Ooooh...shiny!

Do you see what I see?

Yep. Auntie Heather has been screwing with her blog again. But this time, I think it turned out okay. Plus, it's now better coordinated with my MySpace page. Granted...they aren't perfectly matched, but nothing is perfect.

Except maybe Diet Pepsi.

My wonderful editor gave me the list of changes she still wants for Eighth Grade Bites, so I'm working on those today, while marvelling at how few there really are. You see, minions, being a published (or soon-to-be-published, as it were) author is half "I am a GENIUS!" and half "I'm an idiot that doesn't deserve to live!", so when important people like agents and editors act like you have any friggin' clue what you're doing...it's a big boost to the self-esteem.

I'm going to work enormously hard at these revisions, and then, both before and after EGB is released, I'm going to work my butt off promoting it--because if the book fails, I don't want to look back and wonder what more I could have done. (Ideally, I want it to be a sweeping success that takes the children's publishing world by storm. But hey, I'm trying to stay realistic here.) I'm not a big fan of regret. I want to be able to say, "Well, at least I know it wasn't because of anything I did or didn't do."

I don't have lofty goals like becoming a NYT bestseller or a big award winner. (Though, those would be nice...incredibly nice.) I just want to reach kids. Entertain them. Show them that they're more than what they might realize.

But right now, I want another Diet Pepsi....and some music to write by.