Hi all! I’ve got a lot going on right now. We had The Boy’s third birthday last week and his birthday party over the long weekend. We went to the zoo, just me and him, the morning of his birthday and had ice cream cake that evening. Pretty low key.
For his party, I made him a fire engine birthday cake (thankfully I bought a cake pan that made the job a little bit easier) and cake pops, which took a good chunk of time. Somehow we ended up having like 30+ people at the party, so it was fun but a big time suck for me. Not so much low key.
In writing news, I have a short poem coming out in Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine. It’s a tough market to break into, so I was super excited to get an acceptance. And I have big news coming on Monday about a fun, collaborative project I’m working on to be released next year. And my mommy Tumblr blog is up and running. Not necessarily of interest to all of you, but I think even if you don’t have kids, it offers some entertaining thoughts (and the posts are super short, so not much commitment time on the reader’s part).
I’ve also been gearing up for a big promotional push for ELIXIR BOUND. The ebook will be on sale and the paperback will be up on Goodreads for a giveaway, both happening September 14th-28th. I’m currently organizing a big book blitz (and hopefully releasing the book trailer as well…if the creator of my trailer–my brother–can get his you-know-what together!). I’d love if any bloggers who have some space between the 14th and 27th could sign up.
Here’s the sign up link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JPEek1w3PPHuGNpX3XNCV24uF9tHhqep2GvJ6zQMYTo/viewform
So what have you all been up to?
I like low-key! Congratulations on High Five poem!!!
Thanks, Vijaya! I’m all about low-key lately. 🙂
The cake turned out so cute! It sounds like he had a great birthday 🙂 Looking forward to your news!
It was so much work, Meradeth! Thankfully there’s a fire engine pan…I don’t know what I would have done without it.
Congrats on the poem. That is a very competitive market. Great looking cake too! Don’t ever let him watch Cake Boss or he’ll want a working fire engine next time. : )
Thanks, Jeff! But, man, don’t give him any ideas!!! 😉
Congratulations all around!
I have never had such a “low key” birthday with only thirty guests… My record may be six guests 😀 so The Boy is having a glorious introduction to his fourth year. Being a big brother is hard work.
Kudos for your poem’s acceptance.
Thanks, Mirka! My parents now have 7 grandkids, so the family just keeps growing…it’s hard to have a small party these days. So glad my parents hosted. Besides having a bigger house and yard than us, it made for a bit less work on my part.
It sounds like your sweet little boy had a fabulous birthday! Congrats on the HIGH FIVE acceptance!
Thanks so much, Becky! I think he did have a wonderful birthday. 🙂