In exactly 8 hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds, it will be February 1st. Which means that once it’s February 1st, there’s only THREE MONTHS before my book comes out.
27 seconds . . .
15 . . .
I know this because I’m now obsessed with my Blingybob day counter-downer (no clue if that’s what you call [...]

Don’t you love it when you stumble across interesting facts while during book research?
Here’s a good one: For those of us who are old enough to remember Captain Kangaroo, did you know that Captain Kangaroo (aka, Bob Keeshan,) began his career as being the first Clarabell the Clown on “The Howdy Doody Show?”

Honk your sweet [...]

Thanks so much for all the sweet, touching comments left on my livejournal post yesterday! It’s so fantastic being surrounded by cyber friends. I even received a lovely email from someone in the UK (thank you!) which proves just how connected the world can be with the internet. I know it sounds [...]

**Warning** This post is a downer.
On Monday night, we had to put my sweetie dog Allie down. It was hard making that decision, but she was hardly eating for so long, and it was obvious she was in pain. Not only were Allie’s kidneys failing despite the new medications she was on, [...]

Aw, my youngest kid finished my book last night and said he loved it. *Sniff* It was so touching to hear him say he was proud of me.
Okay, there were some things I wanted to blog about this week but either forgot to or didn’t have the time. So today is my blog makeup [...]

THE GOOD:

44,325 / 80,000(55.4%)

I’m over halfway done with TSC, (formally CBFF - I’ve changed the title.) And no, TSC does not stand for Tractor Supply Center.
THE BAD:
This rough draft is gonna end up being a monster–probably over my estimated 80,000 word count. I feel like I’m pregnant with a big, whopping book [...]

The Class of 2k7’s first issue of our quarterly ezine is now available! Check it out by clicking here.
We also have a new MySpace page as well, and we’d love to meet new friends!
And lastly, everyone knows American Idol premieres tonight. So, the question is, do I watch it? Or, do I [...]

I’m a few days late with this, but congratulations to Jennifer Lynn Barnes for the release of her latest book, TATTOO!
“Bailey Morgan isn’t the type of girl who shows a lot of skin, but somehow, she ends up in a dressing room at the mall with her friend Delia applying a temporary tattoo to [...]

I finally stopped procrastinating and created a MySpace page on Saturday evening while listening to the Ravens lose, sniff, sniff. And okay, it wasn’t as hard as I thought it’d be, so I’m kicking myself for being such a wuss about it for the past few months.
Please check it out, and friend me if you [...]

A big Congratulations and Woo HOO!! to Sara Zarr for the release of her book, STORY OF A GIRL, which received a starred review from the School Library Journal.
“Throws a sharp right hook at the assumptions people make about girls who have sex early.” E. Lockhart
“This is a hell of a good book.” Chris Crutcher
“I [...]