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Everyone's "under the weather" here at my house in the Upper Catskills of New York State. And the weather we're under? Snow.

I'm sipping chicken broth laced heavily with garlic (be glad this isn't in person;-) the DH is napping (already--slacker!) and the boy is eating. He's always eating (so tall, so young).

Briefly then: It seems I'm an author of a YA series. This came as quite a surprise to me earlier this year when my agent (who I won in a contest--yes, my life's crazy) told me St. Martin's Press was the way we were going to go. We'd had other interest (and interest of the movie production variety, too) but SMP's amazing. Supportive and creative. I think I was in shock for the rest of that week. Even this week, when Casse (one of my fave Twitter followers) let me know 13 TO LIFE was available for pre-order at Amazon I had to pick up the phone and call one of my CPs. I said, "It's real!"

I still doubt it'll feel completely real until I see 13 TO LIFE on shelves in book stores. The whole experience thus far has been wonderfully unreal.

It's a crazy journey--I hope you join me on it. :D

Take care (and stay warm)!
~Shannon

It's a school snow day here in our little corner of New York's Upper Catskills, so the boys are gaming (DDO being the current addiction) and I'm trying to get caught up online after having a great talk with my editor, marketing, publicity and my agent yesterday (technology rocks!).

Then maybe later today I can slip away to write (working on my book 2 revisions). :-)

I hope all of you are staying safe, dry and warm.

Yesterday was exciting for me--not only did I get to learn more about the special things St. Martin's Press is doing for 13 TO LIFE but I got a better handle on the timeline (being new at all this there's a fierce learning curve). And I found out a mall wants to do an event with me. *blink* I totally LOVE the idea (I can't give any details now because stuff's being formulated more firmly after the holiday crush); I'm utterly flattered.

So things are busy here (and I have homework--yes, I do!).

I hope you all are staying warm, dry and happy. :-)

Take care!
~Shannon