Below are the most recent 5 friends' journal entries.

Monday, December 21st, 2009
watchmebe	11:46a	SISTERS RED is TAKING OVER THE WORLD! The following is EXCITING to me: SISTERS RED has sold Italian, Spanish, and Arabic rights. ARABIC! How crazy is that? That means my book will be printed in a language I don't have even the tiniest, smallest clue how to read. I keep waiting for this feeling to fade or become normal, but every time I hear about a new foreign rights sale I want to jump and cheer and act like a total loser/way unprofessional (since I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to smile and nod and eat a croissant and act like this is totally normal and stuff). There's just something REALLY exciting about knowing that this story that was once 100% in my head, and I wasn't even sure would be published, that at one point no one had even read, is going to be read by people I've never met in a country I've never been to in a language I can't speak. I used to think that once you sold a book, that was kind of the big deal. That you eventually stopped getting excited about all the little things and even the big things. But no, at least, not for me. I'm still excited about everything. And thus I will do the Happy If Unprofessional Loser Dance now. *dance* (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
watchmebe	11:06a	Bookcases Yesterday I met Anni, a librarian who interviewed me for the Gwinnett County Public Library blog! Sadly, before I met Anni I forgot to warn her about two things: 1) I hug like it's going out of style. 2) I am founder of The Awkward Club for Awkward People Hopefully, Anni will not write up weird things about me as a result of that. So anyhow, on my last video someone commented on my bookshelves. I kind of collect books. Even if I read a book and don't like it, I usually keep it. I like having this little paper map of all the things I've read. Anyhow, that means I have quite a few books, especially since I had a friend build me these massive bookshelves to fill...and I mean, I can't just let a bookshelf go unfilled, right? (Side note: This mentality plus turning on Amazon's One Click ordering has been the death of my bank account.) Here are pictures of them-- tell me if we have books in common! :) Case one, top to bottom: Antique childrens' readers that my grandparents and neighbors gave my parents for me to have when I was young; yearbooks; poetry; adult fiction; non-fiction; classics; childhood favorites I've kept (Indian In The Cupboard FTW); comics/graphic novels (Calvin and Hobbes also FTW). PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT WILTING HOUSEPLANT ON THE LEFT! NO ATTENTION WHATSOEVER! *waters houseplant hopefully* Case two, top to bottom: Big fat classics/collections/anthologies; Harry Potter (that's right, I have a Harry Potter SHELF ppl *HPlove*); YA paranormals (two shelves); graphic novels (BLANKETS, on the far right, is one of my favorite books ever). Case three, top to bottom: Non-fiction; writing; YA paranormal; YA historical and Contemporary; YA contemporary and AS YOU WISH/SISTERS RED copies; YA contemporary. Case four, top to bottom: Cookbooks; manuscripts/journals; my old Boxcar Children books (my favorite-ist series ever-- my mom had to dole them out to me like candy); my mom's old Trixie Belden series. (24 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
watchmebe	11:02a	Hey there... 1) Either there is a dinosaur outside, someone is blasting dinosaur sounds through a speaker system, or that construction crew has found the perfect tool to use in the next Jurassic Park movie. 2) I keep organizing my book shelf. Then reorganizing it. This must end. 3) THIS DAMN HISTORICAL NOVEL WITHOUT A TITLE has been officially picked up again, and it is just as hard to write as it was before. Isn't practice supposed to make writing EASIER? Because wow. This is hard. *Powers through* 4) It is almost CHRISTMAS! Do you know how much I love Christmas!?!? 5) Yeah, I'm gonna need to cuddle this right now. Who can make that happen for me? /end random post (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
watchmebe	12:20a	The LAST DEBSNESS! The last one EVER! Can you believe it!? (Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
lizzie9208	9:25p	Holiday cards! I'm a bit late this year, as other things have taken priority in life lately, but I'm still determined to send out holiday cards. If you would like one, please give me your address below. I'll send cards to anyone who wants one! Poll #1499082 Holiday card addresses Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 11 Name? Address Line 1? Address Line 2? City? State/Province? Postal Code? Just in case you need another line? (1 Comment |Comment on this)