Five Things on a Friday

Thing the first.  I ordered Heist Society by Ally Carter last night. I think the cover is adorable and I love the the Gallagher Girls series, so sold! Do y’all not agree that Ally writes the cutest books ever? Cammie’s voice in Gallagher Girls is very teen without being overwrought or vapid. She writes so well, but every word sounds authentic. Love!

Thing the second. One of my best friends, Emily, just got a new puppy. And guess what she named him? Scout!!! My sweet friends have been so supportive of my writing and it was really cute when she told me what she was naming her new pup. Of course, she liked the name, too, but we’ll pretend it was completely out of love for MY Scout. So, here is a picture of Scout the puppy. (P.S. My Scout would probably roll over in her literary grave at having a d-o-g named after her, but that’s alright!)

Thing the third. Tonight my parents are coming down to celebrate my Golden Birthday!! What is a Golden Birthday you might ask? It means I’m turning 24 on the 24th. For those of you who don’t remember from last year, birthdays in my family are national holidays beginning with a present for the parents on the start of my birthday month, then a countdown at the beginning of the birthday week. It’s all very exciting. So my parents, because it’s my golden, are taking my friends to the Stephen F. Austin hotel for dinner and drinks and then the “kids” (sans parents) are going out on the town. My friends have some festivities planned next week. I believe we’ll be hitting up Midnight Rodeo, aka the happiest place on earth. So, this year for my birthday, I’ve asked for a book deal. Hopefully NYC will get the memo that anniversary of my birth is kiiiiiiiind of a big deal and oblige. Yes?

Thing the fourth. Recently I’ve been working on becoming a better blog commenter. I read a lot of blogs, but am not so good at leaving the comments, which is okay I guess, but I know how much I love comments and that leads me to believe other people enjoy comments as well. So, yes, I’ve been commenting up a storm recently. Well, maybe not a storm, but certainly a flurry. It’s my goal to comment on about 5 blogs a day. I got this advice from Shelli’s blog, Market My Words. I think she actually suggested 10, but baby steps, people, baby steps. Consequently, though, I’ve f0und a bunch of cool new blogs to read like Elana Johnson’s and Cynthia Hand’s.

Thing the fifth. I’ve been tweaking the blog a bit when I have time. I have a new picture up. You can ooo and awww over it if you want (just kidding). You can now subscribe to the blog via email if you’d like and I’ve provided RSS feeds for some of my favorite blogs on the side bar. WordPress is still a bit fussy about what widgets you’re allowed to add, but I hear there is a new follower widget akin to google’s so I’m going to work on that. If anyone knows how to get 2 columns, one on each side, that would probably make me a bit happier.

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