…so why can’t I be watching the Golden Globes right now? Bah. (And actually, I do ask for much, as do we all. This morning a friend at church said, “I hate it when the upstairs heat [in the church building] doesn’t work,” and I was all, “Yeah, but at least we’re not getting tortured/burned/bombed in our place of worship.” A frequent, healthy dose of perspective is a good thing.) (I’m looking at my subject line again.) (I ask for a lot, to be honest, sometimes.) (Other times, though, not enough…like maybe not enough of the things that really matter.)

Randomly:

The Colts/Chargers game was a stunner.

Thanks for all your great comments on my last post (at the LJ version). I like hearing about what other people want out of their professional lives. Gives me stuff to think about.

I noticed (entirely by accident, of course!) that the Sweethearts Amazon page no longer says that the item is not yet published. Apparently it is “in stock.” And the Cincinnati Library TeenSpace online has a great summary of the book without giving too much away—seriously, sometimes blog reviewers write the best little blurbies and it makes me want to hire them when it is time for me to write a synopsis or help with jacket copy! And by the way, how cool is it that you can request a hold of the books right from the Teen Space site with just one click and your name and library card number? Way to go, Cincinnati!

The Motivated Writer interviewed me a little while ago, and it is now up.  They got me for their “casting couch” section and had me talking more about craft and process (particularly character development) than I usually do so if you’re into that, check it out.

Tomorrow: fun things that came in the mail last week!