Editor-Killer!

Yes, it's true, I have managed to send yet another editor screaming for the exits. My Dear Dominatrix has left for greener pastures, along with my Acquiring Editor. Sigh. She said, "Look at it this way: everyone who works with you ends up getting a promotion." See why it is impossible to hate her, despite her cruel whip-cracking editing style? She is eternally nice and optimistic. We will miss her . . . . and wonder who on earth will be sent to torture us now???

Other People's Blogs

Check out some of the ink i"m getting in the blog-o-sphere--

mjroseblog.typepad.com
secretdeadblogspot.com
thefirstbook.wordpress.com
popgoesfiction.blogspot.com
holdencalling.blogspot.com
newreads.blogspot.com

Standing Still Trailer

I Screamed Like Nikki Blonski

You know that clip of the girl from Hairspray overturning her coffee table when she won a Golden Globe? That's pretty much what I did when I saw my book review in Entertainment Weekly. They gave it a B+ and praised its invigorating prose, and the cover was pretty damn big, and it was mentioned in the same breath with a lot of macho/testosterone thrillers . . . maybe I'll get some more male readers now. It was reviewed by Ken Tucker, who, can i just say this, is like a God to me. Thank you Oh God of Culture, thank you!!

Bookless in Seattle

If it weren't so pathetic, it would be amusing. The people who pre-ordered my book from Amazon have received it before I received my author copies! I need lots of copies for the PR firm and I should have had them weeks ago. I tried several methods: asking, purchasing from the warehouse, begging. Friday morning I even considered buying them from the miscreants who stole them and put 'em on eBay. My agent's amazing assistant Adam, and my hard-working publicist Kim seem to have straightened the situation out -- but i won't believe it till I see it!! Of course every other day people I work with or know vaguely say things like "aren't you going to give me an autographed copy"? and i just have to burst out laughing. As if I could!! No way, honey, you'll have to buy it just like I do!!

I Need Martin Short

from Father of the Bride. I need a wedding planner with a crazy accent to organize all the details of the parties, promotions, advertising and PR i've set in motion surrounding this book. I can't even throw a dinner party, let alone a launch party. SIGH. This, my friends, is why wealthy people write books. Because only they have the money to launch them with the help of Martin Short.

The 250-Page Baby Has Arrived

Yee-ha, the book arrived in the mail today! Yes, the real book, the actual book, not the galley, not the first pages, the real four-color bound thang. I immediately put it in a zip-lock bag and told everyone who wanted to see it to put on gloves!! (Maybe I'll just make everyone wash their hands and sign a confidentiality agreement . . .)