Mini blog: coolest thing ever

I know I'm supposed to be working, but this was just brought to my attention, and...

WOW.

I have the coolest readers EVER!

-Ally



(please note: this was made by readers--not by Hollywood. I still don't have ANY information about whether or not Walden Media will actually be making a LYKY movie and, if so, how you can audition.)

Mini blog: back on the donuts

The end must be in sight for GG3 because I just bought a box of chocolate mini donuts--the food that got me through the revisions on GG1 and GG2.

I swore that I would remain donut-free for GG3, but alas, at 2:00 this morning I realized...

I NEED THE DONUTS!

So I bought some.

I REALLY hope you guys appreciate the sacrifice my butt is making for you.


-Ally

Mini blog: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Yes, I'm on a deadline. Yes, I know I don't have any time to spare. But did you seriously think I could hold off on reading the fourth Percy Jackson book? Yeah. I'd be more likely to give up chocolate! (But not Diet Coke.)

I'm happy to report that The Battle of the Labyrinth does, in fact, rock.

And I now want to be Rick Riordan when I grow up.

Now back to the Gallagher Girls (I left them in quite a predicament a while ago.)


-Ally

Mini blog: Mother's Day part 2

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY, everyone! Especially all those super amazing moms out there who read teen fiction WITH their daughters. You are certainly the coolest moms around. (And those of you who don't have teen daughters and read teen fiction anyway, you are a very, very close second!)

I had a good one.

Went to church with MY mom this morning, then she cooked my favorite lunch ever (pork roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans.)

I made blackberry cobbler. (From scratch. It was yummy but the crust to filling ratio was a little higher than I would have preferred.)

I bought my mother the greatest gift ever: STRETCHY PANTS!

And now I'm home.

Hope you had a good one,
Ally



ps...CONGRATULATIONS are in order for my old friend and frequent blog reader/commenter Amanda Renee who graduated from college with honors yesterday! Way to go, Amanda!


pps...where the heck does the apostrophe in Mother's Day go? Or is it Mothers' Day? I think technically it should be the latter, but that looks weird. Sigh. There's never a copyeditor around when you need one.

Mini blog: naps, printers and deadlines

Three things I did today:

worried about deadlines
installed my new wireless laser printer
worried about deadlines
tested the laser printer
worried about deadlines
took a nap
woke up worried about deadlines.


Wait, did I say three?


-Ally