What's a girl to do??

I decided to announce the title contest next Monday. I am waiting on test results today and can't seem to think of much beside that.


I did want to give a SHOUT OUT to my sweet friend Rachna Chhabria. Please visit her blog over at Rachna's Scriptorium. She has a lot to say about writing. Her posts are always spot on and she is a lovely person. Rachna hails from India. So (as Rachna puts it) head over, grab a virtual chair, a cup of coffee and say hello. She's a great person to know and she's always ready to discuss anything writerly. ;)  http://rachnachhabria.blogspot.com/2010/05/our-internal-conflict-versus-character.html

I love you all!

Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated! ^_^ Could be titled, I'M BACK...

It is so great to be back blogging again. I don't know how all of this will go, because there is something wrong with me. They (the powers that think they know what they're doing) are giving me tests. I might hear something this week. And so it goes. As if I don't see enough hospitals and doctors, huh??

For my first post back, I had to tell y'all about my super-duper writing pardner, Beth Revis's new blog venture. She has come together with a group of other like-minded, YA authors who are debuting next year and started a new website blogging about the genre, their books, and other dystopian works. Right now they have four members and have the fifth lined up.

As you know, Beth's debut sci fi is coming out in Spring 2011 from Razorbill; there is also Julia Karr--her title is XVI, about a society that forces couple to get together on their "sex"-teenth birthday (Hmmm, verry interesting); Angie Smibert--who wrote Momento Nora, about a world where people elect to erase bad memories; and Jeff Hirsch, whose debut is The Long Walk Home and is set after the apocalypse. All great books coming from wonderful writerly minds!

The new blog is called, The League of Extraordinary Writers. I have been over there this past weekend and it is going to be of the lovely, fun-to-read variety. Launches today. Go check it out. Here's the link: http://leaguewriters.blogspot.com/

And may I say how much I missed all of my most wonderful blogging pals. I can't wait to get back into the saddle. For right now, I will be blogging on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule. On Wednesday, I will announce the title contest.

Now to blog hop. Until I have to hit the bed. I can't stay up too long these days. Good thing school is almost over. *GIANT HUGS* to all my sweet writerly friends. I loves you all!

Super cool, awesome, super awesome contest.

I had to take a break from my break to tell all MG YA writers about this contest going on over at Dear Editor. YIKES, it is just so wonderful. Edit of your MS. Is that too cool or what? SWEET!!!!!!!!! Here's the link. http://dear-editor.com/news/

'Jesus on the Cross' by Rembrandt

 1 year ago.  Man, where does time go?

I started blogging March 31st, 2009. So when I come back from my blog break, there will be a contest. A title contest. Details coming soon. In the meantime, come on in and let's eat CAKE! Mmmmm

CONTEST!!!!!!!!!!!

Jen over at unedited is having a contest. Click over. You might be one of three lucky winners. =)http://jennifer-daiker.blogspot.com/2010/03/300-birthday-contest.html

I'm unplugging for a short time. There are (of course) hospital visits (starting tomorrow), and I want to ready everything for the day I start to query. So I am going over my baby one more time, writing my agent list, and checking it twice, cleaning the synopsis and query to make them sparkle. Uh, you get the pic. But it won't be too long, because I will miss you all so much. And I will pop in from time to time. To my place, and yours too.

So wish me luck and I wish you some too. I really want this. And so I am doing everything in my power to make it happen. And it will. For us all. Please be safe and know I love all of you.

Thank you for your continued prayers for Christopher. And Kate McRae is preparing for her move to Houston for the radiation. Her fever has come back. And that isn't good. Her pancreatic enzymes are climbing. Not good. On Wednesday she gets her MRI. To see if the cancerous tumor has shrunk. Or at least that it hasn't grown any bigger. Pray for her. And all of those like her. Thank you. So much.

Oh and Patti http://www.pattilacy.com/blog/ reports that Humbug Mountain by Sid Fleischman is selling on Amazon for $70.00! YIKES! Anyone have a copy so she can read this great book? I will look for mine. It's somewhere. Can you believe how the price tag went up after his death? 

I will talk to you all very soon. And post my awards and all of that stuff. Write on. (^_^)