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I'll start by stating the obvious, which is that this week's sleep-in was so *in* as to bleed into Monday. Oops. What can I say? Yesterday was a perfect upstate afternoon, crisp, warm, and sunny, such that N and I spent the bulk of it reading on the front porch like old folks. It was grand.

I did, however, manage to tackle 7 pages/1,296 words of Bradford 2. Lest you think I was letting the deadlines fester. In fact, they're only festering a leetle bit. Could be worse.

Lots to be amused by/excited about this week, including a visit from college roomie for some quality girl time out in the country. I'll be stocking up on 80's vids later in the day. AND we've got some awesome pics from Miss J's encounter with the toad who took temporary residence on our front porch. Here's a sample:

She was dubious, to say the least. Which, as a friend pointed out, is odd--one would think Bridget Jones of all creatures would understand that you have to kiss a few frogs!
(Or toads, as it were).

I also had the thrill of opening my mail on Saturday to find a Scholastic TAB order form featuring POPULAR VOTE! As someone who absolutely lived for those Scholastic forms as a young'un, seeing my own book cover there made me feel as though I'd arrived.

And in other POPULAR-related news, an eagle-eyed teen blogger found that the cover model on our book is also featured on the cover of GEEK HIGH. You can check her post out (and compare the images) here:
http://bookreader4.blogspot.com/2008/08/popular-vote-by-piper-banks.html. I found it pretty hilarious.

I'm happy to say that plans for the POPULAR VOTE cyber-launch party are coming along swimmingly (though who know how much work it was to plan one of these things?). Right now we've got 16 amazing authors confirmed, and more joining in all the time. I hope you'll swing by from 9/8-9/13 and check us out!

Off to enjoy more of the peace and quiet of Bethel. Did you know that Bethel, NY, was the home of the original Woodstock festival? Caretaker Don here at Stone Hearth actually worked security for the concert! Talk about a time warp!