June 9, 2008 • 4 Comments

This weekend my crit partner, the fabulous Christina Phillips made her first sale to Wild Rose Press. I am so excited, I can’t stop smiling to myself. What a fabulous way to finish the weekend. That’s Karen in the middle between Amanda and me.

Talking of weekends, I had a very girly one and we had lots of fun eating, gossiping, going to the movies (SATC - it was fab) and out for dinner. Oh yes, we did talk about writing a couple of times hahahaha.

June 8, 2008 • 1 Comment

See you at Teri’s party, it’s going to be such fun!!

May 29, 2008 • 6 Comments

Well, yes, I know… it’s my blog so it is going to be all about me…. it’s just that I liked that heading…..

Anyway,  this week I’m being interviewed on компютриThe First Book and I’d love to see you there.  I’m also blogging at Teen Fiction Cafe this week, if you have time to pop by.

What else… oh yes…. I have just finished the mother of all jigsaws. It drove me CRAZY!!! It was a destiny puzzle so you see a picture from the past and then the puzzle is what it’s like in the future. So, a few clues about what goes where but rest is up to you. Normally I like this type of puzzle but this was set on the beach and the whole puzzle was full of faces. It was a nightmare. And I was so fed up with it I forced my self to finish it yesterday….. at the expense doing anything else. And I didn’t enjoy it!!! Give me lumps of solid colour, a few people and a couple of animals and I’m much happier.

May 25, 2008 • 7 Comments

There  isn’t much I miss from the UK…. but one of them is the Eurovision Song Contest. For those who don’t know, every year all the countries in Europe compete to find the best song… the voting system is complex and each country votes.

I used to love watching because my all time favourite radio present Terry Wogan introduces it for UK and is hysterically funny. He needs to be because though it’s called a song contest that is a very loose definition. In reality voting is hugely political….. you always know who each country will give the most to. And the other problem is a lot of countries aren’t keen on the UK!!!

The contest began about 50 years ago and each year more and more countries join. So much so, there has to be two semi-finals before we get to the real contest. Luckily for the UK the four countries who fund the contest (of which UK is one) get automatic entry into the final… phew!! The most famous group to come from Eurovison is Abba.

Anyway, I’m listening as we speak. The UK entry was really good, and I also liked the Iceland entry….. still about 13 more songs to go….

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend. I intend to work on a new YA proposal (while I’m waiting to hear back about my mid-grade series).

May 16, 2008 • 6 Comments

Head on over to Linda Gerber’s blog because it’s her launch party for Death by Bikini and lots of authors are blogging (including yours truly) and there are loads of prizes up for grabs!!

And watch this space for the launch party of another author friend….. yes I’m being very mysterious…. but it’s worth waiting for!!!

And what else…..   kids gone back after the mid-trimester break…. so lots less cooking for me to do……. hurray…. downside is I don’t get to put the dishwasher on every day (le sigh).

I watched 27 Dresses on dvd yesterday…. omg…. I totally LOVED it. Will definitely be watching it again.  Also saw Death at a Funeral again (so funny………. British humour at it’s best).

V ery excited because tonight we get the Andrew Lloyd Webber American Idol show (we’re a few weeks behind). Even though I know the outcome it’s still just as exciting for me to watch. A new series of America’s Next Top Model has just started which is on before Idol. So, my Friday night viewing is complete!!

May 12, 2008 • 9 Comments

I’ve been tagged by Tera Lynn Childs

It’s one I haven’t seen before, though I’m seeing lots of people taking part. So, here are the instructions:

1. Pick up the nearest book.

2. Open to page 123

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the next three sentences.

5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you’ve posted your three sentences.

The book: Frenemies by Megan Crane (fab book btw) :

Three sentences:

“I think we already talked about Ashley,” Henry said reprovingly, alhthough his mouth was twitching. He was trying not to laugh.

“Oh, right,” I said.

And now I need 5 people to tag:

Maureen McGowan

Alyssa Goodnight

Stephanie Kuehnert

Melissa Walker

Jessica Burkhart