Sydney Salter's Blog, page 32

Is it me or the glasses?

I was admiring the wide-nosed, catlike, blue people in Avatar, thinking that maybe big noses might be "in," when my husband turned to me and said, "[silly nickname:]*** in her glasses." And then he chuckled. I think he laughed at my 3-D glasses three more times during the movie. It wasn't mean-spirited at all, more like he found me charming, you know, in a funny-looking way.

He looks good in glasses, any glasses, a theory that has been tested many times. He even looks good in those 3-D glasses....

Breaking Up With Alexandra Diaz

Welcome to my new feature: break up stories. My main character in Swoon At Your Own Risk has a problem collecting ex-boyfriends so all throughout 2010, I'll be hosting guest authors, various kinds of professionals, and others who have experienced a breakup.
Today I'm excited to introduce debut author Alexandra Diaz. Her first novel, Of All The Stupid Things (Egmont USA), has just hit the shelves. Leave a comment below and enter to win a copy!
Here's what Alexandra has to say about breaking...

Breakup Stories: Alexandra Diaz

Welcome to my new feature: break up stories. My main character in Swoon At Your Own Risk has a problem collecting ex-boyfriends so all throughout 2010, I'll be hosting guest authors, various kinds of professionals, and others who have experienced a breakup.
Today I'm excited to introduce debut author Alexandra Diaz. Her first novel, Of All The Stupid Things (Egmont USA), has just hit the shelves. Leave a comment below and enter to win a copy!
Here's what Alexandra has to say about breaking...

Dog or Dog?

When I left for my Authorpalooza book signing last night, my teen was babysitting a neighbor's kids, when I returned she was babysitting a neighbor's potential puppy (if the dad says yes).
It cracks me up that we call both of these animals dogs:



The Yorkie pup who weighs only ounces loves my 120 pound Bernese Mountain Dog, Jack. And would love to snuggle up with him. Jack isn't so sure.


And when I asked him to babysit for me while I write, he politely refused.

Contest!

Enter to win the last bag of 2009 Debutante treats (click below):

Resting...

Here's what I've been doing while letting my manuscript rest, aside from, you know, taking a dorky picture of the story tucked into bed:



10. I cleaned my desk & found a whole bunch of things I should've done--oh, about six weeks ago.
9. I cleared away dangerous towers of clutter hovering on various surfaces around the house. I found more stuff I should've done, oh, about six weeks ago. I also found a book I've been wanting to read, but had lost amidst the clutter.
8. I made celebratory fudge...

Work-In-Progress: Finished!!!

Weighing in at 245 pages, 68,399 words--a completed YA novel manuscript. Yay!!! You can see this week's vlog at www.mybignose.blogspot.com (if you happen to be reading this elsewhere):




Now I'm itching to revise.

In My Mailbox (12)

The most exciting thing I got in my mailbox: my Swoon At Your Own Risk ARCS! And I'm sending them on tour.
If you're a blogger/reviewer, you can sign up to read a copy at 1 ARC Tours.

Here are the other books I received in the mail (I also read them this week):
Haven by Beverly PattA story about an unlikely friendship between a girl in a group home and a boy desperate for an ATV.
Why I'm excited:Our last Class of 2k9 book has hit the shelves! I loved the authentic boy voice in this novel & I...

Guest Nose Jon Skovron

I'm married to an indie music-lover & last summer my daughter spent her babysitting money on an electric guitar, so it's my pleasure to welcome Jon Skovron, debut author of Struts & Frets this week. I can't wait to read this book!
Here's what Jon says about how appearances factor into his story:

One of the main characters in the story is a guy named Joe who puts forth that extra special effort to let you know that he is super bad ass. Piercings, tattoos, chains, spikes, steel-toed boots. He...

Jungle Crossing Book Trailer!

I'm excited to share my new book trailer for Jungle Crossing. Yay!!!