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CELEBRATE GREAT SUMMER READS!

Good news: computer is back in black! Or blue, as the case may be... and I am woefully behind on celebrating the successes of some of my fellow Class of 2k10 classmates and Tenners whose books are now seeking readers everywhere. Congratulations to all of you!

Starting with the ones I've read and loved:




And now for a few that I am dying to read! Don't these look delicious??

'TIS THE SEASON FOR TEACHING

So, what have I been doing this summer?

Well.

Apart from bemoaning the absence of my beloved laptop (still not fixed! Holy moly, will I survive???), I have been teaching.

And teaching.

And teaching.

I taught middle schoolers about writing poetry and writing voice at Red Mountain Writing Project. (Ever tried to define voice? Yeah. Not so easy.)

Last weekend at Southern Christian Writers Conference I taught a whole slew of wonderful folks about writing poetry and marketing novels (except I called...

POEM: FREE TO GOOD HOME

Happy Poetry Friday! Kelly Polark has Round Up.

So what's up in my poetic life?

I'm sorry to say I've been a bit of a slacker in the submission department. In the past month I think I've only submitted to two journals and one contest. MUST DO BETTER.

I did, however, speak earlier this week to middle schoolers at Red Mountain Writing Project about writing poetry. And this weekend I am on the faculty at Southern Christian Writers Conference, where one of my sessions is also on the topic.

AND (t...

BEARS, BOYS, BUTTERFLIES AND MORE

Ever since I was wee, I've loved the mountains. And ever since my Senior Trip to Maggie Valley, NC, I've wanted to go back.

It's changed a bit in 20 years, but all the things I remember loving are still there: Sliding Rock, Grandfather's Mountain, those twisty, turny mountain roads. We ate fudge and shopped for art and got caught on a trail in a rainstorm. And when we got back to our chalet, we threw open the doors so we could listen to the jolly little creek gurgling and laughing like a ...

ALL KINDS OF AWESOME

Well, folks, there aren't enough words. So I offer you a few pics:

The Class of 2k10 at THE VORACIOUS READER


Excellent Editor Stacey Barney with Ludelphia


a few of us after our presentation at NYPL - Mulberry Street Branch with a most beautiful, enthusiastic librarian


the best kind of reader: one who buys LOTS of books!


some of the folks who came out to see us at BOOKS OF WONDER


me and roomie Bonnie Doerr at our BEA shelf


The Class of 2k10 at Carmine's in the Theater District, one of my most f...

BEA BOUND

Big Apple, here I come!

Some highlights I'm especially looking forward to:

1. Rooming with Bonnie Doerr, author of ISLAND STING. (Bonnie and I are both introverts, and it helps to be with someone who understands the way crowds/events/celebrations can take it all out of a gal. And how quiet time is NECESSARY.)

2. Meeting Excellent Editor Stacey Barney and Awesome Agent Rosemary Stimola in the flesh! And so many cyber writer friends!! Yes, there will be pictures.

3. Snagging some ARCs to read a...

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS

Thanks, back at ya, Mrs, Bramlett's Third Grade Class! Hope y'all have a great summer with lots of Ludelphia-like adventures. :)

MEET THE NEW BABY

One of the things I love about my husband is that he is a cat person. He is also a complete sucker for a kitten.

Which is why we now have this little one.

(Paul was out inspecting a house, and the guy next door said, hey, would your wife like a kitten? Little did the guy know that in our house, it's the HUSBAND.)

Paul made his pick: a calico (did you know calico cats are always female?), which we have christened MAGGIE, after my grandmother.

So far she is every bit as sweet as her namesake. ...

FUNNY THING ABOUT FUNERALS

Those of you who read this blog regularly know that I have been blessed with some wonderful women in my life.

One of them was my grandmother. So I was very sad to attend her funeral yesterday, although there is some comfort in the fact that she lived 92 wonderful years and died peacefully in her sleep.

The funny thing about funerals is how you can feel devastated one minute, and joyous the next. This funeral gave our family an excuse to gather: for the first time in at least a dozen years, a...

CELEBRATE FAITHFUL SQUID AND RED X

Now available at stores near you:

This one has been on my TBR list for quite some time... isn't the cover dreamy? It's historical romance set at Yellowstone National Park, and I am a big fan of romance AND Yellowstone. WIN. Congratulations to Class of 2k10 classmate Janet Fox!!

Haven't read this one, but doesn't it look like FUN??!


And this one... you won't forget Damien! Fun, funny, super-hero-y.... Congratulations, Chelsea!


And for the historical fiction buffs, here's a great story for you....