Natasha Deen's Blog, page 81

Highlights of Book Signing

Most interesting moment: The guy rapping about the New York Subway.

Most hilarious moment: All the people who thought I was there to sell Kobos.

Most cool moment: Meeting all the tween/teen readers. (Like the kid who's writing a pirate story and the girl who came to get my book as part of her birthday gifts).

Most "aww" moment: The 20 month old who grabbed chocolate, then whispered, "thank you."

Most frustrating moment: Watching a mother ignore her toddler…and the toddler moved to the...

Find Me Today

Just a reminder, I'll be at the 170th Depot Chapters today, from 12:00-4:00. Stop by and say hello!

Super Cool Review on Goodreads!

"The book was freaking fantastic and I recommend it to anyone who likes the kind of fantasy stuff, and I recommend it to anyone who doesn't like that too because I didn't like the fantasy stuff until I read this book and now I'm going to start reading more fantasy because this book totally changed my mind!" For the full review, head here.

Bullying Tips for Parents & Kids

Head here for my article on bullying, and tips for both parents and kids on how to deal with this issue.

Uh, Thanks, Doc

Had to change over the cats' food. Vet says to "mix it in with their old kind, so their tummies can adjust."

Uh. Yeah.

Cats now eating around the old food and harassing me for more of the new stuff.

Sensitive stomachs, yeah. Right.

Words by Webb Loves Grime!

Favorite Quote: "If it wasn't for the occasional flying fairies or creatures turning into soil this would be a Dirty Harry saves the world from terrorists type of book."
Awesome.
For the full review head here: http://jodiwebb.com/news/review-true-grime/

Yeah, I should be working, but…

Three Tips on Bullying

Check out this article The Consumerist & I did on bullying: http://consumerist.com/2011/10/what-you-can-do-if-youre-being-bullied.html

Fear of Finishing?

I'm about two, maybe three scenes away from finishing my latest manuscript (not the sequel to Grime. That's on tap for next month). But holy smokes. In the past forty-five minutes that I should have been working, I've:

stared at the pencil container spun the chair in circles deleted emails from my i-phone sharpened my pencils

I don't get this. I'm almost done—shouldn't my brain be rushing for the finish line? Shouldn't I be exalting on how close "the end" is? Makes me wonder...

The Currency of Trees

Walking the furry ones and watched the yellow leaves flutter to the ground. Dead leaves make that unique, slightly cracking/brittle sound when they fall into each other, and it got me thinking how "money doesn't grow on trees."

And I found myself wishing it did.

How great it would be to have coins fall to the ground…but then I thought it wouldn't be so great—not for the birds. No place to hide or live, no soft material for their nest. And really, no good for us, either. Who wants to get...