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Monthly Archives: July 2009 Just a few of your friendly neighborhood Shadow Mountain authors. You may be able to tell that we had entirely too much fun at the Jordan Landing event last week. At least I did. That’s me, in between Lisa Mangum (left) and Ally Condie (right). I know. You’re jealous. But don’t be, because, well, um,... It’s Revision time. I know some writers hate revisions, but I love them. In theory, it’s like doing a critique on a book you already love. I’m hoping reality will be as good! Husband told me I’ve neglected to say much about The New One being published by Shadow Mountain. Here’s what I know. It’s... This is a little thing I just wrote, about my take on an unscheduled event during our vacation. This all (sort of- with my artistic license) happened to Kid 1, in a life-changing way. I was there, but only sort of. By the time anything became remotely dangerous, I was jogging up the beach with...  My bloggy-friend L.T. Elliot over at Dreams of Quill and Ink sent me my very first blog award. Would you like to know that I didn’t know blog awards existed until a month ago? Wasn’t that an honest statement? This award has 4 requirements: 1. Thank the person who gave you the award, list her... Okay, not really, I just love that line from “ELF” – don’t you? But, I do, in fact, have good news. I’ve sold another book to Shadow Mountain! Yeah, huh? I’ll just wait over here while you cheer for a while. Ok, that was nice of you. Thank you very much. As far as details... I love words. Not in a grammar-snob sense (although I do cringe when phrases like “we seen” and “we gone” come out of mouths employed by my children’s school district…). Just good words make me happy. Words like ill-gotten. Unfettered. Nether regions. Persnickety. Crapulent. Vague. Apothecary. Food words make me happy too: Garnish. Capers. Saute.... I have a fun, fabulous Book Event! Tomorrow (July 15th) around noon at Jordan Landing, I will be book talking with the lovely and talented Ally Condie and Lisa Mangum.* We’re having treats** and talking about books and possibly writing a novel on the fly with many hilarious inputs from our audience. Come and Play!... |