Cool Stuff

So, I was kind of pleased with myself for keeping up with my New Year’s resolution to blog more and be a better social networker, but of course I was a bit premature in this since yesterday’s post proved that computers still have the ability to get the best of me. Anyway, if you are scratching your head and wondering why you didn’t seen any shoes or Googling pictures of doggy shoes, you are not alone. You couldn’t see the pictures in yesterday’s post because they weren’t there. So here (my fingers are crossed that I don’t mess this up again!) for your viewing pleasure is a collection of unusual shoes, and my favorites are still the ones that look like doggy faces. How about...

As some people know (Alison Ashley Formento, I’m thinking of you and also apparently everyone who reads Natalie Zaman’s Blog) I have kind of a thing for shoes. It’s not that I don’t own plain, practical black shoes, it’s just that I like shoes with a little color and a little pizzazz. A couple of weeks ago book blogger extraordinaire Cari of Cari’s Book Blog fame posted a pic of some awesome shoes on Facebook. There were a lot of “I want these” type comments including from me. What do shoes have to do with books and writing? Nothing and everything of course. Anyway, it’s been months since I last posted anything about shoes, well not counting that picture of my new rain boots a couple of weeks ago. So, I thought...

I live in an area that is full of hot air full of hot air balloons. They are a common sight in the sky, and occasionally some of them get pretty close, but the one that landed just outside my front door tonight was the closest I’ve ever seen. It was enough excitement to bring the whole neighborhood out to watch and to help get the balloon out of the middle of the road. I’ll skip the balloon and travel by the more conventional car as I make my way down to Collingswood, NJ tomorrow for the Collingswood Book Festival. It looks like there’s a very good chance that the weather will actually cooperate with us. So, for those who are anywhere near Collingswood and are looking for a fun fall outing why not skip the apple and pumpkin picking tomorrow and...

There are a lot of reasons my boyfriend is awesome, but one of my favorite reasons is the way he’s always able to make me smile. Just today he stumped with an email with the subject line, “sdrawkcab” – it took me way longer than it should have to figure that one out. Here’s another smile he brought me recently. Here’s a picture of a ruler that I have on my desk. In case you can’t make it out too clearly, it reads “Great Women Rulers of Literature” and features a list of classic literary authors including luminaries like Sappho, Jane Austen and Edith Wharton:   Here’s the modification that I discovered when I picked up my ruler to use it. It made me laugh out loud:   And in case you...

UPDATE: Ok, now that video should be showing up at the end. I don’t know what happened to it before. I meant to get this post up yesterday, but somehow the time got away from me. I guess I needed an extra day to fully recover from my busy weekend. I had a great time Saturday at the book signing at the Borders Express in Exton, PA and another fun day on Sunday at the BooksNJ 2011 festival in Paramus. Here’s a photo from BooksNJ with fellow KidLit Authors Club members Margie Gelbwasser and Alison Formento: My weekend wasn’t all work. I did get the chance to enjoy a little concert on Saturday evening. I should probably mention that this was a concert in the basement of my boyfriend’s parents’ house and that it was incredibly short. Did...

Look what arrived yesterday afternoon! That’s right, 2 copies of my beautiful, beautiful book. Also, this is just in time for my library events tomorrow and Monday, which means I will be able to read from the actual book instead of my printed out page proofs. Very cool!