Writing
Thank you everyone for your kind words about my cover last week. Special thanks to Carrie, Vicki, The Story Siren, and Reviewer X, who all linked to the cover on their blogs.
Good luck to all of you participating in NaNoWriMo this month! I will not be participating this year, as I am currently in the midst of revisions. However, I am a sponsor of the newest round of 70 DAYS OF SWEAT, which I will be participating in and which I expect to be an excellent means by which to finish the next killer unicorn book. This round begins on November 10 and runs through January 26. Want a way to write through the holidays? Want to join NaNo but you’re already too late? Consider 70 Days of Sweat.
Are you a fan of the Secret Society Girl series? If so, stay tuned: I have some very exciting news!
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Reading
I haven’t been the best book reader in the past week. Instead of working through my TBR pile, I’ve been glued to fivethirtyeight.com and similar. Thank goodness that’s over tomorrow!
Interesting articles:
- An interview with Stephen King about The Stand (30 years on), his career, religion, and the apocalypse
- The Wall Street Journal asks: What’s the big bloody deal about vampire boys? (Diana: srsly?)
I have been remarkably remiss in announcing the winner of the KING OF SWORD AND SKY giveaway. Oops. The winner is: TIFF. Stay tuned formore giveaways this week!
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Diversions
Sailor Boy and I have been married a year. I can hardly believe it! We celebrated with a nice long walk in the park with Rio, during which there was much creek-splashing and stick retrieval (Rio), as well as hand holding and talking about the future (Sailor Boy and me), followed by an excellent dinner at a gorgeous restaurant that served me, no joke, the best martini of my life.
We rocked the Halloween party. Pictures to come.
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!
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November 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 am
Ditto what Gina says!!
Are you a fan of the Secret Society Girl series? If so, stay tuned: I have some very exciting news!
Ooh, tell, tell! Are we talking a possible movie here?
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November 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 am
Happy Anniversay, Diana! Welcome to the ranks of old married folks, lol.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a year. Happy Anniversary!
I missed the NaNo so maybe I can do the 70 Days of Sweat. I’m cutting words from ATB, but I’m also working on ATD and this might be just what I need.
Can’t wait to see the pics and hear the news for SSG.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
A year? Holy BZhap! Congrats, but really, A YEAR???
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November 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Hi Diana! Having trouble getting you via email, so I’m trying you here via your comments. Westerfeld essay?
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November 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Happy Anniversary! Can’t wait to hear the news on SSG.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Ooh, I won the book! I’m so excited to read it!
Happy anniversary!
The most exciting thing you mentioned was the SSG news…tell us! That was quite the tease. If it’s going to be made into a movie, or better yet, you’re going to write 10 more books, I think you might hear me screaming all the way from Canada. =P
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November 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
First off, congrats on your anniversary! Second, this SSG announcement has me all aflutter. How about you give us a little hint – are we talking “here’s the cover of Tap & Gown” announcement or “OH MY GOD YOU’RE ALL GONNA GET TO SEE AMY & JAMIE ON THE BIG SCREEN!” announcement? Either level would be fabulous, but I just need to know exactly how much I need to prepare myself…:)
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November 4th, 2008 at 1:40 am
fivethirtyeight.com has become my woobie blanket in recent weeks. Hubby’s too. When the tv news starts to panic us, we go there.
Enjoying all your books!
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