Tuesday Show & Tell

Yes, I realize that it’s kind of late in the day, but by golly I’m going to get in my weekday blog post! By hook or by crook.

The Daily Plah: Day 9 (It’s day 9, right?)
Currently reading: SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Song of the day: Let’s Go Fly a Kite, in honor of our windstorm
Other notable facts: I had lunch today with one of the fabulous book bloggers I’ve met over the past year, Vania of Reverie Media. We had a yummy lunch, some delicious pie, and went to a bookstore. Very fun and cool! As an author it’s fascinating to hear from the other side of the equation.

Now begins our show!

My copies of the Scholastic version of Bad Girls Don’t Die arrived today! I am getting lots of wonderful emails lately from readers who got my book at a book fair, which I find totally thrilling. (Looking at this picture now, I think I could have picked a book with tidier edges… when you are an author, you get books all jumbled together in a box full of packing peanuts. When you order them for real, you get nicely packed books. Not that I’m complaining!)

Here’s the tote I made over the weekend. The yellow strap is designed to slip your hand through so you can hold the bag by the bottom. I did this because I find myself wrapping the straps around all of my small purses so I can hold them this way. Measured flat, the bag is about 7×9 inches.

I bought two books today! Naughty Katie! Bad, bad Katie! But I really wanted both of these books. The first is Carrie Ryan’s second book, The Dead-Tossed Waves, the sequel to her zombie thriller The Forest of Hands and Teeth. The second is A Rainbow of Stitches, because I figured I have all these craft books I’ve never made projects from, so why not buy an embroidery book and have some patterns to not embroider on my non-existent projects?

I also got fabric. File again under “naughty Katie” and “don’t tell the husb.” But seriously, I had promised myself that if I saw cute mushroom fabric, I was going to buy it. And I can’t just go around breaking promises to myself about buying things I’m not supposed to buy. You have to admit, that’s some fabulous fabric.

Guess who’s not impressed? Seriously. As I type this, Winston is in his crate, barking every five seconds in his “help me, I am so sad and pitiful” voice. This is a picture of him sitting on a baby quilt I’m not finished binding.

Happy Tuesday night! See you tomorrow!

Related posts:

1. The lullaby of Broadway…
2. Nice city… I guess I’ll stay forever.
3. More on book minimalism
4. A lump of coal for me!

March 9th, 2010 Katie Alender

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