1. Being on Blog Talk Radio last night was awesome. We even got into my vivid dreams about cheese, and my brief "perfectly-pressed grunge" phase as a teen. You can listen to the interview HERE.
2. Late Bloomer Online is hosting a chat tonight (1/6) for TDD at 7pm MST/9pm EST. http://l8bloomeronline.blogspot.com/ Come chat with me!
3. I'll be reading and signing at the West Jordan B&N on Jan 16th at 2pm.
4. And I'll be reading and signing at the Orem B&N on February 13th at 1:00. Great place to get V-day presents!
Okay, time for more pictures from the launch party. There were just too many good ones to limit to one post.
Oh, and a funny story: I took my cell phone up to the podium with me while I was speaking so I could keep track of the time . . . but totally forgot to put it on silent. I was about 15 minutes into my speech when it started ringing! At first I was like, "Who didn't turn off their cell phone?" And then I was like, "Oh wait, it's me." I picked up my phone, and not recognizing the number, I said to the audience, "This person obviously doesn't know me very well." Turns out it was one of my neighbors calling to apologize that she couldn't make it out to the launch--but she thought she was calling my home phone.
Again huge thank yous go to Michelle Sallay for these beautiful pictures:
Hubby. Ain't he cute?
Valynne Maetani sporting the official TDD nail polish
KidA insisted on sitting next to me almost the whole time and passed out free nail polish
As you can see, he was very helpful
Me and my sister Brooke. People used to ask if we were twins. I have no idea why.
Good friend Matt Kirby,soon to be famous author when his MG book THE CLOCKWORK THREE debuts with Scholastic Fall 2010
TDD featured on the Indie Next list!!And a couple of non-Michelle taken pictures:
Sara Bolton, Sarah Williams, and Kimberly Webb Reid
That's Emily Wing Smith sporting our new "The SIX" t-shirts we had made for the event.And she's with readers Alana and Mary who are sporting copies of Emily fabulous YA novel
The Way He Lived.