Missing: Kerri the Book Writer...I mean Editor...I mean...who is she again?

WHERE AM I?

Isn't it terrible that I can only remember the last time I posted here on my blog by checking the date on my oldest post?  Geez!

Where have I been all this time?

Did I run away to a deserted island?

Did I leave the publishing business all together?

Maybe I was eaten by the 15 foot gator who lives near my home (seriously--I've seen pics of him, though I haven't met him in person)?

The answers to those questions are:

No, but it sure is hot here in the sunny southeast.

No--never!

Not yet, although I hear he likes blondes and that counts me out!

Seriously, I've been working.  I've been writing a brand new mystery series which will release its first book in December under the name Kerri Kildare (hence the new header up there).

I've been building my new freelance editorial business from the ground up.  I'm also an editor for two publishing houses and I'm still running my promotions blog .

On top of all that, I'm getting back in shape and nearly killing myself doing that.  Did you know that muscles can actually scream?  I promise you.  I heard my quads screaming on the stairs just yesterday.

Let's see...

I've also been managing 3 (sometimes 4--one in college) kids.  Can you believe they think that Momma's needs should come last?  Geez! ;-)

Hmmm....I know there are more things I do.

Oh yeah...volunteering for my multitude of chapters; teaching workshops; attending author events and conferences.

Here's a pick of me and such notables as Linda Howard at a luncheon hosting thriller author J.T. Ellison earlier this year.
That's me third from the right in the blue/floral shirt. 

Oh, and I'll be teaching my popular Book Factory class for the first time LIVE at the Moonlight & Magnolias conference in October.  Hope to see you there.

And...when I wasn't doing all that.  I was out kissing mascots.  WHAT?  Yep, the secret is out.  I have a thing for mascots.  Visit my website to check it out here on my Mad About Mascots Page.  Have you ever kissed a biscuit eater?  I have.

  

Whew!

I'm tired just thinking of all the stuff I've been doing and why I haven't blogged here in almost (hushed tone) two years.

The good news...I'm BACK!

Missed you guys.

Hugs,
Kerri
Writer, Editor, and so on and so forth