Did you hear the sigh of relief today? That was me after I finished my chapter outline for my new YA book. I’ve now sent it off to my friend Monica for a read before I make final edits and send it to my editor. Yay! Of course, then it’s on to revisions on my second Harlequin American and my Supernatural essay. I did get good news from my YA editor. Heartbreak River came back from the copyeditor so clean that it’s now off to the printer! I may have bound galleys next month!
Thursday was my birthday, so I took that day off. Hubby took the day off from work. I had lunch with friends, then hubby and I went to see Prince Caspian, which I really enjoyed. In fact, I’m basing the hero in this new YA on Ben Barnes, who plays Caspian. Then I zipped into Books-a-Million to pick up my friend Jeanne Adams’ debut novel, Dark and Dangerous. Finally, we went out to dinner at Olive Garden, which was yummy. It was nice to have a day off to just play in the middle of hectic deadlines, and I think it actually helped me be fresh enough to power through to the end of my outline last night.
Okay, I’ve mentioned before how much I LOVE Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series and how I’m eagerly anticipating the movie Twilight this December. So, I did a little squee when I saw the gorgeous new poster for the movie and discovered there’s a new trailer available for viewing. You can see these at the movie’s new Web site, and you can also download the poster image as your computer’s wallpaper, like I did. Now the image below of Bella and Edward will greet me each time I turn on my computer. 
June 1st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Happy Belated Birthday. Everyone is talking about Stephanie Meyer, but I haven’t read any of her books yet. Are they all YA?
June 1st, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Happy belated birthday, Trish! And congrats–bound galleys, huh? Woohoo!!
Jane, I think Stephanie’s first few books are considered YA, but I’ve heard that her next release is for adults.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:35 pm
The books in the Twilight series (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and the upcoming Breaking Dawn) are all part of the same YA series. Stephenie’s newest book, The Host, is not YA.