I suppose since this is my blog and since finishing a book is a big deal, that maybe I should, you know, mention it on here. I *did* mention what I was doing after finishing–i.e. wandering aimlessly and having no purpose in life–but I haven’t talked *about* the book. Did I even mention I was […]
Le sigh – a.k.a. book aftermath
So, I finished the novel I was working on. The last three months blew by in a blur of frantic research and worry and pounding out word counts and now that it’s done I get to wake up for a while and be a real person who showers on a regular basis and changes her […]
100 Days and an Excerpt
Can you believe there are only 100 days left until The Rise of Renegade X comes out? It sounds like a lot, but then again, it’s only a little over three months, and when I first got the offer from Egmont, I had over 400 days to wait, so relatively speaking, 100’s not that much. […]
What, two posts in one day?!
Fellow Tenner Christina Diaz Gonzalez, brilliant author of The Red Umbrella and my release-date-sistah, has challenged me to post a list of ten things that make me happy. So here goes! Ten Things That Make Me Happy 1. Finishing a novel – I’ll admit I’ve got finishing on my mind as I’m mired down in […]
Time to dig out my mouse ears (yes, I have them)
Cross-posted from the Tenners LJ: Okay, so for the past couple weeks I’ve been talking about Sekrit Good News I couldn’t share, but now the wait is over. I tweeted the basics, but here’s the detailed version of the story. A couple weeks ago, before the holiday break, my phone rang. It was Hollywood calling, […]
New Year’s Post
So 2009 was a pretty good year. I got a good agent, sold a novel, and made tons of new friends. A year ago I wasn’t sure if The Rise of Renegade X would ever find a publisher, and since then I’ve held it in my hands as a real book. Crazy sauce! In the […]
Agent Appreciation Day!
It’s Agent Appreciation Day across the internet, and let me tell you, I sure appreciate my agent, Holly Root. You see, I used to have a not-so-good agent. One who didn’t talk to me and ignored my e-mails and couldn’t get the names of my books straight. I thought good, wonderful, OMG-perfect-for-me agents were for […]
Kittens! Inspired by… contests
If you’ve been following my crochet adventures over the last month (and you have, haven’t you?), you’ll know I was crocheting a bunch of kittens. Jen Nadol of the Tenners is hosting monthly giveaways for non-traditional swag for Tenner books. (The Debs did this for 2009, so if you’re familiar with that, that’s what this […]
Not dead, still here
Hey everyone! I realize I’ve totally been MIA on the blog lately. I have been working on a new book and watching Friday Night Lights. I won’t tell you which one of those things I’ve been doing more of. ;) I’m finishing up the 12 Kitten Stuck in a Tree (Tree Not Included)s–I’ve got one […]
Productive
Today was a productive day. I just feel like I have to tell you that at almost 2 in the morning, when I can’t seem to look away from the screen anymore and am very blah in the brain and have been trying to catch up on other people’s blogs, but failing a little bit, […]