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I know you all wonder what I do all week. Especially if you follow me on Twitter, you must think I don’t do much. Okay, you’re mostly right. Still, to make myself feel better, here is my to-done list for last week.<\/p>\n
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Work in Progress News ~<\/span><\/p>\n Well I finished FLIPPED. Sent it off to two publishers. One I really really want, and the other is a close second. Could be a month or more before I get an answer. The joys of submissions. sigh<\/em> But it’s done now and I really enjoyed writing it. Now that I’ve stuck my toe in that pool, I feel a bit more comfortable with the genre.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Release News ~<\/span> PREVIEW will be released in just over two weeks! So exciting. If you haven’t seen it yet, I did add a coming soon to my home page, you can check out the cover which, until recently, I’ve been keeping under wraps. Carina Press has some fun stuff planned for its release, I’ll share more soon.<\/p>\n Industry News ~ \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>This might not be so much publishing news, but HP has discontinued the Touchpad, and all webOS devices. It’s a sad sad day for me, I really love my webOS phone, and had the Touchpad on my wishlist since before it came out. Unfortunately they were too pricey for me, and now that they’re cheap, they’re all sold out. This is my luck.<\/p>\n Real Life News ~<\/span> Took a short trip to the resort town of Dillon CO yesterday. It’s a gorgeous little town, too bad it rained the entire time. I did get some nice pics tho. The one above I took with my beloved Palm Pre Plus (SEE? See how awesome my phone is? Click it for the large view.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Search Term of the week aka How People Found My Websites ~<\/span> This week: kara soriento.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0This has happened a couple of times, for both websites. People searching for character names. I assume it’s people with these names wondering what’s out there about them. I don’t know about you, but if I found a book where the hero\/heroine had my name, I’d love that.<\/p>\n Hero Quote ~<\/span> From Olivia’s recently completed book FLIPPED:<\/p>\n I’ll be honest with you. I’m scared. But if I don’t do this, I’ll be scared for the rest of my life. This is just for me. For my mental health. To prove that I can do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Favorite Song of the Week ~<\/span> Okay, not the most epic of Pink Floyd’s songs, and not their most famous, but the video has stuck with me for many years after it came out decades ago. Back when they showed videos on MTV.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, I’d like to thank David Gilmour (or his wife more likely) for cutting his hair.<\/p>\n That’s it for me this week. One more week until summer officially ends. Live it up!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n