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(and yes, a day early).
Welcome to September, friendlies, back to school, fall, and all that that implies. I'm doing my darndest to acclimate to the urban life again (FANTASTIC premieres like "Gossip Girl" and "Top Model" this week have helped).
But I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss this place just the eensiest bit:
http://www.twopointonefilms.com/Bethel/Photos.html.
(Too many doggie photos? No such thing).

Next week starts up the next session of my Media Bistro YA writing class, and in the meantime I'm battening down the hatches for what I anticipate to be a hellacious weekend: my second packet for school is due on Sunday and, as this is my last semester, I'm determined to wring every last drop of genius out of my current advisor.

Also, there's that pesky little issue of the Bradford 2 manuscript needing to go in, stat. Eek.

But enough dwelling on the scary workload. Let's concentrate on the positives, shall we? Yes, 1) "GG," 2) "ANTM," and 3) Louise Hawes are big-time Faves (Friday or otherwise), but what I'm most amped about this week is the POPULAR VOTE cyber-launch party that runs all next week! We've got a stellar roster of kidlit folks who will be posting interviews and providing prizes and giveaways to some of you lucky commenters, including: Claudia Gabel, Jill Santopolo, Liz Gallagher, Marjeeta Geerling, Paul Ruditis, Linda Gerber, and many more! I'll be giving away five copies of POPULAR VOTE and some super-fancy bookmarks, too. So come check us out from September 8th until September 13th. In the meantime, here's what one teen has to say about POPULAR VOTE:
"I adored Micol Ostow's fun, well-written novel. Her style is so fresh and clear, and each paragraph is packed with purpose and to-the-point. I loved getting inside Erin's head and devouring her juicy blog posts...Popular Vote was entirely a blast to read. My opinion? Well, I'm not rating this amazing novel 5 stars for nothing..."
(www.bookwormbooklovers.blogspot.com)

And check out the book trailer on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubMJVb17Ao

or take the Facebook quiz:
http://apps.facebook.com/quizzes/fbqzr/qzr.php?id=233735

Hope to "see" you at the cyber-launch party.

Vote for Erin! Vote for POPULAR VOTE!


Happy fall and happy reading, kiddos.