Susane Colasanti's Blog, page 70

depressing vs. uplifting

Jason Reitman is so hot right now he's on fire. He directed Thank You for Smoking and Juno, both of which I absolutely adored, and he's impressed me again with Up in the Air. I loved this film. The dialogue and nuances were perfect. Being an organization freak, I was all into the montage at the beginning where George Clooney's character, Ryan, is going through airport security. He snaps his luggage around like the professional traveler he is. What intrigued me most about the film (other...

searching & finding

My big news of the day is that I've submitted book five to my editors! This means, beginning with collapsing in a heap of exhaustion, I'll be taking a few days off. Now I have time to do things like paint my bathroom, catch up on scrapbooking, and continue my search for the perfect Christmas cookie. Which may very well transform itself into a search for the perfect Christmas cupcake. You know I'm all about the cupcakes.

There were cookies at this holiday party last night, but they were not ...

festivities

Thanks to everyone at Books of Wonder for a fabulous holiday party! Shout-out to Peter Glassman, founder and president of this most excellent children's bookstore. Peter exhibits further proof that you can live your ideal life through creative visualization. He had a clear vision for his bookstore, which has been expanding ever since. Peter was looking especially festive, so I had to document the occasion with him:

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Lots of YA authors were in the house, like Gayle Forman, Barry Lyga, Sarah ...

christmas cookie anticipation, etc.

Tonight I'll be attending my first holiday party of the season, where I hope to encounter many delicious Christmas cookies. There should be lots of other YA authors in attendance, so I'm also hoping to have pics of some of your fave authors to share next time. Yay!

Until then, I have some book news. It looks like Penguin's Something Like Fate wall panel at the Frankfurt Book Fair got noticed because the German rights to Something Like Fate have just been sold. This means that three of my b...

geeks rule

My friend saw James Franco in a coffeehouse up the street. Of course I wasn't there. I'm always missing these things. Like when Brad Pitt was having dinner behind me and SP didn't bother to tell me until Brad left. But it wasn't the worst because Brad is not my type. Anyway, my friend said that James is even hotter in person. I really do not know how that is possible.

Every time I hear about James Franco, I always think about the best character he ever played - Daniel Desario on Freaks...

chair love

Why is it that everything always happens at the same time? It seems like all these things that could theoretically happen whenever somehow happen when I'm already beyond busy. Then my deadline will pass and all of the other stuff will be over and I'll have a week of total quiet. Which actually sounds kind of nice at this point. I'm behind on my scrapbooking. There are tons of books I want to read. And I'm Netflixing last season of Fringe. I really like it so far, and not just because I...

deadline

Today was a dark, rainy day. I am not usually into dark, rainy days. But this time was different. Because I'm on deadline. Being on deadline can be hard when it's all bright and sunny out. I tend to get distracted by more stuff when the sky is blue. So I was happy to stay in and make green tea and work. Tonight I will work some more. This will be repeated until I submit my manuscript for book five, which will hopefully happen next week.

At this point, I'm reading through my hard copy a...

thank you

You rock. Yes you, friendly neighbor reading my blog. Because of you, I have a reason to write. You give me feedback and positive energy and advice and warm fuzzies. Because of you, I love my job. You make it possible for me to write more books. Thank you for letting me know your thoughts and sharing your life with me. I promise to keep doing the same.

I started this blog here on LiveJournal about two years ago with no idea how it would turn out. Some journal entries are easier to writ...

giving back

It's a week of thanks, which means that it's a good time to give back. Kind of like how my Gram always put special cookies out for everyone on Bingo night when it was her birthday, but on a larger scale. I'm talking about giving back by serving the community. I hope that my books help readers feel less alone and feel better about their lives in some small way. But there are lots of other ways I can contribute to society.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had a passion for volunteer work. I was...

water towers

Water towers are cool.

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