Demetra Brodsky

DIVE SMACK • 2018 • Tor Teen/Macmillan

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COMMERCE LOVES READING BOOK FESTIVAL

  • City of Commerce Public Library Commerce USA (map)
Earlier Event: December 2
Mysterious Galaxy YA Author Panel
Later Event: June 23
DIVE SMACK LAUNCH PARTY

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And that’s how Mother Nature tops off an unexpected rainstorm in Southern California. #nofilter … #notbookish #rainbow #rainbowthrowdown #carlsbadmussels #carlsbadlagoon
As an author, finding out you gave readers a book hangover may be the greatest compliment ever! 🔥🙏🏼💧Posted @withrepost • @moonlight_rendezvous What was the last book that gave you a book hangover? For me, that was Dive Smack by @demebrodsky. It is so well-written, intriguing and has an ending that you will never see coming. If you haven't read it, you need to pick it up today. You will not regret it. Summary: Theo Mackey only remembers one thing for certain about the fire that destroyed his home: he lit the match. Sure, it was an accident. But the blaze killed his mom and set his dad on a path to self-destruction. Everything else about that fateful night is full of gaping holes in Theo’s mind, for good reason. Maybe it’s better that way. As captain of the Ellis Hollow Diving Team, with straight A's and solid friends, he's only one semester away from securing a scholarship, and leaving his past behind. But when a family history project gets assigned at school, new memories come rushing to the surface, memories that make Theo question what he really knows about his family, the night of the fire, and if he can trust anyone―including himself. #bookstagram #bookcommunity #bookobsessed #amreading #yabooks #bookish #booklove #igreads #bookworm #bookishlove #booknerdigans #prettybooks #prettybookspines #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #thebookstagram #bibliophile #booksbooksbooks #divesmack #torteen #bookphotography #mybookfeatures #fantasy #bookaddict #bookcommunity #flatlaytoday #yainstagram #instareads #totalbooknerd #instaread
My In Conversation with @lilliamr at @mystgalaxybooks today was so much fun. It felt like I was talking books with an old (east coast) friend. Can’t wait to see you again, Lilliam. Congratulations on your gorgeous new book #dealingindreams #wegotthis 🎉🎉🎉 … #bookish #bookaddict #bookaholic #igreads #torteen #instabooks #instareads #yaauthorsofinstagram #goodreads #bookfan #bookgram #bookcommunity #totalbooknerd #booknerdigans #bookgeek #booklove #bookishlove #bookdragon #bookaddiction #alwaysreading #dealingindreams #divesmack #theeducationofmargotsanchez #sistersinliterature #writerfriends
Las Mal Criadas this Sunday at Mysterious Galaxy San Diego! With a little Dive Smack, because me and Lilliam Rivera are sisters now! LMC for life! … #bookish #bookstagram #bookevents #yalit #yaauthor #thriller #suspense #torteen #macmillan #booknerd #hotread #buffalostance #readmorebooks #dealingindreams #divesmack #booksbooksbooks #bookcommunity #yaauthorsofinstagram #bookobsessed #bookpassion #alwaysreading #bookphoto #booksarelife #writers #yougotthis #fridayreads #Friday
Some of my best mornings have been spent walking near the beach with these two steadfast writer friends. ❤️📚🏝 … #yaauthorsofinstagram #writerfriends #wegotthis #writerscommunity #always #mila2.0 #themidnightdance #divesmack #friday #fridayfun #southerncalifornia #nikkikatz #debradriza #demetrabrodsky
This week has been a whirlwind of happy, nostalgic moments. Twenty-five years ago, on March 12, 1994, I married an adventurous saxophone player in Negril, JA during the week of the West End Reggae Festival. We met while he was touring with a reggae band and I dropped my entire life to pack up and follow him to Ithaca, NY where we lived for two years before we stood on a cliff in JA, surrounded by family and friends—friends we still love and adore and speak to and see when we can—and said our I do’s. A Rasta named Mikey made our traditional Jamaican rum cake with his girlfriend when he learned we didn’t have one. A woman in Ithaca made my dress for $45.00. We were broke, in love, and didn’t care if every detail was perfect. We were a perfect fit and that’s all that mattered then and all that matters now. I didn’t even arrange for flowers until the day before, and in true Jamaican fashion, the florist came through, with grace, with love, and with blessings. I would not change one single decision or moment. Except for the fact that my man isn’t on IG ❤️ Here’s to 25 more. 🥂 … #mawage #25thanniversary #twentyfifthanniversary #truelove #relationshipgoals #lovewins #negriljamaica #hotelsamsara #reggaelovers #jamaicanwedding #notbookish #yaauthorsofinstagram
