Bottom of the ninth...
It's the bottom of the ninth, so to speak, and I'm now hours--not months, not weeks, not days--away from having the Gallagher Girls sequel in rough draft form.
Of course, the finished versions of my books frequently bear little resemblence to the draft versions, so we're not out of the woods yet. But still...I may be able to really settle down to watch the Veronica Mars premiere next Tuesday in pseudo-stress-free frame of mind.
How will I celebrate?
Well, with a trip to the Kansas Book Festival of course.
The festival kicked off today, and at 3:00 this afternoon I was in my cubby at the library working hard on GG2 when one of the librarians came to find me. Evidently, the festival had already sold out of my books and they were trying to track me down to see if I had some I could bring.
Well, I don't. Not really. But luckily my library rocks (as libraries so often do) and they had a bunch, so they saved the day!
So, if you want a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, come by the Kansas Book Festival in Wichita tomorrow. I'll be signing books in Vendor Tent 1 at noon, so say hi!
If the idea of cool books and book stuff isn't enough to draw you out, you should probably also know that the event is at the baseball stadium and every time I'm near a minor leage baseball stadium I get serious Bull Durham flashbacks.
And I'm so tired from all the dead
line madness, that I may very well become delusional and start thinking I'm Susan Sarandon.
(Note to self: don't wear an off-the-shoulder dress with keds.)
(Note to self: check to make you even own an off-the-shoulder dress.)
(Note to self: also, do they still make Keds?)
Okay, back to it!
Ally
Of course, the finished versions of my books frequently bear little resemblence to the draft versions, so we're not out of the woods yet. But still...I may be able to really settle down to watch the Veronica Mars premiere next Tuesday in pseudo-stress-free frame of mind.
How will I celebrate?
Well, with a trip to the Kansas Book Festival of course.
The festival kicked off today, and at 3:00 this afternoon I was in my cubby at the library working hard on GG2 when one of the librarians came to find me. Evidently, the festival had already sold out of my books and they were trying to track me down to see if I had some I could bring.
Well, I don't. Not really. But luckily my library rocks (as libraries so often do) and they had a bunch, so they saved the day!
So, if you want a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, come by the Kansas Book Festival in Wichita tomorrow. I'll be signing books in Vendor Tent 1 at noon, so say hi!
If the idea of cool books and book stuff isn't enough to draw you out, you should probably also know that the event is at the baseball stadium and every time I'm near a minor leage baseball stadium I get serious Bull Durham flashbacks.
And I'm so tired from all the dead
line madness, that I may very well become delusional and start thinking I'm Susan Sarandon.(Note to self: don't wear an off-the-shoulder dress with keds.)
(Note to self: check to make you even own an off-the-shoulder dress.)
(Note to self: also, do they still make Keds?)
Okay, back to it!
Ally
posted by Ally Carter at Friday, September 29, 2006
3 Comments:
Hi! I listened to your writing tips online, and I'm am now looking forward to writing. again. I'm always looking forward to writing, but that gets me nowhere. I'm very interested in attending a conference, like you suggested, but with my money situation, things aren't looking good for the next few years.
Another thing that isn't looking good, is Hawaii and the CW. With no station picking it up, I am currently CW-less. Gilmore-less.
sigh
But a GG2 rough draft?! THAT'S exciting!
Congrats! You know, you should do a book signing in the thumb of Michigan. I would totally go!
Hey! You must hurry on the book.. not to be pushy :) but I cant wait! I absolutly loved the first one. I'll be looking out for the book!
-Maegan
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