Lazy Saturday Mornings Rock

It's raining. It's Saturday. I have the house to myself. And I don't have to work. Can you feel it?

To not cut into any writing time, I'll make this brief by giving you answers to the most heated did-you-knows-?. Click on the covers for more information.

Did you know Land of Corn Chips is FREE on Amazon Kindle? I'm not sure how long this will last (hopefully not too long so I can buy some groceries this month--j/k) so go snatch up your copy today!

Did you know you could win a copy of the much anticipated third book in the Cloud Prophet Trilogy, Severed, by Megg Jensen, simply by asking her a question on her blog before November 10th? Go do it now and get it over with. It's super easy. You'll help her as well as yourself all at once!

Did you know you can get yet another book for free today? Stacey Wallace Benefiel's YA novel, Glimpse, is also FREE on Amazon Kindle. Dudes and dudettes, your weekend entertainment is given to you this week. Awesome!

Now, get a cup of hot chocolate, cozy up to a blanket next to a fire, and enjoy a great story or two.

Cover to Cover

We did it!

I had my first official "author event" this last Saturday at Cover to Cover Books. It was tough for me to speak in front of a group of strangers, but when it was all over, it felt great! It helped that my fellow Rain Boots Required friends were with me. I'm looking forward to the next event this Friday at the West Linn Library. I hope to see some of you there!

From left to right: Rebecca Knight (author of Legacy of the Empress), me!, Stacey Wallace Benefiel (author of the Zellie Wells Trilogy), and Lisa Nowak (author of Running Wide Open).

HEAR YE, HEAR YE!

While rubbing bodies at my day job the other day, the idea fairy and I had a conversation. We do that on a regular basis. Sometimes our chats are pretty ridiculous and others are ultra-fabulous, like this one.

The ultra-fabulous idea will take form in reality on September 1st. At that time, this blog will become somewhat of an awesome place to be. Not only because Yours Truly will be posting on it more often, but because there will be teenagers here, too. Not just one or two, but a new teen every single week! Talk about teen-spirit!

This blog will be dedicated to the ordinary yet extraordinary teen voices of this generation. They will talk candidly with me about the issues they deal with on a daily basis and about books and about drugs and about school and about growing up and about fantasy and about life in general. Heck, they may even decide to burst out with something totally random--which would be rad.

Although the goal is to be teen oriented, we will also have an occasional interview featuring an upcoming, unpublished YA or middle grade author. Because, after all, we love books! We may also feature a famous author or two. **gasp**

But, don't hold your breath because interviews with famous authors can be found everywhere else. What can't be found elsewhere are the interviews of the unknown. And that's exactly what you will find here.

Our first guest will be Bree--I think she's awesome, and so will you!

So follow the blog, learn about some really cool unknown people, and enjoy life.

Peace out, yo.