This is how we do it at @jojoscreamery 🍦❤️ Bananas Foster and Peanut Butter Cup … #iscreamforicecream #relax #smallbatch #jojoscreamery #handcraftedicecream #notbookish #yummy #sunday
Another outstanding #ontariotbf with amazing friends, authors, librarians, bloggers, and volunteers! 📚❤️
In the time it took me to go to the Relax The Back store for a new desk chair, my daughter made this lemon blueberry pound cake. She said it was the first thing I ever taught her to bake and she was feeling it tonight! 😊 … #notbookish #lemonblueberry #blueberrylemoncake #baker #webake #homebaking #poundcake #tubepancake #lemonlove #blueberrylove #cake #motherdaughter #dietshmiet #treatyoself #yummy
I’ll be in Ontario this coming Saturday for the Ontario Teen Book Fest. So excited to spend the day with readers, librarians, and authors like @thatames @juliebuxbaum@abdaddy @kayla_cagan_writer @wibbs_ink @diamondxgirl @saltybadgerbooks @stephanie_garber @austins_b @nicolemaggiauthor @robinreul @maryweberauthor @jessicabrody @cindyponauthor & so many more! … #YALit #OntarioTBF #teenfiction #divesmack #igreads #ontariocalifornia #yareads #yaauthorsofinstagram #yaauthors #yaauthorsofig #readabook #youngadultbooks #bookfestival #bookish
This is one of my favorite quotes ever. I keep it on my desktop to remind me that I need to be in the story to write it well. Paying attention to little every day things helps to fill your brain tank with the descriptions you need to take your writing up a level. I can’t be to one side of it while drafting or revising, allowing myself to periodically check social media. All in. That’s the only way I feel satisfied by what I’ve written on the page. . . . . . #bookish #bookstagram #bookworm #yalit #yaauthor #thriller #suspense #torteen #macmillan #booknerd #hotread #readmorebooks #teammonarch #divesmack #writers ##yougotthis #wednesdaywisdom #wednesday #yaauthorsofinstagram. #writing #amwriting #amdrafting #mindfulness #bookaddict #bookaholic #igreads #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #goodreads
My daughter works at LEGOLAND and brought home this #jurassicpark mini LEGO of Chris Pratt’s character. A little unknown fact about me is that I’m the former Director of Exhibits and Creative Services for the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY. So naturally, I had to make a spectacle of him. #everythingisawesome . . . . #legoland #legos #jurassicpark #bookish #makeitfashion #chrispratt #legolove #tricerotops #stylin #funwithlegos #nevergrowup #yaauthorsofinstagram #yaauthor #whynot
I’m so close to finishing this new book and can’t wait to hand it over and get the revisions process going. It won’t be out until 2020 and I can’t say much about it yet, but I’m looking forward to sharing it with the world. All I have to do is keep going. What are you guys working on? . . . . . #bookish #bookstagram #bookworm #yalit #yaauthor #thriller #suspense #torteen #macmillan #booknerd #hotread #readmorebooks #teammonarch #booksbooksbook #readmorebooks #bookgram #bookpassion #bookobsessed #divesmack #writers ##yougotthis #motivationmonday #monday
Every once in a while you have to make yourself a deluxe breakfast. Like this turkey-bacon, egg, and provolone sandwich with garlic aioli and arugula on a pretzel bun. Hey, writers trying to hit a deadline have to eat, too. I like to make it pretty. #noyoucannothaveabite . . . . . #notbookish #brunchqueen #eggsonabun #eggsandwich #breakfastfood #homefoodie #yaauthorsofinstagram #yaauthor #makeityourself #yum #treatyoself #Imadeit #sogood #thisishowibrunch #dontaskforabite #demetrabrodsky #takeanumber
Day 22 of #authorlifemonth My Publishing team. The ladies of #torteen hilariously displayed their #fierce swim meet game faces on the release day of #DIVESMACK, and honestly, I'm so glad they're on my side. My editor @besscozby (3rd from the left) is looking particularly determined to slay. We had so much fun working on my debut book, and it was in excellent hands at @torteen. I'm looking forward to everything coming soon with the new book Bess and I are working on together. She's definitely going to need to whip out this #fierceness again when you guys see what we've got brewing for 2020. 🔥❤️💧 . . Yes I know this is my second publishing team post today. I'm a lucky writer, what can I say. 🎉 . . . . #bignewscomingsoon #bookish #bookstagram #bookworm #yalit #yaauthor #thriller #suspense #torteen #readmorebooks #bookaholic #publishingteam #divesmack #yaauthor #bookcommunity #debutbooks #editorsofinstagram #yaauthorsofinstagram #obsessed #bookpassion #alwaysreading #bookphoto #booksarelife #writersandeditors #yougotthis
