Wow!  Between teaching & migraines I haven't done much.  But!!

Yesterday I spent the afternoon sending out queries and got a new idea.  We are spending Thanksgiving away - long road trip - and there will be lots of pen & paper in my Entertainment Bag!

Last weekend was the Peak City Book Fest.  I got to see my friend Eileen for breakfast & catch up.  That was marvelous!  She is getting a new illustrator for her tales and I got to peek at the submissions.   Peak City was awful.  No one I questioned could admit to making any money and the big place they choose as an appropriate venue for book signings is Chick-Fil-A.   Half of the vendors were not in the literary world.  To get foot traffic they brought in jewelry, hand-made goods, & down-liners.  I love jewelry, hand-made goods, and down-liners and I buy from them, but it shouldn't take that diversity for a Publishing House to get traffic for AUTHORS.

I'm looking forward to this week.  Maybe something good will happen?

I'm really excited!  My Crit friend Kamie suggest Sushi the Wonder Pug would make a good series of picture books instead of a chapter book.  Also gave me a good re-write idea for another chapter.  I told Meggie - my Daughter Reader - and she thought so also.  To quote my favorite guru, Gru, "Light Bulb!" 

Now if I could take leave from my job and write.  Ah well.  Sunday evenings it is.  I have renewed energy & creative spark & spit by Sunday.  :P