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hallie m. bertling, halthegal.'s avatar

whoohoooo & congrats congrats! what a life! what a world! what a novel (& more) to come! :D

as ever, thank you for hiring an artist to take your epic photoshoots. we creatives are grateful for your patronage and star power. :D

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Soman Chainani's avatar

Thank you :)

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Jason June's avatar

Congratulations, Soman!! This book sounds fabulous!!

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Soman Chainani's avatar

Thank you and see you soon!!

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Summer's avatar

Congrats Soman!! I'm so excited to get to read about another world you've created. Thank you for making this diary so we can follow your journey with this new novel; it's so insightful and inspiring. Been loving the vibe photos on Insta as well

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Soman Chainani's avatar

Thank you! So much fun ahead.

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Sarah Allen's avatar

This is SO SO cool!!!! The premise is amazing, but I'm especially excited for the text and visual blend and to see what that looks like!!

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Soman Chainani's avatar

It's been an adventure. Completely different from writing a normal novel!

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Sam's avatar

I’m conflicted

I love your work and I’m ridiculously excited about your new book but I’m beginning to hate how much publicity you’re getting

Young World hasn’t even been released yet and people are already fighting over the film rights

The school for good and evil movie was a miniature masterpiece for readers like myself but what is the world coming to when writing doesn’t get a chance to flourish before it’s swallowed by Hollywood and the media?

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Soman Chainani's avatar

I wouldn't worry in the slightest -- we just announced this one early because it's a political thriller and announcing after the election might end up feeling in reaction to that. So it was important to me to launch it earlier than my other books. Hollywood got a sneak peek and has been excited about it, the same way they were SGE when that was snatched up pretty early. But the book will be like all other books -- it will live and die on its quality when it comes into the hands of readers, who enjoy it silently and privately and evaluate its worth. Publicity means nothing if the book isn't good!

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Bill Hiatt's avatar

I'm going to be counting the seconds until this comes out. New book releases are always so exciting.

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Robin Hoffman's avatar

Well, this is fantastic news! Can’t wait to explore another new world. Give me political intrigue! See you at the event on 9/10 at the new Clark Family library with James and Natalie!

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Soman Chainani's avatar

Yes! I'm so excited to do an event there.

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James's avatar

This might be a dumb preemptive nitpick but I hope the age restriction on becoming President gets addressed (35+ I think?) Very excited to read this.

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Soman Chainani's avatar

oh don't you worry lol. i'm on every single detail of this!

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James's avatar

Awesome - can't wait! You have a knack for exquisite fine details. :)

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LikeTwoSwansInBalance's avatar

I'm looking forward to Young World!! Has its cover existed for long and what went into the design process? It reminds me of silkscreen prints or pop art, very far from SGE's covers, intriguingly. And did you choose its specific shade of orange for the accent color of your journal and signature?

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Soman Chainani's avatar

The colors of everything are coordinated on purpose and have long been in the works! It's not the cover necessarily, though. It's just a vibe for now. We'll see what the book cover ultimately is, though.

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Pratyusha Soni's avatar

Sooo excited!! You came to my school last year (GA) to talk about SGE, so I'm hoping this book leads you back! 🤞

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Soman Chainani's avatar

I hope so too!

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