i had SO MUCH FUN LAST WEEK! i spent a few days in and around montgomery, alabama. it was truly one of the best parts of my tour so far. on tuesday i traveled. wednesday morning, i had a three hour drive from the airport to montgomery. on wed afternoon, i met the most amazing women at L.I.F.E. Tech!! i think there were about 160 women, who were SO inspiring and so nice! i was honored they had me come speak to them. and ladies, i am sending you all a signed before i go copy this week for your library! thank you melissa for coordinating this great day.
thursday was CRAZY BUSY! keep in mind, i am still on L.A. time…so when i say i was up at 5am to do an NBC TV interview…yeah, that would mean 2am! tonya terry from WSFA interviewed me. she is so wonderful! i love talking to her. thanks tonya! from there i went to a radio show! i spoke to radio host leslie bailey. talk about a spiritual connection!! we had a great interview about life, love, the universe and before i go. thank you so much leslie!
tired yet?! i then went back to my hotel and regrouped for a few minutes. then i was driven to holtville middle school where i received the GREATEST WELCOME EVER!!! first of all, a HUGE HUG AND THANKS to AMY STEWART! she’s the world’s best librarian and holtville is SO lucky to have someone like her!!
amy had my name up outside the school. she literally built a scene from my book on the stage in their cafe-torium! there was a sandy blanket, two adirondack chairs and get this! on one chair was a skating outfit with skates. on the other was a beach towel and MY NAME was embroidered on the bottom of it!!! all lower case, of course! and there behind the chairs were ONE HUNDRED YELLOW BALLOONS!!! it was so beautiful! amy also made a wonderful book trailer that i’ll be posting on my website and here hopefully by this weekend! and tehre will be tons of pics as well.
after my talk, she had a VIP room set up in the library. we sold out of books! a BIG thanks to tammy lynn who came from the BOOK BASKET in wetumpka to sell books to everyone!! holtville had tons of great food and all my favorite things! including?!? A BUTTER SPRAY! i didn’t want to wake up from this dream!! but as all great things must come to an end…so did my time at holtville. just before i left, we went outside and a few awesome girls and myself let go of the 100 yellow balloons up to the sky. i could cry remembering how beautiful it was.
an ENORMOUS thank you to amy, taylor, all the great people who helped in the library, everyone at holtville middle school, tammy, and everyone who helped make this day one of the greatest i’ve ever had. no, we’re not done yet! that night i had the wonderful opportunity to meet tonya terry’s book bunch!! they had read before i go and we spent almost 2 hours talking about everything! it was so great to meet every book group member!! and tonya, thank you so much for the gifts!! i had such a great time.
thank you to all who made this trip such a wonderful one!
today was just a great day. very rarely do i take time out of any day, weekday or weekend to just chill, do nothing and enjoy. and i did just that today! it was soooo great. i had an early morning meeting and then got home to a picture perfect day in los angeles. i am going to make myself do that as often as i can. take a break. life is meant to be enjoyed and it’s supposed to make us smile. i spent time being grateful for my wonderful new house and life in general…and smiled and chilled.
okay, before i forget, there is a new band i just found out about called another big machine from baton rouge, louisiana. they are so freaking great…if you love pop/rock, which you all know i do! they’re awesome. you can hear them on myspace on their official site. take the time and listen to their songs.
i’m head to montgomery, al next week! i’m so excited. i was there late in the year in 2006 and i’ve been invited back to meet with tonya terry’s book bunch group! i’m doing a tv interview with her on an nbc affiliate, a radio spot, meeting with some great women who have had a rough time of it and also meeting with a middle school!! it’ll be a busy two days and i cannot wait.
i’ve been busy working on a little show called “being bailey”. it was written for your cell phones and internet! it’s a great show about a girl named bailey just starting high school. i’m also writing a few big romantic comedy movies which i am SO excited about. more info on those soon. and i’m now formulating my thoughts for my next book. i thought all this time it would be one of two ideas but now…i don’t know…might be chick-lit book!!
it’s been so great hearing from so many of you who have read before i go. it’s so funny–i walked into a borders last week and there it was. right there on the shelf was two copies. i made my friend take a picture of me with a cell phone. it was one of those great “a-ha” moments.
remember to enjoy the journey…
peace and love