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I’ve been quiet lately because I’ve been catching up. Between all the traveling in July and getting yet another sinus infection these last couple weeks, it feels like my overstuffed head can’t wrap around all I need to catch up on. But several things have been checked off the list in the last few weeks, … Read more

It’s not publishing related, but I couldn’t resist posting this: I turned the oven on 450 to preheat for my supper. Suddenly, smoke is coming out of the oven vent. Huh? What could be burning in an empty oven? I open it up, and there’s a dozen oatmeal cookies. Oatmeal cookies I made about five … Read more

Yesterday was about the quietest birthday I think I’ve had in a while. Worked all day, went out for Thai with a friend, and then went with some other friends to learn about researching family history (which I love–I’ve been doing it for many years now). Bright spot of the day: my neighbor, who took … Read more

As I think I’ve said before, Harold Underdown’s site The Purple Crayon is a great resource for new and experience writers alike. He’s got everything under one roof, so to speak–both in articles to teach you and in links to lead you where you’re trying to go. I just discovered Wendy McClure’s Let the Mail … Read more

I’m watching this really badly made and acted science fiction movie made in 1930 called Just Imagine. It goes forward 50 years to 1980 in New York, where everyone has a number instead of a name, and in proto-Jetson style, everyone drives airplanes instead of cars (and yes, the noise in the sky is unbearable!). … Read more

Just finished the final edit of the first book of the first series I ever acquired. Yay! Now it’s with the author for her final go-round, then it’s off to the copyeditor, and then it’s off to the proofreader, and then, typesetting! And then sometime late in the fall, we’ll have ARCs to see (Advance … Read more

Got bumped off my early morning flight and didn’t get out of San Diego till 3pm. At least I had time to return to the hotel and find my laptop cord, which I’d forgotten (yikes!). And even had time for a walk along the bay and to sit at the pool for an hour reading … Read more

I just realized I used the word “happily” quite a few times in my last post. And I haven’t even read or watched something JA-related in weeks.

Whatever day it’s been, I do know for sure that I only have to stand on these poor, aching feet from 9:45 to 5 tomorrow, a blissfully short day compared to 9 to 7 today. Busy, busy, busy, lots of fans really loving the games, good signings with a couple authors in the booth, got … Read more

This morning, I had a dream that the events manager–the person in charge of running shows–was the person also in charge of acquisitions for books, etc. So she and I were going on a walk in my dream, and I was basically chasing her trying to convince her to acquire a certain kind of fish … Read more