So much to blog about, so little time

I’ve been on the road for a few days, and everywhere I go I see things I want to blog about. Everywhere! But now, when I have a little time and internet access, all those ideas are gone.

(Oops. Just remembered one. There was a guy on my flight this afternoon who looked exactly like Tom Arnold. Exactly. It was freaky.)

But now that I’m back online all I can think about is the controversy surrounding How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life in which the author allegedly plagiarized (aka ripped off) another author, as reported by the Boston Globe (and others.)

Did she? I don’t know. But I do know that book is plastered everywhere, and if she took the lazy way out and got to be in People magazine anyway--in the very month when I had hoped to be in People--well, I am going to be royally ticked off.

In other news, big thanks to all the organizers and participants of the Pikes Peak Writers’ Conference. It was wonderful!

For all of you aspiring writers out there, I highly recommend attending a conference of some kind. I did, back when I was starting out, and I honestly think that was one of the plot points of my career. As soon as I’d invested the time and money it took to go to that conference, I knew I had to get serious. And I did.

Oh, and even though I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU isn’t even out yet, I’ve already gotten fan mail from two people who have already read and loved the book. Even though, unlike Opal Metha, The Gallagher Girls weren’t featured in People and USAToday and the Boston Globe and every other media outlet in the country.

Me, bitter? No. Why would you say that?

But I’m not going to let it get me down because I have news. Big news. Huge, exciting news.

But I can’t post it.

Yet.

--Ally