Well, long time no talk! Sorry about that. I had company fly into town. Namely, Emma Petersen. And, Lordy, did we have a good time. I think I took her to every darn tourist attraction in the state of Washington, until her feet were about to fall off *Grin*. I took my toddler daughter with us half the time too, and I was surprised she kept up as long as she did! But the amount of gas we used, and at the current prices. *Groan* Not pretty. We did Pike Place Market, the Seattle waterfront, Snoqualmie Falls, Whidbey Island, The SEATTLE PREMIUM OUTLETS!
I’m screaming because what fabulous shopping. I bought some cheap stuff for the kid at The Children’s Place. Gotta love the $4.99 rack. And then there was a makeup store that had all this great makeup and products by all the Estee Lauder companies (MAC, Clinique, and more). Anyway, we had a fabulous time. I’ll post pictures later, but right now Emma has them and she’s probably still on the plane home.
Great news, I got an email notifying me of my PAN approval status the other day. *Woo whoo!* PAN, in case you don’t know, is the Published Authors Network. You get in by selling a book that’s 40k+ to a RWA recognized publisher.
On another note, Fallen Angel Review gave me a nice review for Dating Season. Here’s a snippet…
“I loved this story. The characters were so yummy delicious! …I like this author though, very much. She has rich, flavorful writing and sucked me in instantly. Very sexy! “
Also, I wanted to say that I have decided to leave The Novelty Girls, but do still plan to visit the fabulous ladies over there. In the next couple months you can look for the launch of
Naughty and Spice, a group blog where the rules are…there are no rules. We’re just there to have a good time. Look for posts from
Amie Stuart,
Lillian Feisty,
Karen Erickson and then me. We’re so excited for the launch!
Anyway, off to be productive. I’m into this little futuristic/shifter I’m writing for Cobblestone Press. I’ll be hopping the blogs shortly to catch up!
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Shelli Stevens in
Uncategorized on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007.
Oh god, great pictures! We just bought a mini van to haul our tribe, and I’m FEELING the gas prices big time.
Sigh. Wish I was rich enough to afford a hybrid.
Congrats on the group blog and the great review :)
Hugs,
Anna J. Evans
Way to go on the good review and the PAN approval, Shelli! I’m so excited for you. And I can’t wait for Nationals!! BTW, I submitted an email query to an agent for my sci-fi ms, so hopefully I can be a PRO member before July.
Congrats on the review and the PAN! And congrats on your new blog group. Sounds like a fun group!
Congrats Shelli - on the review and PAN! :D
Nice to see you back too. Sounds like you guys had a LOT of fun, that’s excellent.
Have a great day!
Yay and congratulations, Shelli! I just got my PAN notification, too! We can go to the PAN retreat now. :D You know, with all this fun stuff to do at National, how are we ever going to fit in workshops?
Oh so now I know what Emma was doing besides making my cover!! lol :) Sounds like you guys had fun. I had company in last week too.
Congrats on PAN, good for you!!!