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Which book am I kissing this week?

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The Something Like Fate galley! No way! I wasn't expecting the galleys to be printed this early, but it's so awesome that they are. It sounds like the friendly neighbors in sales and marketing are planning a lot of fun stuff for this book. I love that they're excited about getting the party started! As part of the fabulousness, the always awesome Penguin will be sending galleys to book bloggers and reviewers.

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Your TGIM thought of the day is brought to you by this sweet sunset I watched in Mykonos. I spent part of today learning iMovie. Clearly, I have a lot more to learn. This video is jumpy in parts and the framing could be better. But I am learning.

One thing I'm learning is that, even though I perfectly edited "Orange Sky" by Alexi Murdoch as background music and it is the only acceptable sound for this video and I should be allowed to freaking use it because I am not doing anything evil, ...

1. Can I just tell you how good Love Happens is? If it's playing near you and you've been considering going to see it, definitely go. It was refreshing to see Aaron Eckhart not playing an a-hole. I've always liked him, especially during his twisted Neil LaBute In the Company of Men days. Jennifer Aniston's character reminded me of Christian Slater in Bed of Roses, this 90s film I adore that never got the attention it deserves. I'm strongly recommending Love Happens, and not just because ...

Thanks to everyone who commented with warm fuzzies about the Something Like Fate cover! I am just so excited about this book. It's sort of wild talking about an upcoming book so far in advance, especially considering that Waiting for You just came out in May. But that's the world of publishing, always looking ahead. Kind of like how I am about life in general.

I was really impressed to see that several book bloggers had already picked up on the cover, like, not even a week after it was r...

The thing about taking a vacay when practically everyone else is going back to school and getting their serious post-summer regimen on at work and such is that you miss some things. So today, I just want to catch up on some stuff that's been happening.

Last night, the preposterous Emmys with their endless commercials reminded me of why I've never owned a TV. How can there be that many commercials now? I don't remember commercials being anywhere near that bad back in the day. A few of my bo...

For so long, I've been hearing that Santorini is the most beautiful place on Earth. But nothing could have prepared me for how amazing it was.

First of all, the view from our hotel room was spectacular (you can click on each photo to see it full-sized; my journal format cuts them off a bit):


Santorini is the result of a volcanic eruption. The island is a circular formation that's actually the rim of an old volcano, with many exposed rock layers along steep cliffs. Which means to get up or...

My next book, Something Like Fate, will be released on May 13, 2010. I am beyond excited to share the cover with you:



What do you think?

I think this cover is hot. My publisher even did a photo shoot for it, which is a rare thing. And an awesome thing, because these models are my characters. Even from the back, I can tell. It's unreal. The designer (you rock, Jim!) just finished the book jacket. It is so gorgeous. I seriously cannot wait for you to see it.

I'll tell you about the photo shoo

One of the concepts I'm exploring in my new book is whether a relationship can have both intensity and longevity. We all love the rush of those passionate first few months of a relationship (or if we haven't experienced that intensity yet, we can imagine how awesome it is). But as anyone who's been in a long-term relationship knows, that initial euphoria fades away after a while. I've been wondering if it's possible to have an intense relationship that remains just as intense past those first

In my experience, stuff happens all together. There could be nothing going on for days and then wham! Everything spazzes out at the same time. This is what's happening with my Netflix queue. Why do all of my shows have to come out in September? When I won't even be here for half the month? At least the waiting is over. I thought maybe you'd like to know these release dates as well, so here we go:
Gossip Girl, season two - just releasedOne Tree Hill, season six - just releasedThirtysomethin

Some things I'm loving...

1. My new fluffy bath sheets. They are so fluffy! And huge! I heard Oprah tell this story about promising to buy herself bath sheets once she could afford them. I guess she has an entire bath sheet collection by now. In case you're unfamiliar, bath sheets are like bath towels but bigger. MIne are really soft. I might actually work in a bath sheet one day, just to be decadent. It can be the new Casual Friday attire. I've already asked my boss and she said I coul