Hi! Hi! Oh my gosh it's been so long HOW ARE YOU?
I myself have been manic and busy. It's spring, and you know what that means. Yep, I'm racing to finish another book! My deadline is less than a month away and the date is circled in bright red ink on the calendar in my brain. It's funny how myopic I get when I'm working on something. Here's a hint of what it looks like in my head:
writewritewriteCOFFEEwritewritewritewriteIHAVENOIDEAWHATI'MDOING
writewritewriteOHWAITIFIGUREDITOUTwritewritewritePANICwritewrite
writeOOHSHINYTHING!writewritewriteMORECOFFEEwritewritewrite
You can see why I'm a little manic right now. I wish I was one of those writers who could come up with an awesome outline and then sit down for three hours every day and calmly work their way through their amazing new book. I am so not that writer that it's ridiculous. Oh well, it's what makes the world turn.
Also, maybe you've already seen this, but the paperback version of "Audrey, Wait!" is about to be released next week! Can you believe it's been a year since my little book was published? Crazycakes. Anyway, here's the paperback cover, which should be gracing your bookshelves pretty soon.
I have to tell you, I really really love it. Audrey (who is actually a very nice model girl from New York) looks amazing and--pop-up trivia time--she's wearing my editor's skirt. Yeah, I don't know how that happened, but apparently it did. Oh, publishing, never change.
Forgive me if my posting is sporadic for the next few weeks, I'm doing my best to corral a bunch of imaginary people and tell their stories. In the meantime, if you'd like to be Twitter friends with me, I would love it! I tend to Twitter mostly about espresso and music and all my embarrassing life events, so, you know, you've been warned.
Okay, I'm going back to my big Word document o' doom, but before I do, here are some songs for you. One for morning and one for evening. (Did you really think I wasn't going to give you some music? Please. You know me better than that.)
Arcade Fire, "Wake Up" (from the "Where the Wild Things Are" trailer)
"Children wake up, hold your mistake up / Before they turn the summer into dust..."
Iron & Wine, "Lion's Mane"
"Love is a tired symphony you hum when you're awake..."
Have a lovely, lovely day.
