Home Stretch

Figured I'd check in since I'm busy trying to avoid work.

Very sad that Michael Jackson died. His album, Thriller, was the first album I remember owning. And yes, I said album. Not tape, not CD, not MP3. Album. At least I didn't say 8-track.

I've bee reading Hannah Tinti's The Good Thief, and really enjoying it. The first couple of chapters are a little slow, but it's well written. I've also got the second book of Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy. I loved the first book so much that I ordered the second from England since it won't be available in the states until Sept. Not that I have time to read it.

I'm working on my webpage. Hopefully I'll have stuff to view later in July.

I'm anxious to get to work on my follow up to The Deathday Letter. It won't be in the Deathday world, but I think I'm settled on my next three projects. I hope. It's difficult for me to hang onto a project. Let's not forget that I was in the middle of a project when I dreamed up Deathday, so you never know what'll happen.

Sorry for the boring post, things will pick up soon.

Still editing...12 days to go.

This is why the internet is AWESOME

The Work Avoidance Conundrum

Actually, the cool thing was that I'm part of this group called The Tenners. They're a rad collection of debut 2010 YA Authors. Yesterday an informal Q&A was held. It was supposed to be a nice back and forth, but some of us (me!) jumped in and just started answering questions. About 500 posts later, I have to say that it was the most fun I've had so far.

It was also the first time I was able to connect with people who might be reading my book (outside of family, of course), and I was pretty much floored. It reinforced so much of why I'm going to love having a career writing for young adults. They haven't even read my book or met me or even seen a cover, but there's excitement. The Question-Askers asked so many awesome, brave questions, and I had a blast answering them.

I'm still like a year from publication, but I'm already in awe. It's pretty cool.

I guess I should get back to work :(

Still Breathing

Still alive. Barely. I'm into the revisions and they're kicking my butt, but I'm still at it. I'm finding a lot of new nuances to my book that I never noticed before, so yay for my awesome editors and agent!

I just participated in a really great LJ chat over at The Tenners. If there are any questions you have for a Tenner, head on over!

Soon the revisions will be over and I'll be back to regular posting. Just a few more weeks. Until then:

Twilight...with Cheeseburgers.