The Cover for GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS' ROOM

I can officially show off the cover of my book, Gossip from the Girls' Room, A Blogtastic Novel.  It will be out in 2011 (probably January) and I was lucky enough to be able to do all the inside illustrations for this book as well.  I will post a blurb about it soon!!!

Out of Excuses

I've just discovered the best thing ever--I can update my blog from my phone! This is mainly the reason why I Tweet and Facebook so much and why my blog has been lacking in the post department. It's so easy to just text 160 characters to Twitter and it automatically updates to FB and then MySpace (yes, i still  have one of those too). But it takes so much more time to sit down at a computer, go to a specific site, pull up the page and stare at a blank box and figure out what to type now. It can be intimidating because you feel like you have a lot of white space to fill. But really, posts can be short too. So much has been going so I really intend to keep this updated often, and since I can do it by phone now, what excuse do I have, right?

More Later!

Revision Relief!

So I got word for my editor that she loved the revisions. Yay! Looks like we just need a bit more tweaking but overall we're in good shape. And on top of that, I found out who my designer for BLOGTASTIC! will be--Marci Senders. She's the one who designed the covers for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. How awesome is that? I can't wait to get a cover for my book...it makes everything seem that much more real. So for now, I can release the breath i've been holding for the last few weeks and enjoy watching my book take shape.

Writing and Boutique and Gallery News...Oh my!

I'm so excited with everything going on right now. This Sunday marks the beginning of my art shows and festivals and such, since i'm pretty much booked out from Nov 1 through mid December.

I emailed my book revisions a little over a week ago and anxiously awaiting to hear back from my editor. I thought once I sent the revisions off I would be more relaxed. Nope! Just the opposite. I'm sititng here worrying now about whether she'll like the reivisons or if they're good enough and I'm totally second guessing myself. But I suppose these are all normal feelings since this is my debut book.

In other news...

My 20 pieces of artwork, for the 20-20 Show, at the 20th Street Gallery (get it?) will be opening Nov. 11 and running till December 24th. There are some amazing artists that will be showing. You can see some of the art that will be there on the website:  20th Street Gallery.  And you might just happen to see my name there on the right side of the page. And if you just happen to click on my name it just might  happen to bring you to my art samples too.

My art will also be at The Sun Gallery in Hayward and the show opens Dec. 1 and runs till Dec. 19th. I can't wait! They also have a VERY COOL annual children's illustrators exhibit that runs four months out of the year! I'll be talking with them more when I go down to drop off my art at the end of this month.

AND...my art and products (such as cards, magnets, bookmarks, etc. all made from my art work) will be sold at the Itty Bitty Boutique in Downtown Campbell! I'll be going down there soon and will post pictures when it's all set up :)

As always, you can check out my latest art happenings at RoCo Ink!

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20th Street Art Gallery

Art samples for the upcoming 20-20 Exhibition at the 20th Street Art Gallery is now online. You can click on my name on the right side of the screen to see mine! Check out the 20th Street Gallery blog!

My deadline to have all 25 pieces of my art finished is THIS Friday! Eek! Last week was the deadline for my book revisions, so i'm leaping right into another deadline. I have to admit though, I LOVE these types of deadlines though :)