Day 22 of #authorlifemonth My Publishing Team! 🎉These are my @newleafliterary agents (F) @sztownsend81 (Top L) @devyross with (R) @miafroman from the foreign rights department. I signed with Suzie in July and Devin joined our team shortly thereafter. I honestly get up every day wondering how it's possible to feel this lucky and at ease with my career. Working with them has been a dream come true. And although I am certainly #grateful, it doesn't even begin to describe how much I appreciate having these whip-smart, strategic, and caring women on my side. And honestly, look at them . . . #GORGEOUS inside and out!!!🔥🔥🔥 . . . #bignewscomingsoon #bookish #bookstagram #bookworm #yalit #yaauthor #thriller #suspense #newleafliterary #readmorebooks #bookaholic #publishingteam #divesmack #yaauthor #bookcommunity #yaauthorsofinstagram #obsessed #bookpassion #alwaysreading #bookphoto #booksarelife #writersandagents #yougotthis
There are so many murals in my town that I forget to take a moment to appreciate the funky and fun flair they add to the walls of buildings. One of the characters in my new book (coming in 2020) is a street artist. There are several artists in this one, actually, and it’s been really fun for me to explore and dig into my fine arts degree to write this story and develop that part of their characters as an organic facet of who they are day-to-day. How do you feel about street art and murals? . . . . . #bookish #bookaddict #bookaholic #igreads #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #goodreads #ilovebooks #bookfan #bookgram #bookcommunity #totalbooknerd #booknerdigans #bookgeek #booklove #bookishlove #bookdragon #bookaddiction #yaauthorsofinstagram #newwip #amwriting #amdrafting #yaauthor #streetart
When the deathly allergic husband is away, you make yourself pan-seared scallops with a lemon butter sauce, even if you’re on a deadline. Amirite? … . . . . #homefoodie #yaauthorsofinstagram #yaauthor #homefoodie #notbookish #authoreats #makeityourself #homemade #healthyeats #scallops #amwriting #ondeadline #imsofancy #goodeats #getbacktowork
I love this Alfred Hitchcock quote. It’s so easy to get a sense of that feeling, that pounding in our chest when you realize it was all just a dream and you’re fine. Experiencing that same sensation while reading a book or watching a movie is amazing. What’s the last book you read or movie you watched that made your heart pound? . . . . #bookish #bookstagram #bookworm #yalit #yaauthor #thriller #suspense #torteen #macmillan #booknerd #hotread #readmorebooks #teammonarch #divesmack #writers ##yougotthis #wednesdaywisdom #wednesday #bookaddict #bookaholic #igreads #instabooks #goodreads #movies #bookgram #totalbooknerd #booknerdigans #bookgeek #booklove
Day 19 #authorlifemonth Non-Bookish Hobby. I’ve been an artist for my entire adult life. I have a fine arts degree from #massart in Boston with a concentration in graphic design. I love to paint and DIY and make things with my hands when I have time. I know how to knit and I’m teaching myself needlepoint. I used to have an Etsy store where I sold handmade jewelry, and not too long ago, I was still doing corporate design work, as well as designing swag for other authors. Everything from exhibition design to bookmarks to book cover design and a cricket illustration for author Andrew Smith for Grasshopper Jungle. The small collages are from a postcard project I did with my BFF @hemcguire where we sent postcards to each other, visually responding to something in one another’s work and including that in the pieces we sent back and forth. I think of writing a novel as painting with words. The subtext as the necessary negative space we use in design. Writing takes up so much time, more than any other thing I’ve done in the arts, but my promise to myself for 2019 is to get back to working with my hands on a regular basis. Do you have a hobby you want to make more time for this year? … #bookish #bookstagram #bookworm #yaauthor #readmorebooks #teammonarch #diy #readmorebooks #bookgram #makemoreart #bookpassion #bookobsessed #desinger #writers ##yougotthis #painting #tuesdaythoughts #tuesday