More good news for ENDLESS SUMMER!

Well, first of all, after only two weeks in stores, Endless
Summer is in its SECOND PRINTING!!! This is a direct result of
YOU walking into a store and buying a copy, and I can't tell you how
much I appreciate you for doing this.



As a result, I have asked
my editor if I may write a third book about Adam and Lori, and she has
said MAYBE. It will depend on sales, but I think we're off to a great
start!



In addition, Going
Too Far has just gone into its SEVENTH PRINTING!!! Again, this
has nothing to do with me and everything to do with you, and I thank
you.



On the Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit, Stephanie Kuehnert asks, "Who
were some of your inspirations to become a writer or the inspirations
that keep you writing?" Jessica Brody asks, "What kind of research did
you have to do to bring Lori to life on the page?" (if you have been
hanging around my blog, you already know the answer to that one) AND
she's giving away THREE signed copies of Endless Summer this
Friday, so be sure to visit Free
Book Friday and sign up to win today or tomorrow.



A kind
book blogger has also posted an interview with me. YA
Book Queen asks, "If you could spend your summer doing anything
and at any place in the world, what would you do and where would you
be?"



Chick
Loves Lit and I
Want to Read That have posted very positive reviews of Endless
Summer--I am so grateful! And The
Crooked Shelf...well, let me just say this. Before I had a
novel published, I had no idea what being a published author would be
like. I never could have predicted the kindness of the blogosphere, full
of readers who will go out of their way to tell other people about your
books. But I could also not have predicted how difficult the job of a
novelist can sometimes be. There will be bad days. And on those days, I
hope every writer has a reader out there like Carla at The Crooked
Shelf. I think to myself, "Carla seems like a nice, upstanding British
lady AND she loves my books, so my career can't be TOO far into the
toilet." Of course, Carla has not posted a picture of herself on her
blog, so she may very well be an old man in prison.



Finally, my
neighbor JoAnn Weatherly has included me in such a kind post on the Southern
Magic blog. And speaking of Southern Magic, our June 26 meeting
in Birmingham, AL, will feature Angela James, Executive Editor at
Carina Press, which is the e-publishing arm of Harlequin. The public is
welcome but attendance is capped at 40, so read more about it here
and then e-mail Callie
if you want to come. I will see you there with my mother's very large
coffee pot.


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