscript (inspired by my wonderful CP Mark O'Brien, who was inspired KK Hendin, who was inspired by Rachel, who was inspired by Stephanie Perkins). 

FALLING INTO PLACE

voicemails

chalk drawings on the roof

scenic towers

flying

jumping off the swings

snapshots

countdowns

Newton

a 1967 Ford Falcon

being wrong

being right

being

hide-and-seek

gravity

bouncy balls

wire crowns

twenty-three missed calls

running through the rain

second chances

rolling

seven days

fifty-eight minutes

inertia

F = ma

equals

opposites

green sweaters

flute players

black eyes

the sky

tag

matching friendship rings

wishing

falling

cause and effect

blue

yes

BONUS:

the cover

the interior

(for more pictures, visit my Pinterest board for FALLING)