Costco signing cancelled

Tonight's signing (Tuesday, October 26th) is cancelled, due to my stupidity. I locked my keys in my bedroom and it's a keyed knob, then realized I had left my spare in my car . . . which is also locked. Oh, and my phone is in the car too. Yeah, not one of my brightest moments. *sigh*

Eeek!

Holy crap, I'm on Youtube . . . TWICE!!!

Doesn't Ali just rock? I loved when she did this Vlog for me for my blog tour, but love her even more for putting it on Youtube. Love you, Ali!!!

This was at LDSBA (LDS Booksellers Association) and was my first time in front of a camera. It was nerve wracking and totally fun! And now that I actually got to see it, am rather pleased with how it turned out. I don't sound as stupid as I thought! :D Always a good thing.

Anyway, just had to share. So totally cool.

Nominations

I'm not usually one to toot my own horn or beg for nominations, so I won't--but I would like to ask that any of you who have read The Sapphire Flute and enjoyed it and feel it worthy of a nomation for the 2010 Whitney Awards that you go to http://whitneyawards.com and submit a nomination for me? This particular contest is very meaningful to me, as I feel I am a product of the LDStorymakers conference. It is the place where I learned to write and write well, and it is the place I won my first contests, and met both my editor and publisher, so to be nominated for a Whitney, a contest for LDS writers and their books that was started just a few years ago, would be the greatest compliment I could receive.

So please, if you liked the book, take a few minutes and send in a nomination. It would mean so much to me, whether I ever win or not, just to know that people find this book worthy of a nod in that direction.

Thank you!

Quote of the Day: "There is creative reading as well as creative writing"

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~

DONE!!!

I finished The Armor of Light!!! 112,553 words, some of which will go, and more of which will come as I edit, but the book is done! Hooray, hooray! I have not finished a book in about 5 years, so this was a bit scary for me. Now I know I can still do it, even with my mom gone and being busier than I've been in my entire life.

I can write. It feels amazingly good!

Signing Schedule for October

I know several of you have asked when I'll be signing in your area, so I thought I'd post my upcoming schedule. It changes every month, so if I don't get to a Costco near you this month, just wait until November or December. I'm pretty sure I'll hit them all by them, even St. George, if I can get it arranged. Sorry I'm still so absent from blogging. Juggling a family, book signings, and finishing The Armor of Light has proven to be slightly overwhelming. Hopefully I'll be back soon and will tell you all about the wonderful trip I took to Denver for the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Convention. In the meantime, here's my schedule! (And just in case you don't know, you can always check my schedule in the sidebar.)

Friday, October 1st

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Salt Lake City Costco

1818 South 300 West

Salt Lake City, Utah

Cancelled (Sorry! Can't be helped!)

Saturday, October 2nd

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

West Valley City Costco

3747 South 2700 West

West Valley City, Utah

Monday, October 4th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Lehi Costco

198 North 1200 East

Lehi, Utah

Tuesday, October 5th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Bountiful Costco

573 West 100 North

Bountiful, Utah

Thursday, October 7th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Orem Costco

648 East 800 South

Orem, Utah

Friday, October 8th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Murray Costco

5201 South Intermountain Drive

Murray, Utah

Monday, October 11th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Sandy Costco

11100 South Auto Mall Drive

Sandy, Utah

Tuesday, October 12th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Ogden Costco

3656 Wall Avenue

Ogden, Utah

Thursday, October 14th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Salt Lake City Costco

1818 South 300 West

Salt Lake City, Utah

Saturday, October 16th

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Murray Costco

5201 South Intermountain Drive

Murray, Utah

Monday, October 18th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Orem Costco

648 East 800 South

Orem, Utah

Tuesday, October 19th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Sandy Costco

11100 South Auto Mall Drive

Sandy, Utah

Thursday, October 21st

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Ogden Costco

3656 Wall Avenue

Ogden, Utah

Monday, October 25th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Orem Costco

648 East 800 South

Orem, Utah

Tuesday, October 26th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Salt Lake City Costco

1818 South 300 West

Salt Lake City, Utah

Friday, October 29th

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Sandy Costco

11100 South Auto Mall Drive

Sandy, Utah

Talk About Busy!

*Hanging head sheepishly* Hi guys. So much for writing all those memories about my mom, eh? It turns out life has gotten slightly insane. One of the wonderful ladies who is part of my distribution team got a bunch of signings set up for me throughout September. I imagine they will continue in more locations throughout the rest of the year, but in the meantime, I'm doing three signings a week, for four hours each time. Plus yesterday I got to go to Swiss Days in Midway and meet people, sell books, and hand out cards. It was awesome fun, even if it was a little hot for me.

I can't say how thrilled I am to have my books at Costco and even more thrilled to meet all these wonderful people and share my story with them. It's been awesome fun! I keep saying that, but it is! lol Anyway, With yesterdays signings going through the end of the month it means I'll have had 13 signings, a tv interview (coming up on the 18th for The Candace Salima Show), a 5 day trip to Denver for a Booksellers Convention, OH-and I need to finish The Armor of Light and turn it in. All within 27 days!!! Can we say slightly overwhelmed? lol I'm afraid everything else has gone on the back burner until I can get the book done. Even my family is feeling the effect. My poor kids. *shaking head* I am sure glad they support me, because I hate having to neglect them.

To those of you I owe book reviews, I am so very sorry I fell down on the job. I promise to do them as soon as possible. To the rest of you who read my blog and have seen the same things up week after week, I'm sorry. I hope The Armor of Light will be worth having to wait for my blogs. ;) And if any of you out there would be willing to offer up a few prayers for a poor, frazzled author, I would certainly be grateful! I'll return to blogging just as soon as I can.

Quote of the Day: Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

~William Wordsworth

Songs About Mom

I've been missing Mom a lot the last few weeks, but today for some reason I keep listening to a very short playlist of songs that remind me of her, so I thought I'd share them with you guys. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.