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one more time…

Okay, so tomorrow morning I leave for another trip, but this one is…wait for it…FUN! I'm going to New York to see my agent and editor and some publishing friends, visit with my BFF from high school AND do some holiday shopping. And perhaps buy something for myself. (I know, I know, this is the season for OTHERS. But let's be real. It's New York and I need a new purse. Just being honest here.)

Also, on Wednesday morning, bright and early, I'll be outside of the Good Morning America studios...

Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing!

The Jetsons reference above is due to the fact that tomorrow is the first of December. WHAT? I honestly feel like George on that outside treadmill, running like crazy, unable to get off. (If you have no idea what I am talking about, you are probably much younger and cooler than me. But still, get on over to YouTube and find a clip of The Jetsons. We'll wait. Okay, back now? Good.)I was having a hard enough time with the fact that it was somehow Thanksgiving, but now we have Christmas to deal ...

Thankful.

Okay, so it's the day before Thanksgiving. The busiest travel day of the year. A day when no breadcrumbs or russet potatoes are safe. It's also the first time in six months I've looked ahead at the calendar and not seen one single event to promote What Happened to Goodbye. That, I am especially grateful for.

Don't get me wrong, I had a blast on the tour and at all the conferences. In fact, this last trip was especially awesome. First, there was the Miami Book Festival (my first time!). I got i...

The Five!

1. I'm writing this from my secondary satellite office: the parking lot of my daughter's preschool. (First satellite, regular readers know, is Whole Foods.) I've been running errands like mad, trying to get ready to leave town this afternoon. Just as a reminder: I'll be at the Miami Book Fair tomorrow, then NCTE/ALAN in Chicago on Sunday and Monday. Want more details? They are here.

2. Somehow, Thanksgiving is next week. WHAT? Wasn't it just Halloween? I will return home from this last trip...

in which I make entirely too many embarrassing confessions….

…but I was in Canada and they were asking me about snack food and Twitter! What I was supposed to do?

An Indigo Minute with Sarah Dessen 

P.S. I really have no issue with Air Canada. My flights were just all wonky getting up there. Way back: smooth as butter.

P.P.S. Yes, ideally would have said the Dalai Lama was my ideal Twitter follower. But it is what it is.

P.P.P.S. Yes, I really need to get back to work…..

 

Have a great day, everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miami Bookfair/NCTE-ALAN conference

This weekend commences the LAST official trip of this Book Tour That Never Ends:

 

First off, I'll be at the Miami Bookfair, doing this panel:

Teen Dreams: Sarah Dessen on What Happened to Goodbye?, Colleen Houck onTiger's Voyage, Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie on Damned
Saturday, Nov. 19, 12:30 p.m., Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)

 

Then it is off to Chicago for the ALAN conference, where I'll be speaking on Monday. Then, home. Whew!

Miami Bookfest, ALAN and more….

All right, I know I've been super MIA from the blog lately. Blame it on the fact that…well, honestly, I don't even know what to blame it on. Shorter days? The fact that I'm (trying to begin) writing again? Or the oncoming influx of the holidays AND the meal I, for some reason, decided to cook for my ENTIRE FAMILY on Thanksgiving? Could be a combo of all three. I've also been thinking about purses a lot. All of this is very time consuming.

Now, though, I MUST get back into work mode and pull...

Nanowrimo and Marathons…

This weekend, my husband is running his third marathon. I know. I do three miles and consider myself a rockstar, but it's all relative, I guess. Anyway, it got me thinking about his FIRST one, way back in 2004, which was also in November. I was writing Just Listen at the time and REALLY struggling, and seeing all these runners put themselves to the ultimate test was a huge inspiration to me, just when I really needed it.

I also know a lot of people are doing Nanowrimo right now. I have not...

The Five!

1. All right, people, it's November. Which means I am saying goodbye to Halloween—which somehow became, like, a week-plus long holiday, what's up with that?—and turning my attention to Thanksgiving. YES! I love an eating holiday. Also, this year, I am going to host dinner here at my OWN HOUSE for the very first time. I am 41 and have lived here for 12 years. This is what happens when you live in your hometown: you have traditions, you follow them, and it's really hard to break out and try...

The Five!

1. Yesterday, it was in the upper 70′s here. Today we are under a freeze warning. Come on, Mother Nature, can't you ease me into the cold stuff? This is like climate whiplash. On the plus side, we're now having fires in the fireplace every night, which is just SO nice and cozy. And I get to wear my Uggs. But still, a little time to adjust would be nice. You know, if I could, like, have a vote or something.

2. Halloween is fast approaching, which means I have been painting a LOT of mini...