Finished!

I went to a book signing over the weekend for Kiersten White's debut novel, Paranormalcy, which hit #7 on the New York Times Bestseller list. And no, I can't show you any pictures because all morning I kept telling myself I needed to remember the camera. And so I forgot the camera. I'm talented that way.

I promise I was there. You know, that person sitting in the front row saving a seat when most of the audience was standing. A seat that stayed empty the entire time. Yeah. My friend made it just in time for the closing applause. So, sorry to anyone there who thought I was just totally rude. There really was a warm body intended to sit there. Please don't hate me.

Ahem. It was fun to see all the other writers I've met at conferences and to meet Kiersten, who is as adorable in real life as she is on her blog. Really, a very cool, funny person. And her book is a lot of fun, so go check it out. Unless you like vampires who are sexy, then it might not be your thing.

In other news, I finished my draft and there was much happiness. I celebrated by falling asleep on the couch. But, now that I worked through my issues from last week (lack of foreshadowing), I'm feeling pretty good about it. Yea!

I also started trying to pack up some of the books in our house and, uh, there are a lot of books. Almost enough to use them for bricks and build a house. Sigh. I should probably start culling the non-essentials. If there is such a thing as a non-essential book. Okay, I guess I don't really need TWO copies of Multivariable Calculus, but other than that . . .