| ALA signing |
[Jul. 12th, 2009|07:57 am] |
Yesterday's signing was an AMAZING experience. It involved lots of mayhem, selling out of books in record time, and chicken hats.
Thanks to those of you who stopped by. You bawk!
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today's Installment of Yesterday's Fan Girl Gush............
Chatted with the wonderful Betsy Bird. *sigh*
Chatted with 2 of the fabulous 3 Silly Chicks and will be interviewed by those awesome birds very soon. *huzzuh*
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More later. VERY limited access to computer. |
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| Always wanted to know... |
[Jul. 9th, 2009|11:46 am] |
...what goes on in the life and times of a rock and roll rooster?
What does he eat? What does he read? What goes on behind the scenes of the Final Doodle Doo Tour?
Then please follow a certain someone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elvispoultry.
It'll have you all shook up.
(No need to be a Twitter-er to check this out. Updates are added all the time. This is one BUSY rock star rooster.) |
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| Today's Discovery for the Neurotic Writer: |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|07:19 pm] |
Want to know if B&N has your book?
Go to www.barnesandnoble.com.
Type in the title of your book.
Then...off to the right side...you will see the words "Check store availability."
Click that.
Then type in the zip code of your choosing.
You will soon see if your book is or is not currently in stock.
For instance...the Oklahoma stores are still waiting for their CHICKEN DANCE copies.
Might I suggest you simply make a more enjoyable trip to the bookstore and, say, pick up your copy in Honolulu? |
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| Psst. |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|08:43 am] |
Wanna know one of my FAVORITE parts about working with Dan Santat? The man can DANCE!
Check out today's Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast and get your morning groove on. You won't be sorry. :)
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1727
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| 2 nice things |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|09:50 pm] |
So yesterday I was freaking out. I knew that Kirkus reviewed CHICKEN DANCE, but I didn't know what Kirkus had to say about it. But then an awesome librarian--![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) librainiac!!--got ahold of the review and sent it to me. I could barely open the email. Then I took a deep breath and read it. And the chickens got some Kirkus love.
Then more freaking out happened this evening. I was rushing into one of the Wichita B&Ns with M and my niece...when I saw my chickens. On the wall. 3 weeks early.
After the 3 of us made merry, I grabbed the stack and headed for Customer Service to sign the copies. And the people there were amazing. Jane--my favorite--was great to talk with and when I finally had to leave the store, I felt like I had a new friend.
So I feel happy. And blessed. And so pro-chicken. |
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| Countdown: |
[Jul. 2nd, 2009|02:39 pm] |
8 days until ALA
42 days until LA Conference
56 days until school starts
but...
only 17 more minutes until the brownies are done! |
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| Happy July, everybody! |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|07:57 pm] |
Things I'm looking forward to this month:
*spending some time with family (in Kansas)
*spending some time with friends (in Chicago)
*spending some time away from questionable WIP |
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| They're coming! They're coming! |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|01:36 pm] |
My heart is pounding. And I'm holding chickens responsible.
Next week, Dan and I will be unveiling the offical web site for CHICKEN DANCE, the links for awesome chicken-y freebies, information about a contest with bawtastic prizes, a trailer, and the secret thing I mentioned yesterday...!
Okay. Must go take some deep breaths. |
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| Oh, people.... |
[Jun. 30th, 2009|12:50 pm] |
I've been holding onto a secret something for days now, and it has been a true test to my willpower.
But...
if all goes according to plan, the secret will be revealed in the near future at the oh-so-awesome Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.
It's a video secret something.
And it rocks. |
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| Niece sends out important SOS: |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|09:13 am] |
Earlier in the month, I took the kiddos to see my sister and her family. While there, my kids taught my seven-year-old niece Madison how to chat on-line with them.
Well...
It turns out that last night Madison was on my sister's gmail account and recognized the name of one of my sister's acqaintances (someone from her mom's group that she's only met once). Madison went ahead and sent that lady a message:
7:58PM me: hi. this is kathys daughter,Madison.my mommy never chats. do you think you could chat with her sometime???? |
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| In 2 short weeks........ |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|06:57 pm] |
I will have escaped the inferno that is Oklahoma and will be whooping it up in Chicago with many of YOU.
Can. Hardly. Stand. It. |
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