Big blog of random
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--I walked four miles tonight. Why do I always forget that the first two miles are the HARD miles? The last two are all endorphins and calorie burning. So why do I stop at two usually? Why? Why? Why?
--I need new glasses. This is both exciting and terrifying. Fortunately, I have given glasses proxy to Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I find that, in situations like this, just telling someone else to make the decision is best.
--I don't know any details yet, but it does look as if there will be a tour for the release of Uncommon Criminals. It will probably be a relatively short tour, and I don't have any dates or cities yet. I also won't get to have a say in the cities. All any of us can do is cross our fingers. I'm sure that, wherever I go, it will be great because it always is.
--I've made a lot of progress on the first draft of Gallagher Girls 5 in the past three weeks. Unfortuantely, I still have a looooong way to go both in figuring-out-what-happens terms and in getting-the-words-right terms, but at the very least I've figured some things out. It is probably the most complex GG book yet, but that's all I can really say. Nevertheless, I have hope that we will be able to have the book in stores in early 2012 as planned.
--Thanks for understanding my reasons for not holding the widget contest again. I haven't yet decided what to do in its place, so keep leaving those suggestions and checking back for updates.
--Evidently there's a link somewhere that says that some people have been cast in the Heist Society movie. As far as I know, that is not the case. Of course, it could totally happen that they WOULD cast people and not tell me because for the most part authors aren't involved in the process. But in this case I feel pretty certain that link is wrong and no casting decisions have been made (or will be made in the immediate future).
--And since I mentioned the movie I should probably give the usual disclaimers: 1. I have no voice in the movie-making process. Authors in general are not involved in that. 2. Having open casting tryouts is incredibly rare, but IF they do move on to casting and IF they have open auditions and IF I know about it I'll post it here on the blog and in my newsletter. If you want to be notified you can sign up for the newsletter and get all the news.
--I hope everyone is keeping all of the people in Japan in our thoughts and prayers and donating what you can to the various relief organizations that are working there. (I gave to shelterbox.org) If memory serves, Japan was the first country outside the US to publish the Gallagher Girls, and I've had the best time working with everyone there. They need us now, and I hope we can do our part to help our sisters on the other side of the world.
--Hey, I've got an idea, what about instead of the Widget contest we do some kind of fundraiser/charity drive? How would it work? No idea. Just spitballing ideas here. You guys tell me what you think.
Have a great weekend!
--Ally