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New Author Photo
So if you’ve been tooling around on my website recently, you’ll notice there’s a new author photo up. I actually had one taken last year–a headshot. But I didn’t really like it. Why? Eh, it was one of those professional studio shots of…uh…my head. Wearing my professional clothes, when I was all made up. And it just wasn’t….me.
The one above I really like, though it too was taken by a professional photographer. But by a photographer who lives in my home town. We had family pictures taken a couple months ago. Outside, at this really pretty place that I just loved. As you can see, we really dressed up for those family pictures. Blue jeans and white shirts. Hey, that’s how my family rolls. :giggle:
But when we were there having our pictures taken I asked the photographer to take a few shots of just me for my website, because I wanted an author photo that was more natural, more me. There’s nothing worse than trying to find an author at an event and not knowing what she looks like because the photo on her site is either a) 20 years old or b) photoshopped to death or c) looks nothing like the author really looks.
So if you ever see me at a convention or signing, this is what I look like. Though I do wear glasses. And I might not get to wear my jeans at a conference. Then again, maybe I will. Heh.
Back to Business
Well the workshop is over, everyone’s back from the RWA conference, and I need to get back to the business of blogging.
Bet y’all are just dying to know what I’ve been up to (or not :giggle: )
Last week I worked on a proposal for a new book. Wrote a honking long synopsis, a couple chapters, cleaned it all up and sent it off to my agent on Monday. Once that was off my desk, I read through galleys (finished page proofs) for THE TIES THAT BIND, my novella in the UNLACED anthology coming from Berkley Heat in December. Sent corrections off to my editor this morning.
Basically, all my pending projects are done! I do have a novella I need to write for Samhain, which I can either start on this week or wait until after I get back from vacation.
Yes…vacation. Starting Saturday, Biker Dude and I will be taking five glorious days and going on vacation. The vacation story is interesting since Hurricane Dolly blasted our vacation plans right out of the water. We were going to go to South Padre Island in south Texas…you know, that place where the hurricane made landfall? Yeah, no such luck. The hotel called us on Friday and said they sustained too much damage which hasn’t yet been repaired so they cancelled us. So we had to make alternate plans. Which we did. Because I SO need to get out of town, rest and recharge my batteries.
So the rest of this week will be spent doing laundry, making a packing list, doing some cleanup and reorganizing since I’ve been mostly writing nonstop since January without a break, and maybe working on the novella. And reading! I so need to catch up on reading. There are some great books that I have that I need to read.
What are you doing this week?