Welcome to Dropped Candy, Infrequent Newsletter of Writer Phoebe Sinclair
Welcome!
Thank you for signing up to learn more my debut novel Confessions of a Candy Snatcher —now available by pre-order. As the novel nears publication in August, I’ll send infrequent —then dramatically and perhaps intimidatingly frequent— emails to keep you in the loop.
You’ll learn:
Where to pre-order (online) and purchase CoaCS (online and IRL)
About upcoming book launch events and author appearances
Behind-the-scenes details
Occasionally, you'll be subjected to my whims and mental bric a brac (see bonus question results, below.) I’m hoping you’ll find that fun. Either way, I’ll be amused. 😉
How to Pre-Order
Visit your favorite local, independent bookshop OR order online at indiebound, bookshop, barnes and noble, or amazon.
Wait . . . What’s This Novel About?
A night of Halloween fun gone wrong has Jonas wondering if he’s really a wolf in disguise in this fast-paced fiction debut delving into accountability, relationships . . . and zines.
For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can grab from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one’s supposed to get hurt, just lose their treats. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his snatching attempt. He’s even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who knows what happened that night. Jonas already has enough on his plate, between his parents’ ill-defined separation and his own guilt—guilt his friend Concepción challenges him to confront in a zine she’s creating around the prompt “What’s the worst thing you ever did?” It’s a complicated question, one that touches on issues of identity, maturity, physical boundaries, and safety.
Featuring zines crafted by award-winning illustrator Theodore Taylor III, Phoebe Sinclair’s debut novel relates an emotive, reflective story about the wonder—and mess—of growing up.
Wait . . . Who is Phoebe?
Phoebe Sinclair (she-series) is a: writer, wanderer, friend, listener, partner, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, god parent, zinester, bike-commuter, facilitator, learner, community-worker, writing critique group member, delightfully confounding, trouble-maker . . . and now AUTHOR!
phoebesinclairwrites.com | tw: @wholeheartlocal | insta: @wholeheartlocal
Okay . . . What about that bonus question?
Bonus Question Q&A
Q: What’s this question got to do with your novel?
A: Nothing. It’s a quirky hold-over from my days of interviewing and selecting roommates for my post-college apartment.
Q: Is there a correct response?
A: Nope. That said, my favorite response became ‘sandwich’ due to, of the 81 potential roommates I interviewed between 2001 and 2007, only 5 selecting that option. 🥪