A Blog Post from the Intern

Since June I have been interning for Joyee Flynn. When I first started this position, I had to play a lot of catch up, familiarizing myself with the events that occurred in each book from each series and learning what was expected of me in general. It was quite an extensive process, but, after all these months, I think I am finally starting to get a better handle on what I'm doing.

When Joyee began her Christmas elf series, I got to experience what it was like to start a series from the beginning rather than just being thrown in to the middle of a work in progress if you will. This gave me a glimpse into all the thinking and problem-solving that goes into developing a new series. Working with pre-editing and editing the books in the Who Needs Christmas? series was different from the previous work I had done for Joyee overall because I was given the opportunity to see and be a part of a collection of works being completed from start to finish.

As Joyee has mentioned in some of her previous blog posts, this project was not without its share of obstacles. She had done a ton of planning beforehand—making charts, taking notes, and so on. However, one cannot plan for everything.

For example, having all of the titles you were set on using for your twelve books be rejected.

This occurrence was definitely one of the most memorable ones that I had while working on the pre-edits and edits for these books. I remember Joyee coming up to the room where I was working, announcing what had happened, and asking for my and her friends help with brainstorming twelve new titles. Admittedly I wasn't much help, but it was a valuable experience to watch what had seemed a huge crisis at the time be averted with a combination of quick-thinking and collaboration.

In general, Joyee and I encountered a variety of other "speed bumps" along the way, but none of them were insurmountable. Although the process of completing this series was a roller-coaster at times, the end result is ultimately something her fans will enjoy.

-Andi

Today’s Contest Question: There isn’t one! Free entry day for the drawing!

Read these directions because only the people who do it right get entered!

If you’d like to enter please email Andi, my intern at joyee_intern@yahoo.com. Put the title of the blog in the subject line so she can keep them all straight. In the email, put your answer, full name and address.

The prize for this contest is one of the Who Needs Christmas? Books! So please include which one you would like!! *Contest ends Dec 17th at noon MST.

Good luck and today is the release of Holy Stockings!!