Whew! What a wonderful, whirlwind week! This past weekend I presented with two other members of the Class of 2k8 - Laurel Snyder (Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains) and Jenny Meyerhoff (Third Grade Baby) - at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN. Our panel, The Class of 2k8: Three Debut Middle Grade Novelists Tell All, was a blast! Here we are, signing our books after our presentation. I wasn't sure I'd have books available, because my release date is this week (um...tomorrow, to be exact. Two short hours from now. But hey, who's counting? ;-) ) But I *did* have books, and guess what? People bought them! I signed them! It was totally surreal. (Laurel is far right, Jenny center, and I'm far left. The Bean - my four year old - is far, far left. Love that kiddo!) Another pic of me signing can be found here, at my friend Kathy Rhodes's blog. Thanks for the shout-out, Kathy! ;-) Oh! And the book trailer! It's up, it's running, and you, too, can watch it if you just click here! Hope you enjoy - please, let me know your thoughts!
Tomorrow is the official launch date of AWODTD. I'm participating in an Educator's Appreciation event at my local Barnes & Noble. The nation's best CRM, Robbie Bryan, tells me my books are already on the shelves. Bringing the camera for my first in-store Autumn sighting! Wheeeeeeeeeee!
