This day has been so exciting I've barely been able to stand it. First, my book trailer for The Stolen One, got posted on youtube today! Hooray! I think Madison of M2 Productions did a great job:




I've been busy posting the trailer on my other networking sites, facebook and mypace, checking and responding to comments about it, and I discover my interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith about The Stolen One is up on her website:


http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/

Cynthia has been so supportive of me as she is with all new writers. She even stayed to listen to me and two other debut novelists at the ALAN convention when our panel was the very last of the convention and many people had already gone home.

In the midst of all this excitement, my son, enjoying one of his first days of summer was playing hide and seek with a friend and running in and out of the house slamming doors, tvs were running, I was making frequent trips to the breakfeast table to complete a few more bejewled bookmarks (I'm sending our another 400 in the next couple of days). I went out to the mailbox for some fresh air and discovered a package from Greenwillow. My first copy of The Stolen One! My heart stopped. Many deep breaths. I brought it inside and called my two girls downstairs to watch me open it. It was wrapped in beautiful gold paper with a bookplate on top.



Opening



In Awe



My daughter Caitlin, future published author, perusing the book for the first time



So much more gorgeous in real life




A great day for an author