Saturday, May 16, 2015

Saturday Six

Hi, everyone. I've often heard of the Friday Five, but for today, I decided to do the Saturday Six and give you six updates about myself. It's been a while since I've given an update, so this is long overdue!



1) I sent the manuscript for my YA contemporary, Middle of Knowhere, to my CP this week. I think she likes it so far, but I can't wait to see what she really thinks. :)



2) I survived the Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet this week. (Did I mention that I'm the Cubmaster for our pack?) Yep, so I planned, decorated, and executed the event, and boy, am I glad that's over! It was a Minion theme. Cute, huh?























3) Last night, I went to a Zumba fundraiser for a little boy at our elementary school who has cancer. Bring It 4 Brayon. You can find info all over the web about him. He is basically dancing his way through his cancer treatments, and he is unbelievable for a little six-year-old. He was on the Ellen Degeneres Show this past week, and she fell in LOVE with him. Last night, our small rural town raised...*insert drumroll please*  THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!! *cue the squeals*



He is such a brave little boy who has captured the hearts of many!

4) I am still querying my YA near future thriller, CATALYST. There are still a few agents who have my manuscript and I'm waiting to hear back from them before I send more queries. The waiting is the hardest part! BUT, in the meantime, I have a couple contests I'll be entering in the next couple of weeks. Query Kombat and The Writer's Voice.






5) My husband was out of town recently and I had a book "marathon" while he was away. I read like 4 books in 2 days. They were all YA contemporary books so it was great to compare them to my own YA contemporary manuscript. I came away feeling pretty good. And the cool thing about 3 of those books...they were FREE and they were SIGNED! I won them in a Giveaway over on Magen Corrie's website. Gotta love Giveaways!!


6) My son's birthday is coming up at the end of this month. Remember how I did a Frozen party last year? If not, you can click HERE to find out...Anyways, this year he wants an Avengers party. Sooo, I guess I know what I'll be doing for the next couple of weeks...

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Hope you're having a fabulous weekend! What's up with you?

11 comments:

  1. Sounds like you've been busy. Tomorrow my writers group is meeting. Other than that, I've got stuff to do, but I'm not doing it.

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    1. Haha! Yeah, I feel like that sometimes too... :)

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  2. That's awesome so much money was raised for Braylon!
    And the Minions are cute.

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, the fundraiser was a great success!!

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  3. Look at you go! I think it is pround how much your town raised for Brayon. I hope he is cured and will continue to dance. Who knows maybe he will be on Dancing With The Stars one day. I am also surprised at being able to read 4 books in 2 days-wowzers. I have not done anything as brilliant. I visited my best friend. I visited my mom, did the whole 3 hr grocery shopping thing and made a new meal last night for my sis and bro in law. It was a success

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    1. Agh, the three hour grocery thing kills me! If you got that done, that is something to celebrate!

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  4. The waiting is definitely the hardest part and doesn't it feel like we're ALWAYS waiting?!

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  5. It's so great to see people raising money for such a great cause. That has to make you feel good.

    I hope your beta has lots of great feedback for you. And I'm a little jealous about the four books you got to read. I need more time to read.

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  6. Glad the banquet went well-- and I can't wait to see what you come up w/for the Avengers party. It'll be awesome! And your cp's really liking it... ;)

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  7. Damn, I love minions! And so glad the fundraiser went well. Good luck on querying :)

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