Well, I was TRYING to find Cyn Balog's book, but my sweet little indie shop didn't have it yet (nor Mandy Hubbard's Prada and Prejudice). BUT I did score big! Look what I bought today!!!



Kristy's ME WITH YOU!!! (My poor daughter just had fillings, so she's TRYING to smile. Truly!) 


Below is a book jacket illustrated by Tuesday Mourning, Princess Peepers' illustrator...always love to see her stuff out there.



And look at all the other goodies I got today! I'm THRILLED!

Cindy Pon's Silver Phoenix...although I'm sorry the picture is blurred...

















Cynthea Liu's SASS...and I even have bookplates for these!! I looked for her latest, Paris Pan Takes the Dare, but alas, I think they're slow with the new releases...



And finally, Joni Sensel's mg!!! YAY!

And now back to unpacking...tonight, I READ!!!!!!!

We are all moved in! I'm not sure if I related it here, but we had to move out of our rat infested, black mold ravaged base house. Um...I wasn't too upset after seeing what we could rent up in the mountains. We happened upon a fantastic deal and are happily settled.

Here's the view from our upstairs living room balcony that I snapped last night:

I do feel blessed!!!


Plus we aren't cramped anymore. :-)

In keeping with Karen Kincy's post the other day, though, I want to keep it real. The downside to this is that I'm farther from the base--40 minutes!! So, it's a journey if I want to go grocery shopping. And there are no Walmarts around! For a mom with four kids, you need Walmart. All we have are K-Marts and to quote a famous movie (Rainman), "K-Mart sucks!" (My apologies to K-Mart fans out there!!!)

I'm sorry I deleted my last post...I just needed to vent...

But I'm better now.

I'm mortified by bad people in the world.

That's all I'm going to say.

Come check out my public blog!!! I'm keeping this one for my friends only, but needed one for my books and other promotions. SO, YAY!!

My blog designer is so talented! You should check out her designs at Busy Mama Blog Designs!

Here it is...Woven With Pixie Dust

I don't know...maybe just cuz I've been there before and I absolutely LOVED this video.


Can someone clue me in on the cashews???

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

But I'm happy to announce a very fabulous book is OUT:

Mouse Was Mad by Linda Urban lurban 

It's about a cute little mouse who gets "hopping" mad but can't get it right...or can he?

If you want your little ones to find a book about anger management (or maybe you need it yourself?), get this book!

Also, hop on over to Linda's blog and enter to win one of these hoppingly CUTE books. It won't make you mad!

Look at this especially sweet face! The mother sent me a picture of her little darling. And she reviewed the book here: Amblyopiakids
















And in some wonderful news, Cindy Pon's NEW BOOK is out! Go pick it up at your local Barnes & Noble or Indie bookstore!!! TODAY! She's also having a contest for a signed copy of her book! She's already given me the beautiful bookmark and bookplate and even if I win, I'm going to pick up another copy and give it to a friend. I'm EXCITED TO READ IT!!!!!!!!!! (And not just because the heroine happens to be wearing my favorite color. Tee hee!)

Go HERE for the contest

Marybeth Kelsey is having a contest to win a signed copy of her newest book! I absolutely loved Tracking Daddy Down. Her voice is amazing.

So, go on over there and enter. It's the easiest contest on the blogosphere!

PROMISE!


CLICK HERE!!!!!!!!

I don't often post about my family because this blog is about my writing journey, but I can't divide my family out of the equation (yes, bad pun since I've been working on edits from Multiplying Menace Divides!)

So, here's a picture with me and my hubby as we wait in a long line at Disneyland last week. The ride broke down and we were in this really cool tunnel along with our four children (three of which are teens). Even though we waited for 30 minutes before they fixed it, we had fun! Tee hee!

And my kids had fun, too:

  MULTIPLYING MENACE IN KOREAN!!!



Here are a few pages within--it's so different:



There's a wonderful lesson in the back. (Which I didn't write--I do write backmatter for my math books.)




And here's more multiplication problems!:



The book came in at a whopping 58 pages!

Go on over to lindsey_leavitt blog.  She has an easy contest worth a critique by her! YAY! Here's the link: http://lindsey-leavitt.livejournal.com/98082.html

She's my fellow princess author in her debut novel entitled, PRINCESS FOR HIRE, with lots of tiaras, pink sparkly coaches, and of course, PRINCES! 

So, what are you waiting for? All you have to do is post why you're so lucky and link back to her blog on yours.

May the luck o' the Irish be with ye!!!!!

SQUEEE!!! I just won a signed copy of THE FINNISH LINE by Linda Gerber from Cynthea Liu's After Hours Party contest!!! YAY! I mean, I NEVER win anything what with all the contests flitting here and there, by the time I see it, a winner has already been picked. When I noticed Cynthea's contest, I thought, Not this time! And it worked!!!

Thank you, Cynthea, for having a truly fun contest. I loved watching the video. :-)

And GO BUY HER BOOK!!! THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA!


http://www.cynthealiu.com/

I remember when Cynthea Liu first asked her lj buds  to help her with the title of her newest soon-to-be-best-seller...I thought, "OH...I LOVE to write titles. Surely, I'll hit with at least a consolation prize!"  So, I went to work and I'm not kidding, I must have researched online for hours and wrote and wrote (and threw away most ideas) to come up with these...um...okay, I'm going to say it...LAME titles. But still. I had fun:

Hottie in a China Shop

Crazy for Zhou (Oh, I had the silly thought that she'd actually change one of her character's names! LOL!)

But instead, the BEST title won out and that was...drum roll please!!!


And here's the hot book, released today.

Also, check out her FAB party here: Great Call of China PARTAY!!!!!  See a cool movie! Win awesome prizes! It's easy!

I'm going to B & N to get it! Squee!!!!

Okay...you may have seen this video and I wish I could imbed it but I'm not that tech savvy. This is for ALL of my writerly friends. You ...will...LAUGH! Mwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

If you're a parent, you'll enjoy!

Okay...with the help of Brian's clues, (see my previous post: Want to Help Me Guess) I've made a guess as to whom his author interviewee is...

Drumroll please!!

JILL ESBAUM!!! (jillsbooks )

I don't know if I'm right, though.

What do you think?

**Edited to add: I DID win!!! Tee hee! It was the Verla and lj hint that sealed it for me.