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Holly
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Ella Fitzgerald...or why am I such a pushover?
S
o, here's how it went two years ago.
"Mom, can we get another dog?" (Our Old English Mastiff had passed away.)
"No. I don't want any more dogs."
"Mom, can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, can we just go look?"
"Fine. But we're just looking."
That's how we got Ethel Merman Fuhrmann.
Now, two years later:
"Mom, Ethel's lonely. Can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, look at the dog on the adopt-a-pet show on tv. Can we get it?"
"No."
"Look at the ads in the paper. Can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Maybe I'll just call and get some information."
"You can call, but we're not getting it."
"It's a labradoodle. Four months old. I got directions."
"That was a waste of time. We're not getting another dog."
And this is how we came to get Ella Fitzgerald Fuhrmann last night.
Sheesh.
I'm such a pushover.
Holly
S
o, here's how it went two years ago."Mom, can we get another dog?" (Our Old English Mastiff had passed away.)
"No. I don't want any more dogs."
"Mom, can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, can we just go look?"
"Fine. But we're just looking."
That's how we got Ethel Merman Fuhrmann.
Now, two years later:
"Mom, Ethel's lonely. Can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Mom, look at the dog on the adopt-a-pet show on tv. Can we get it?"
"No."
"Look at the ads in the paper. Can we get another dog?"
"No."
"Maybe I'll just call and get some information."
"You can call, but we're not getting it."
"It's a labradoodle. Four months old. I got directions."
"That was a waste of time. We're not getting another dog."
And this is how we came to get Ella Fitzgerald Fuhrmann last night.
Sheesh.
I'm such a pushover.
Holly
Monday, January 21, 2008
2008 Travels
Last year I played hermit and didn't go to any conferences. And while it was wonderful, I found I missed seeing my friends and I missed getting a chance to meet and hang out with readers. So, this year, I'm back on the conference bandwagon.
March...I'll be in NYC for NINC's conference. This one doesn't have a booksigning, but hey, I'm seeing musicals and promise to give you all an update! Wicked (again!), Jersey Boys and Little Mermaid. I'm sure the fact I'm slipping something Disney into a work trip doesn't suprise anyone who knows me! I'll let you know how the shows are. Oh, I will be buying a new Wicked t-shirt. I bought the Defying Gravity one last time I was there. I love the song and the sentiment. Uh, the words Defying Gravity fall right over my ...well, hoo-haws. I've had four kids, there's no defying gravity left in the girls. It's sort of false advertising. LOL So I'm buying the straight up Wicked t-shirt. That pretty much says it all! LOL
April--RT Bookclub's annual conference in Pittsburgh. There's information at http://www.romantictimes.com/. If you're in the Pittsburgh area, I'd love to see you there!
Romantic Time's Convention's Giant Bookfair (more than 200 authors) Saturday 4-19-08 from 11-2 at the Hilton Hotel, 600 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
I'm doing a Series Romance panel that Friday with writers Anna DeStefano and Amanda McIntyre, as well as Harlequin VP, Randall Toye.
May--Northeast Ohio's RWA Conference. http://www.neorwa.com/ I'll be doing a workshop there with Susan Gable that Friday night. I'm not sure what it's called yet, but whenever Susan and I get together good-times ensue.
July--I'm heading to San Francisco for RWA's National Conference. I'll be rooming with Nancy Warren. We both started writing for Harlequin about the same time, and we'll both be getting our 25 book pin from Harlequin because we've both written...well, 25 books!
BOOKSIGNING: Wednesday 7-30-08 at 5:30 at the San Francisco Marriott.
Nancy and I will be doing a workshop there called, Our Writing May Be Art...but our kids need braces. It's about balancing the art of writing with the business side of things.
And Tanya Michaels/Michna and I are doing a workshop called CONFESSIONS OF SERIES KILLERS: Weathering Line Closings and Other Career Changes. Not that we really kill anyone--it's series killing, not serial! LOL Between the two of us, a lot of lines we wrote for folded, and yet we're still writing. So, this one is about overcoming obstacles to writing.
That's where I'll be. Hope to see some of you at one place or another!
Holly
Last year I played hermit and didn't go to any conferences. And while it was wonderful, I found I missed seeing my friends and I missed getting a chance to meet and hang out with readers. So, this year, I'm back on the conference bandwagon.
March...I'll be in NYC for NINC's conference. This one doesn't have a booksigning, but hey, I'm seeing musicals and promise to give you all an update! Wicked (again!), Jersey Boys and Little Mermaid. I'm sure the fact I'm slipping something Disney into a work trip doesn't suprise anyone who knows me! I'll let you know how the shows are. Oh, I will be buying a new Wicked t-shirt. I bought the Defying Gravity one last time I was there. I love the song and the sentiment. Uh, the words Defying Gravity fall right over my ...well, hoo-haws. I've had four kids, there's no defying gravity left in the girls. It's sort of false advertising. LOL So I'm buying the straight up Wicked t-shirt. That pretty much says it all! LOL
April--RT Bookclub's annual conference in Pittsburgh. There's information at http://www.romantictimes.com/. If you're in the Pittsburgh area, I'd love to see you there!
Romantic Time's Convention's Giant Bookfair (more than 200 authors) Saturday 4-19-08 from 11-2 at the Hilton Hotel, 600 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
I'm doing a Series Romance panel that Friday with writers Anna DeStefano and Amanda McIntyre, as well as Harlequin VP, Randall Toye.
May--Northeast Ohio's RWA Conference. http://www.neorwa.com/ I'll be doing a workshop there with Susan Gable that Friday night. I'm not sure what it's called yet, but whenever Susan and I get together good-times ensue.July--I'm heading to San Francisco for RWA's National Conference. I'll be rooming with Nancy Warren. We both started writing for Harlequin about the same time, and we'll both be getting our 25 book pin from Harlequin because we've both written...well, 25 books!
BOOKSIGNING: Wednesday 7-30-08 at 5:30 at the San Francisco Marriott.
Nancy and I will be doing a workshop there called, Our Writing May Be Art...but our kids need braces. It's about balancing the art of writing with the business side of things.
And Tanya Michaels/Michna and I are doing a workshop called CONFESSIONS OF SERIES KILLERS: Weathering Line Closings and Other Career Changes. Not that we really kill anyone--it's series killing, not serial! LOL Between the two of us, a lot of lines we wrote for folded, and yet we're still writing. So, this one is about overcoming obstacles to writing.
That's where I'll be. Hope to see some of you at one place or another!
Holly
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The good news about Everything But a Groom keeps rolling in. Today, I heard it won a Reviewers' Choice Award!!
Now, I know you're just itching to ask what I'm going to do to celebrate. Well, I'm going to bundle up in my work coat, go outside and...load the wood box. Yes, lifestyles of the rich and famous 'R me. LOL
Holly
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Everything but a Groom in its 2nd printing!!!!
Well, for those of you who've emailed me to say you were having trouble buying EVERYTHING BUT A GROOM...it's because they sold out of the 1st printing and it's going into its second printing!! I'm so jazzed.
This was a December Avalon Books release. They're hardback books that are mainly marketed to libraries. So thanks to all the libraries who've already bought their copies, and thanks to the individual readers who bought a copy for those shelves!
Holly
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