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I'm giving away an ARC of Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff. Below is my mini review, and the details on how to win it and a little chocolate, because hey, it's Valentines week!


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I've had my treadmill almost a year and have been waiting for hubby to build me a desk thingy to go over it or on top or whatever, so I can write. And, yay, he finally did it! It's a little rough in spots but it works great! Everything he used he found in the garage, including an old closet rod!


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Just a quick little post say say that I'm thrilled to announce that I finally have a literary agent!

The decision was hard only because it's no fun to reject people, and I had four offers of representation from amazing agents, who took the time to read my story and tell me why they loved it. Today I signed with Sarah Davies of Greenhouse Literary!

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For my day job (kindergarten teacher) I'm reading a book on teaching writing by Katie Wood Ray.  Katie mentions how satisfying it is for writers to do mundane tasks like dishes, and laundry, and picking up dog poop. (Uh, I make my kids do that). Anyway, she pointed out the fact that these tasks are there, visible and tangible and you know when you' ( Read more... )

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Ever since I read Sweetly by Jackson Pearce, I've been craving the candied lemons described in the story. Ok so you can't get them at Target or my usual shopping spots, so when we found them here in Long Beach yesterday, imagine my excitement!


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1. Lent is over, it's Holy Thursday and I meant to post more often. You know since I gave up TV I should've had more time, right? But I did get more revising done and that's always good. Plus I had report cards and conferences in there too. But honestly my Lent cheating guilt kept me from posting. Jesus suffered and starved so I couldn't come on ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent and I'm going big with my give-ups this year, even posting them to keep me honest.

I'm giving up sugar/sweets. This is so hard. I'm also giving up TV (except a little news) which pains me since The Voice, The Amazing Race, and Celebrity Apprentice all just started, not to mention Smash, which I love, even ( Read more... )

1. Can you verbally describe the story you're writing? I am horrible at this. Though I've been told I have a pretty good logline for my current story, if someone asks for elaboration, I'm in trouble. This week I realized I'm equally horrible at describing the books I read, the TV shows I love, and the movies I see. Definitely something to work on.

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