Friday Five

1.  This one is huge:

FINISHED MY REVISION!!!!!


Now need to send to Liz, my editor.




















2. Read this fun witchy story:

YA Books Central review: http://www.yabookscentral.com/yafiction/17202-hexed

Teaser:

What worked: The writing is fun, catchy, that reminded me of CHARMED meets SECRET CIRCLE only with witty dialogue and a reluctant heroine. 

There's lots to love in this novel. Indigo only wants to be normal and fit in. At first glance, you'd think she was one of the popular kids as she's dating the hot football player, is a cheerleader, and seats at the 'Pretty Table' at lunch with her frenemy Bianca. Life couldn't be sweeter. Only she is kind of embarrassed of her quirky mom who owns an occult shop and who actually believes in things like witches. This backdrop is very fun and I totally devoured the first couple pages as I followed Indigo through LA. 

3. Reading this amazing haunting tale: 
Love this twist on Edgar Allan Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER.  Creepy and haunting. 















4. Caught up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 comic!  Giles is now a tween!  And Dawn and Xander have broken up while Buffy, is just trying to get enough money to stay in the Bay area while slaying demons/vamps.

Photo courtesy Fanform.com















5.  Son is growing up too fast!

Can you all believe he's 13 years old now?















**Guilty Pleasure:

 Hopefully will be going out to dinner to celebrate our 29th anniversary!



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