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Hot off the send button: a new interview with moi has been posted at Lookbooks. She asked me some interesting questions - I just hope my answers were equally as interesting.

Meanwhile, I took a break from my dog-related woes and headed into the City for Teen Author Drinks Night. As always, it was great to drink, kvell and kvetch with other members of the New York kidlit posse.
I was very excited because my W-I-P involves bowling and I found out that fellow author Gabe Guarente LETTERED IN BOWLING on his high school team! I am SO going to pick his brain. Gabe, consider yourself warned :-)

I was also feeling good because when I explained to everyone at the table why I almost spilled my drink with excitement when I learned about Gabe's high school athletic endeavors, I got an "I wish I'd thought of that" and a "great title". So today I couldn't WAIT to get to work on the WIP but I had to write a column first, and that took longer than I thought it would. But even so, I blasted through my 350 word a day goal (I aim small so I can hit the target instead of fail) this evening. Part of it also has to do with the fact I realized in the shower the other day that I was starting the book in the wrong place and that was why I was having problems. Now it seems to be flowing nicely, so if I can manage to avoid any more dog or kid trauma, I'm hoping to really make some progress. Of course, this might not happen for the next four days because I'm babysitting my little nephews (ages 1 and 3) while my sister and hubby go to a wedding. It's been a while since I've been on 24/7 little one duty, so wish me luck!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention - I stopped in at Rich to Riches to get some Cheesecake Rice pudding in honor of Coe Booth (miss ya, Coe!) and also because my daughter would have murdered me if I'd returned home without it. Even if I *had* got her a signed copy of Sarah Mylanowski's Bras and Broomsticks.

Meanwhile on the Sandy front: I checked her into the vet this afternoon, because I can't have her around and being unpredictable while babies are around - they will do additional testing tomorrow...so fingers crossed.I've been prepping the kids - and myself, if I'm honest - for the fact that this might not have a great outcome. :-(