Anna DeStefano's Blog, page 47
June 17, 2010
Things My Teenager Says–hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Don't talk about your kids on the Internet. That's been a hard and fast rule for me and many other writers I know. But sharing how inspiring and downright hilarious living with a teenage boy can be… Not that's another story. One I've decided to devote considerable blog time to telling. How can I in good conscious keep all the amazing things he says to myself?
"Mom, do you have a favorite word?" He's already smiling, I know so there's a catch.
There's always a catch with teenagers newly sprung f...
May 20, 2010
Don't Touch My Stuff…
Well, yes, now that you ask, it's sometimes hard to look at an editor's rework of your work. Just as it's hard to face a doctor and listen to him candidly and objectively debate your symptoms and give you his best judgement on how to treat a health problem you can't resolve on your own, or you wouldn't have asked for his help in the first place.
I'm in the middle of working through both editorial revisions of my next beautiful book and waiting on doctors to treat symptoms stemming from my...
May 19, 2010
Rocks and Stardust…
My editor rocks! My revisions for Secret Legacy are already back, so you know what I'll be doing for the next two weeks–besides watching my son graduate from middle school and talking with you guys (which I'll be doing daily, no fooling, because I miss you too much to keep staying away). Where was I???
Oh, yeah, Secret Legacy is lovely (says the world's BEST editor says), but there are some amazing suggestions, too, for making it an even more exciting read for fans. So begins the BEST part of...
May 18, 2010
April Contest Winners!
Okay, folks, because you're all waiting for the good stuff…
I have tons of prize winners to report from last month's The Firefighter's Secret Baby launch:
First, From My April Fresh Fiction Contests
Winners of a signed copies of The Firefighter's Secret Baby and a $20 Gift Amazon Certificates from my April contests:
Anne Martel
Cynthia Valenti
Winners of a signed copy of The Firefighter's Secret Baby (from my one-day guest blog contest):
Rosemary Krejsa
Robyn Lee
Colleen Conklin
Cheryl Castings
May 17, 2010
Dream Your Way Home…
When you're living within a moment that you know will change everything about who you are, when you're revising every step that you take because nothing's as it seems, you'd better hold onto each dream like it's your only way home…
Loosely, that's the truth our Secret Legacy heroine, Sarah Temple, must deal with. You first met her (just recovered from a 10-year coma and losing her sanity because she and her psychic gifts have been the target of secret government dream research) in Dark...
April 18, 2010
BLOG CONTEST–April Release Goodies and Rob Thomas!!!
A $20 Amazon Gift Certificate and 5 Signed Copies of The Firefigher's Secret Baby are up for grabs through the end of April. Leave a comment in any April blog entry (or all of them), to be in the running. Winners announced in early May.
Let me count (pulls fingers from keyboard, just to be sure)… Yep–that's 6 winners in all ;o)
And, yep, that means you can scroll back through the entire month and leave a comment on every post. In fact, I'd kinda prefer it that way ;o)
Also means I'll be...
April 16, 2010
Guest Blogging and Give Aways…
I'm guest blogging today at Fresh Fiction, talking about how the concept for The Firefighter's Secret Baby came to be. Scoot on over, for your chance to win one of the 5 signed copies I'm giving away there.
While over here, me and my bum hand will be giving away a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate to one lucky commenter in this blog (all comments from April are in the running, up 'til the 30th!), because I can't seem to stop myself ;o)
And where are all those pics I promised? Hang on. Hand is...
April 13, 2010
Chatting LIVE on BlogTalkRadio Tonight…
Just found out I'm doing a LIVE (why does that word insist on being in all-caps???) Radio interview tonight (Tuesday), on BlogTalkRadio, from 8:30-8:45, EST.
So tune in and call in with questions about anything you'd like, including my latest Atlanta Heroes release, The Firefighter's Secret Baby.
More tomorrow on the hand injury that kept me from blogging last week, as inteded, plus news about the fun stuff coming up on Wednesday, including guest blogging at Fresh Fiction!
April 5, 2010
New…
I need to spread my wings this year. Learn to enjoy what's new. Not look back at the old that wants to keep pressing down on me. This week, come back daily to share in the fun as I relish the ways three months of hard work are finally paying off, because I have…
A NEW Spring to enjoy…
A NEW novel to revise…and it's already a "Guaranteed Read" from Dorchester–learn more about this amazing publishing program I'm lucky enough to have been chosen for, and look for Secret Legacy in stores in...
April 2, 2010
Bond with bunnies and Win $20…
No– I'm not talking naughty, so those of you who snickered at the blog title, be ashamed of yourself…
What I am is mired in the writing, and rewriting of Secret Legacy (what do you think of the cover and my C. L. Wilson quote???).
AND I've been travelling like a nutcase fulfilling teaching obligations I made before my surgery, even though I have the SL deadline looming and need every minute I can spare to write. AND it's Bunny Day and Spring Break season, so my son's busy life is making...
