mary e. pearson

Holy smokes, what a crazy jammed pack week it has been--from the really good to the really stinky.  I will start with the good, and maybe I will run out of time for the stinky.

First, I got a very nice email from one, two, three friends, and then darn, I finally googled myself to be sure they were right because I hadn't heard anything and I saw that The Adoration of Jenna Fox won a Golden Kite Honor from the SCBWI.  Hooray!  I found the info at Betsy's Bird's blog where you can see all the winners.  And then yes, I got the offiicial email announcment too.  Hooray, again!

And then my editor emailed say AJF had made the NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age 2009 list.  That's right, it is now called "stuff" for the teen age.  The list is a little different this year.  It is limited to 100 things ; )  I think most of those things are books but there are videos in there too, and maybe some other "stuff" too.  I am not sure, but I am thrilled to be among the stuff! (does this sound like a George Carlin routine?)

Other good stuff in my jam-packed week:  Online author chats with students in Texas, writing in a coffee shop with friends (hey blitzers!  it was fun!), lots of fun chat and questions over at readergirlz, and I'm still doing flips over being a Nebula finalist.

oh!  And FINISHING the review of the master proofs of THE MILES BETWEEN! Whew, I think I positively have that manuscript memorized now.  This is why authors don't read their books once they come out!  They don't need to.  After so many readings they are permanently etched in their brains.

still not out of time . . .  so the not-so-good stuff that jammed my week.  Car #1 broke down.  Bad, but it is still limping along--barely.  And out of sympathy of course, car #2 decided to follow suit--no limping, dead as a door nail--thank you very much.  Both cars--grrr. It always happens that way, doesn't it?  So my weekend is going to be juggling cars and hoping they can be repaired--quick!

But more good news, my very dear friend and neighbor across the street called and said she was making paella tonight and did we want to come?    Do fish swim?  Do birds fly?  Do carless people walk?  You betcha.  I am clicking my castanets already.

Have a great weekend all!