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Wow, there were a few weeks of no blogging in there. Sorry!

I’ve been super busy, though. I got — and turned in — copyedits for Incarnate 3. I got the cover comp for IN3. I went to California with a couple of authors you might know. And I came home and immediately fell to the PLAGUE.

Slowing down: On March 11, I flew to L.A. where I met up with Cynthia Hand and Brodi Ashton. We had a great week!

At Universal Studios, we met with a lot of famous people, like Shrek and Princess Fiona (who looks a little jealous here, don’t you think?). And yes, we’re all wearing pigtails. We wore them for Brodi (who really rocks them, don’t you think?).

We spoke to Cynthia’s class at the gorgeous Pepperdine University.

Brodi’s photoWe also went to Hollywood where we met a few wax stars at Madame Tussauds, and I got my photo taken with — well. You know these gentlemen.

Guess what I wanted to be when I grew up, before I went with writer.The next couple of days were filled with fun work. We had school visits at Thousand Oaks High School and Agoura High School, then a great event at Barnes and Noble Westlake Village where I got to meet a bunch of my favorite bloggers and readers (and another author!) for the first time. HEY GIRLS!!! MISS YOU!

Early Saturday morning, we flew north for our event at Books Inc. Mountain View. We took a quick tour at the Sarah Winchester Mystery House (super creepy), then relaxed until it was time for the event — which was fantastic! I got to meet even more readers, bloggers, and friends! The staff there was so friendly and together. It was an amazing evening and I definitely want to go back to this store.

The next day, we parted ways. I spent time with one of my best friends, Christine. She took me to the Monterey Bay Aquarium!

Christine’s photoShe and her husband took me to eat . . . everything. Seafood. Sushi. Chocolate fondue. Oh California. You taste so good. (I also love how California puts avocados in everything.)

My flight back home was an overnight one. I’d planned on sleeping most of the way, but that didn’t happen, unfortunately, and we were late to my connection, my next flight was delayed, delayed again, and then canceled. I didn’t make it home until a few hours after I’d planned, and by then I was exhausted.

Copyedits were due a couple of days after I returned. Fortunately I’d been working on them on my iPad during the trip. I just had to make the changes in the real document. Which involved staying awake. By then I knew I had the plague, but I pushed through and turned in everything on time.

Then I slept for four days. It was great.

(Okay, I didn’t sleep the whole time. I watched an embarrassing amount of GLEE — I like it when they sing — and read FINGERPRINTS OF YOU by Kristen-Paige Madonia (loved it!) and finished knitting a sock.)

And that’s my last few weeks.

How have you been?

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