ally carter

Monday, March 12, 2007

good news and bad news

Well, the good news is that there's a new episode of The Black Donnellys tonight.

The bad news is that I'll have to watch it one billion times.

The good news is that I've started a new walking regiment and there's no greater treadmill motivation than last week's episode when Tommy takes his shirt off.

The bad news is...oh, who am I kidding? There is no bad news to Tommy taking his shirt off.

The good news is that I didn't lose a dime last week when I was in Reno.

The bad news is that I've now been to Reno THREE TIMES but I've never been to Vegas (how is that fair?)

The good news is that I FINALLY got my hair cut!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bad news is that I'd forgotten how freaking curly my hair is when it's not weighed down by six months worth of extra length, so now it's a little...uh...shall we say, big.

The good news is that we're fast approaching the point when I can no longer make changes to Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy.

The bad news is I will probably ALWAYS want to make changes to all of my books.

The good news is that the Love You,Kill You paperback will be out on April 1!

The bad news is...well, like a shirt-less Tommy, there's really no downside to that one.

The good news is that I'm still loving my new internet setup.

The bad news is that I STILL can't send email--so I'm answering my reader mail here again, I'm afraid.




HI Elysia~! Thanks so much for writing. I'd love it if there could be drawings in my books, but I'm afraid that's really out of my hands since all the book design types of things are done by my publisher. The Japanese version of LYKY does have these really great drawings of the girls, though. I love it!


To Kelley! Thank you for writing, too. I'm afraid I don't have any autograhed pictures. I do sometimes send out signed bookplates (kind of like stickers that go in your book), so if you check with your parents and write back with an address, I'll send you one.


Hi Chris! Oh my gosh, you wrote a song? A freaking song??? I'm totally in awe. Especially the chorus (posted below)

not to tell you i love because things could go so wrong
id tell you i love you, but i have to be strong
id tell you i love you because its true
but if i told you i love you, then id have to kill you


Love it!



Okay, that's enough for today.

back to work!

Ally

14 Comments:

Anonymous Hayley said...

Hey Ally! I was just rereading Love You/Kill You and I realized that the title of the sequel - Cross My heart and Hope to Spy - is kind of ironic since Cammie is wearing her cross neclace almost throughout the whole 1st book. Am i just noticing something that was intentional? lol. or is this just a coincidence? I am known to be pretty blonde sometimes...

10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey ally
this is kiki.. chris' friend. im so happy u liked it! we were really bored one day, and what better to do than write something for one of ou favorite books!

10:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Ally!!

It's Chris. so glad u liked mine and kiki's song. we absolutely luv your book. can't wait until the new one comes out!!!!

10:51 PM  
Blogger abbygail said...

Can't wait to see your hair!!! :)

11:01 PM  
Anonymous Jen b said...

Greetings from the Sisterhood of People with Really Big Hair. We're glad to see you've decided to renew membership... :)

And somebody wrote a SONG for your book? That's so freaking awesome!

8:11 AM  
Blogger ashmarie_2008 said...

I wish I had curly hair! My hair is straight so I can't do ANYTHING with it. It's quite frustrating. Can't wait to read the new book!

11:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey Ally just want to say that i understand your hair problem i just got mine cut and it's a little like that but not as much as when i got it cut to chin length. I can't wait until September!!!

2:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

great lyrics btw...chris...but a guy's name or a girls??? no offense, but LYKY kinda appears to me as a chick read...not a guy read if this is the case...but hey, whatever floats your boat!

2:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

dude. Chris is a GIRL's name!!!!! And the thought of me being a girl is quite insulting. Hehe.

9:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sorry. i meant the thought of me being a guy is quite insulting.

9:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

just so you all know, Chris is short for Christine, which is clearly a girls name.

9:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haha this is kiki, chris' friend just to verify that SHE is infact a girl. but i find the mixup hilarious

9:30 PM  
Blogger Ally said...

Hi there Ally, its another Ally here !!

Being a little narcasistic (sp) I types in my name to google and found your blog next to mine. Fancy taking a link from me for a good cause ?

Ally

6:37 AM  
Anonymous amandarene said...

I got to see your hair already and it's not THAT big. Plus the lovely tornado alley humidity doesn't really help the matters much. Take it from a girl with extremely big curly hair: just roll with it. This too shall pass. LOL! Thought that you'd appreciate that Ally! It was really good to see you. I too share your unwavering affection for Tommy Donnely and am completely addicted to the show. What I wouldn't give to be Jenny!

10:41 AM  

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