2011 was my busiest year yet in the writing realm, and I pretty much learned that while I like The Busy, too much does not a sane Lindsey make. So I'm glad 2012 has less on the horizon as of now. I have this two-year-old I'm very excited to see grow up (not to mention those other two kids that sort of look like her), and once Logan is in preschool, we can get crazy again. For now, she's providing plenty of Real Life insanity. The good kind.

BTW, I'm copying my buddy Lisa Schroeder on this one, who in her post noted that we saw each other 4 times this year.
4 times is still not enough, thus I am still plotting the writing commune I one day hope to establish. Like the world could handle that much awesome.

January
--Utah writing retreat with Lisa Schroeder, Becca Fitzpatrick, Rachel Hawkins and Emily Wing-Smith. Words can not do this experience justice, but if I tried it would be lots of WAHOO! and OMG! and FUNFUNFUNFUN!!!
--Scholastic version of PRINCESS FOR HIRE is spotted at bookfairs and later in book orders. 13 year-old Lindsey faints from joy

February
--One of my dearest writing friends, Lisa Madigan passes away from pancreatic cancer. Almost a year later, and I still can't believe that I'm typing that. Such a bright light for this world to lose.
--Give my first keynote address at SCWBI Southern Breeze Spring Mingle. Spoke with my fabulous agent, Sarah Davies, as well. Also got to tour Margaret Mitchell's house with Birmingham Bestie, Irene Latham.
--Sell 2 more books to Bloomsbury, including my next contemporary novel, AUTHENTICALLY VINTAGE. Books will release in 2013 and 2014. I get to write more books! And someone will pay me to publish them! Still a miracle? You betcha.

March
--SEAN GRISWOLD'S HEAD releases! Celebrate with loads of signings, skype visits, blog interviews, and school events,
--including Not Your Mother's Book Club at Books Inc. in San Francisco. Always a dream of mine to sign at this store.
--Paperback of PRINCESS FOR HIRE releases

April
--Turn in first draft of third princess for hire book, which at that time was still called third princess for hire book :)
--Find out SEAN GRISWOLD'S HEAD has been nominated for the Kentucky Bluegrass award. This is my first nomination for a state list, which isn't a huge deal, but a milestone for me. 
--Houston Teen Festival and visit to The Kinkaid school and my fifth grade cousin's classroom. Texas knows how to host an event. Lose to author Stephanie Perkins in table shuffleboard, a game I have been practicing ever since.
--Do six visits in central California, including the school my older brother works at as a vice principal. Give one lucky class 30 copies of Princess for Hire. Not something I'm able to do often (if ever again), but was truly a Santa Claus moment. Ho Ho.

May
--THE ROYAL TREATMENT releases! The tiaras return, and we dance in giddy glee.
--Signing in Las Vegas at my local BN, and at my very favorite independent bookstore, The King's English in Salt Lake City. Friends from different periods of my life show up to both, making me grateful for both friends and life.
--Speak on panel for IRA in Orlando. Husband joins me and we visit The Wizarding World of Harry Potter as well. Fly to Philadelphia and New York to visit family and also have a chance to see my Bloomsbury editor, Caroline. Sadly, we also learn on this trip that a close friend of ours took his life, and as a result I have one of those life-assessing summers that involved less authorly duties, more writing, and loads of family time.

June & July
--WRITE MY FACE OFF. Work on revisions for A FAREWELL TO CHARMS, which I turn in right before my birthday in August. Also begin AUTHENTICALLY VINTAGE. My sister-in-law babysits two a