Musings on the Writing Life

Recently my nine year old son, shoeless, went careening across our wooden floor as he dashed to get his shoes, backpack, and coat. We were late for the bus. "Why don't socks have brakes?" he asked. "That would be a big help."

I could ask that myself with all that has been going on. Getting ready for the holidays and all that that entails, winding up book events - I did nine in November,and I've been wishing too that life would slow down.



I spoke recently in front of about 90 girl scouts about my path to publication.



That's me, the little red speck, speaking to a very crowded room of girl scouts!

In other news:

I'm very proud to announce that The Stolen One has made the 2010 Tayshas High School Reading List for the state of Texas! Here's a link to the site if you want to see what other books made the list:

http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/Assets/Files/tayshas/2010taylist.pdf

The Stolen One has also gone back to print!

And A Dallas Morning New Mom's Blog has chosen The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous as their book club selection. We will have an online chat in January. Here's a link to the announcement:

http://momsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/12/join-the-dallas-moms-book-club.html

Also over at Steph Su reads, Stephanie has put out a list of the Best Books Published in 2009 and The Stolen One is on her list! Check it out:

http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-book-lists-pt-2.html

And Rebecca at Rebecca's Book Blog has her top five books of the year and The Stolen One is number 1!
http://rebeccasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-top-five-reads-of-2009.html?showComment=1261670242690_AIe9_BFfyw5vy6EWjy-9zcudMBa456elQJU3pof5WPs4yHTrFCL4BvTkdaLPTTGWD5pMQiAkN-2oY7R6vmgBA8HWdrLQ5BGuYCuKtNfs2GuToMYUklA_0hFNNd11Ugu1zqVJ6Cp7IbjVsukft29sbfQNuGvT3C8-dqb0GODcu0GdDLhwG5UyKWOU3yt8LCHx-LzfjHIHBb4xudYrAyANf_imIEb10g7f0JueQmF0L4M2cB5c_vFkXYs#c5832588060092336651

Here's to a happy holiday to everyone and I hope your socks have brakes and you can slow down and enjoy your blessings.