I pretty much exhausted myself finishing this draft of Book 3. Writers often talk about "the fainting couch," where you go after you finish a particularly demanding draft for a certain recovery time. Boy, did I ever need the fainting couch after finishing this draft.
Only, I didn't really do the fainting couch this time. I took one day to clean my house. And then I set out to really live it up with my kids. Poor little people spent so much time watching videos and being shuttled off to daycare while I wrote and wrote and wrote, so I figured they could really use some fun, special time. So that's what we did. We went to children's museums. I took my son to Disneyland, where we had an entirely pirate-themed day. We went to the farm, the beach, an assortment of parks. I made it my goal to do something super fun with them every day.
A few days ago, my son asked me, "Mommy, how much longer can we have fun?"
Me: "I don't know, honey."
Will: (big sigh) "I hope we can have fun forever."
Me: (big sigh) (because I know the revision letter from my editor is coming. Soon. And then it will be back to the grindstone.)
So yeah, I didn't feel much like blogging.
Then I went to RT (the Romantic Times Book Convention in Chicago!) That was AWESOME. I will totally recap all about it in a couple days.
Then (and I mean like the minute I got off the plane from RT, seriously) I got sick with a nasty cold.
Which brings us to now. This morning I can breathe a little. The kids are eating their lunches. And I am BLOGGING.
I have a lot to catch up on, obviously.
First things first, though, I need to announce that I am part of the Spring Into the Future tour with Tahereh Mafi (author of SHATTER ME), Anna Carey (author of EVE), and Veronica Rossi (author of UNDER THE NEVER SKY). Tahereh was sweet enough to ask me to do their event in Pasadena (since I live thereabouts), and then we noticed that we were all going to be in Chicago the following day, so she asked me to join them there, too. It was a blast. I am a HUGE fan of all three of these ladies.
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| Anna Carey, myself, Marie Lu, Tahereh Mafi, and Veronica Rossi signing books at Vromans in Pasadena |
So I was so honored and thrilled to be asked back to be part of the Pacific Northwest leg of the tour.
Here are the dates and information:
May 3, San Francisco, signing at 7pm at Copperfields in Petaluma.
May 4, Portland, signing at 7pm at Barnes & Noble in Clackamas.
May 5, Seattle, Teen Brunch at 11am at the University Book Store, Mill Creek.
So come see me! I will be doing some other events a bit later in the summer. Keep checking my sidebar on the blog here for future events.
In other news:
We have an official title for Book 3. I am just waiting for the greenlight to tell you. I have also seen a mock-up of the cover, and I can honestly say, it is my FAVORITE of all my covers so far. It is GORGEOUS. Swoon. I loves.
I am working on a new project. Which has been lots of fun. It is a completely different world and voice from the Unearthly series, and that is pretty much all I can tell you about it. See my progress in the sidebar, also.
